He invented a viral watch-cleaning device. Now he says the American dream has been 'ripped out of my hands' by Trump's tariffs.

President Donald Trump’s April 10 announcement that he was raising tariffs on China to 145% shattered Anthony Mendoza.

President Donald Trump’s April 10 announcement that he was raising tariffs on China to 145% shattered Anthony Mendoza.

Mendoza, 41, of Phoenix, a father of two and veteran Army major, had stumbled onto an invention that allows amateur antique watch aficionados to gently rinse a timepiece’s components.

He named it Chrono Clean, and it began to go viral. By last winter, Mendoza had sold out of his first 500 units.

Yet with a single social media post, the president seems to have dashed his plans for the future of his business.