Express columnist Carole Malone has shut down a guest after he claimed that Brexit had no influence on the UK only receiving a 10 per cent tariff from the US. The TV journalist entered a fiery debate after he suggested that Britain doesn't sell that much to the United States, prompting Carole to fly into a rage. The debate comes after the EU at 20 per cent, Japan at 24 per cent, and China at 34 per cent. Economists have warned a protectionist agenda would cause prices to rise and growth to slow, which has reportedly already started to happen.

During the show, Carole said that Brexit "really saved the day" and slammed Starmer over him not negotiating a free trade deal. Britain was hit with the lowest tariff but could still wipe out millions of growth. She also added that Britain has come out of the tariffs "quite well" and suggested that he must not "hold hands" with the EU.

Despite her saying that Britain has a "huge advantage," fellow guest Jonathan Lis then claimed that Brexit did not influence the UK's only receiving a 10% tariff from the US. He also commented that the UK "doesn't sell that much to the United States," prompting Carole to throw up her hands and exclaim, "Are you joking? Hang on-no stop. You're not getting away with that!"

She then said furiously, "We exported last year £187 billion worth of goods. They exported to us £115 billion worth - that's £300 billion worth of trade! How on earth can you say that we don't sell a lot to the US?"

One person reacted on X, "Brexit caused the current mass migration problem from the EU and removed any way of negotiating the problem." A second person also echoed, "Stop giving him people like him airtime, nothing he says is constructive, insightful or helpful in anyway."

In the long term, Trump's team has maintained that the global tariffs would revitalise US manufacturing, restore jobs and provide more funds to cut taxes. Democrats have now labelled Trump's big moment "Recession Day," as opposed to his coined "Liberation Day."

Trump's tariffs have also not been received well by Australia, as their Prime Minister Anthony Albanese described the move as "not the act of a friend." He declined to retaliate.

Director-general of the British Chamber of Commerce, Shevaun Haviland, was also concerned and said, "No one will escape the fallout from these decisions, there will be an increased risk of trade diversion, and it will wreak havoc on business communities across the world."

Meanwhile, a separate tariff has been imposed on all foreign cars imported to the US, a move that experts fear could cost 25,000 jobs in the British car industry.