Editorial: Liberation Days?
By • April 9, 2025 0 97
Trump’s tariffs landed Wednesday like a thunderclap — globalization, as we knew it, over. Markets rattled. Allies stunned. He really did it.
Then came Saturday. Protests surged across towns and capitals — from Fifth Avenue to the National Mall, even across the Atlantic. Peaceful. Massive. Unignorable.
Both camps called it Liberation Day.
The president calls for grit, promising a stronger America. Protesters — many — called out Trump, his cronies, and the country’s hard turn inward. The message: marching isn’t enough. Act.
A voice from the Black community reminded us: this shadow isn’t new — just newly visible to some.
Economic fallout is coming fast and hard. Some cheer it. Others brace.
Marches won’t move the needle. We need something real, radical, and forward-facing. Still, amid the chaos, wonders break through — like Ovechkin’s epic milestone.
Liberation or illusion? We’re neck-deep in anxiety. What new era drags itself toward Washington?
