"Shark Tank" star Kevin O’Leary broke down what he calls President Donald Trump's "tariff signal" to different countries in an effort to bolster American manufacturing.

"The tariff signal, if you want to call it that, is a negotiating leverage tool because Trump commands the largest market on Earth," O’Leary told "The Story."

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Trump addressed the World Economic Forum (WEF) remotely on Thursday, threatening businesses that do not make their products in America with tariffs. He took questions afterward from five world leaders in investments and energy and criticized Bank of America CEO Brian Moynihan for not doing business with conservative companies.  

O’Leary responded to this move as "just the way [Trump] is."

"We’ve been listening to Trump for 12 years," O’Leary said. "If you don’t understand that at this point, he's not gonna change. He'll pick someone out of a crowd, out of a sector, and he’ll say something like that. He’s trying to send a signal and yet there’s a lot of noise in it. But he’s bombastic, he's controversial. I've gotten used to it now. It doesn’t bother me anymore…It is what it is, everybody relax."

O’Leary said that Trump’s message is "different for different countries," such as Mexico and Canada, before explaining Trump’s main message.

"These messages are different for different countries. For example, Mexico, we’re gonna build a wall, but we also want you to make sure you stop sending illegal immigrants from yours and other countries, or you’re going to be tariffed." 

O’Leary added, "To the Canadians, start spending on security at the northern border and pay your two percent to NATO and stop sending fentanyl from China over the border into the United States or you’re going to face tariffs."

During Trump’s address to the WEF, he said, "My message to every business in the world is very simple: Come make your product in America, and we will give you among the lowest taxes of any nation on earth. But if you don’t make your product in America, which is your prerogative, then very simply you will have to pay a tariff."

"He’s starting with a message that’s loud and clear," O’Leary said. "Get in line, do what you said you were going to do, or you’re going to face a wicked barrier to come into the world’s largest market. And it’s going to affect your economy. I heard it loud and clear."

During Trump’s second presidential campaign, he repeatedly threatened to tariff imports from China and the European Union, calling tariffs "the greatest thing ever invented." 

"I told the European Union that they must make up their tremendous deficit with the United States by the large scale purchase of our oil and gas," Trump wrote in a Truth Social post on Dec. 20. "Otherwise, it is TARIFFS all the way!!!"

Rachel Maddow could not contain her dismay at the presence of wealthy entrepreneurs seated prominently at President Trump’s inauguration, asking, "how is this happening in America?"

Trump’s inauguration was attended by disparate guests, ranging from Argentinean President Javier Milei to musician Carrie Underwood, but it was the image of Apple CEO Tim Cook hobnobbing with Trump Homeland Security nominee Kristi Noem that sent the MSNBC host into a frenzy.

"Kristi Noem, the nominee for homeland security, next to Apple CEO Tim Cook. How is this happening in America?" Maddow lamented. 

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"How is this happening? Why are people with tons of money up on the dais with Cabinet nominees and family members?"

Trump’s relationship with Silicon Valley has undergone a total 180 in recent weeks, with once antagonistic tech titans now jockeying to get into the president’s good graces. Meta CEO Mark Zuckerberg, also seated prominently at the inauguration, announced in January he is ending DEI policies on his various social media platforms, including Facebook and Instagram. Meta and Amazon each donated over $1 million to Trump’s inauguration.

In addition to Zuckerberg and Cook, Amazon CEO Jeff Bezos, Google CEO Sundar Pichai, and Tesla and SpaceX CEO Elon Musk, who will be chairing Trump’s Department of Government Efficiency, were all given prime real estate at the inauguration.

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MSNBC host Alex Wagner warned that the presence of so many businessmen at the inauguration was meant to send "a message."

"It is a message. And I think it and I think they are up there for the very reason that you probably think they’re up there," Joy Reid replied. 

"It is a pivotal moment here," Maddow chimed in.

Former President Biden took veiled shots at the emergence of Big Tech support for Trump in his farewell address, warning that an "oligarchy" was emerging in America. 

"An oligarchy is taking shape in America of extreme wealth, power and influence that literally threatens our entire democracy. Our basic rights, freedoms, and a fair shot for everyone to get ahead," Biden said.