"MS NOW's Jonathan Lemire asked Hassett if Trump's recent claim is further evidence that the tariffs are not being used as an emergency national security measure. Another matter. House Speaker Mike Johnson's bid to block any future votes on President Trump's tariffs did fail last night. Three Republican lawmakers joined Democrats to defeat the measure 217 to 214. This now allows members of Congress the ability to immediately force a vote that would terminate Trump's tariffs on Mexico and Canada."
"I got an emergency call from, I believe, the Prime Minister of Switzerland, and she was very aggressive, but nice, but very aggressive. Sir, we are a small country. We can't do this. We can do this, we can't. I couldn't get her off the phone. We are a very small country, and I said, You may be small, but we have a $42 billion deficit with you. No, no, we're a small country. Again and again and again."
Kevin Hassett, director of the National Economic Council, was questioned about President Trump's admission that he raised tariffs on Switzerland because the country's leader irritated him. President Trump's unilateral tariff authority rests on emergency powers claimed to address a national security crisis, a basis critics, including Republicans, say does not exist. House Speaker Mike Johnson failed to block future votes to overturn the tariffs after three Republicans joined Democrats to defeat his motion 217–214, enabling immediate congressional votes to terminate tariffs on Mexico and Canada. President Trump described raising Swiss tariffs after an aggressive phone exchange, despite Switzerland having no prime minister.
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