Democrats welcomed Trump’s metal tariffs plan. Republicans, not really much.
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For months, congressional Republicans and President Donald Trump’s top financial adviser have now been attempting to persuade the president that imposing tariffs on metal and aluminum imports is just a bad concept.
But on Trump made it clear that he doesn’t care what his party thinks thursday. He announced their intends to implement a 25 per cent tariff on metal imports and a ten percent tariff on aluminum imports, in a move that highlights one of many key policy divides between Trump and their celebration.
“We’ve encouraged him that it’s the right thing to do,” Sen. [Read more...]