Ari Fleischer, former press secretary for George W. Bush, analyzed President Trump's fluctuating tariff policies on Fox News. He highlighted the initial negative perceptions of tariffs in Republican ideology but noted Trump’s unconventional approach toward China and beyond. Amendments to tariffs, particularly concerning USMCA exemptions, have drawn critique for inconsistency, but Fleischer argues for allowing time to assess their outcomes, suggesting they might offer strategic international leverage against trading partners.
I've been thinking a lot about tariffs, because I grew up in the orthodoxy of the Republican Party that tariffs are bad. You don't want to trade wars.
Donald Trump is using this as gigantic international leverage and making the assumption, kind of taking his hands off the steering wheel, that the other side is going to pull off the road first.
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