Donald Trump actually said...

"Reciprocal means that if a country has higher tariffs than we do on certain products, we would raise it to that level."

"America is being ripped off. We’re a debtor nation, we have to tariff, we have to protect this country."

"I couldn’t care less if automakers raise prices because of tariffs."

"reciprocal tariffs aimed at equalizing trade barriers between the U.S. and a number of countries"