
People look at Mount Rushmore National Memorial, known as the Shrine of Democracy, depicting presidents George Washington, Thomas Jefferson, Theodore Roosevelt, and Abraham Lincoln, in Keystone, S.D., on Aug. 3, 2025. Madalina Kilroy, The Epoch Times

An aerial view of new vehicles at the Port of Baltimore in Baltimore, Md., on Aug. 7, 2025. Higher U.S. tariffs came into effect for dozens of economies on Aug. 7, drastically raising the stakes in President Donald Trump’s wide-ranging efforts to reshape global trade. Jim Watson/AFP via Getty Images