Moving Forward
Trump was moving ahead with his tariff implementations despite objections by some. He recently met with Swedish Prime Minister Stefan Lofven at a news conference.
“We’re doing tariffs on steel. We cannot lose our steel industry. It’s a fraction of what it once was. And we can’t lose our aluminum industry,” Trump said during time.
However many GOP members wanted the President to approach the tariffs with caution.
Steven Mnuchin said “we are not looking to get into trade wars. We are looking to make sure that U.S. companies can compete fairly around the World.”
Paul Ryan felt his approach could lead to some sort of retaliation by those affected by the tariffs.
“What we’re encouraging the administration to do is to focus on what is clearly a legitimate problem and to be more surgical in its approach,” Ryan said.
Mitch McConnell said he was urging caution since he felt Trump’s tariffs could cause turmoil.
“I think there’s been a step back,” said Sen. Pat Roberts. “I don’t think he’s reconsidering, but I think he’s trying to figure out what his best step is forward.”
