[Jim W N]

It’s what he said. Very misleading. He has consistently said that and has never explained that he means something other than America paying for tariffs levied by foreign countries. The unaware are simply taken in. He also flatly says that Mexico will pay for our tariffs. Both are misleading statements and he should know better.

I love Trump but this is his weakest area both in presentation and in concept.

[central_va]

We are all well aware that an import tariff will raise prices. We want that, we need that. That is the small down side to protectionism. The upside is huge . As industry repatriates back to the USA unemployment will go down, construction spending will go up, depressed communities will get a second chance and the tax burden will go down. It's all good.

[Rennes Templar]

A little later he said:

“At our meeting, I asked them, how are you doing, how is business? They said that it’s good. I asked them further how they are doing with other countries, mainly international sales. They told me — without even complaining because they have been mistreated for so long that they have become used to it — that it is very hard to do business with other countries because they tax our goods at such a high rate. They said that in one case another country taxed their motorcycles at 100 percent.”

I think he presumes we know those countries pay the tarrif, not us.