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Great interview!! Thx for the xscript, edie!

Loved this ...

SORKIN: Mr. President, I just wanted to ask you, though, you’ve also talked about proposing a 10% tariff, if you will. I wanted to ask you about that because the center right American Action Forum, which is a think tank, said that they thought the plan would quote distort global trade discourage economic activity and have broad negative consequences for the U.S. economy.

PRESIDENT TRUMP: Well, they’re wrong. It would distort international trade. It would bring it back to the United States. We have companies, if you look at India, you look at China, you look at so many different countries, they’re smart, much smarter than our country. We were getting ready to do this and I had it just about set –

SORKIN: But you don’t think it would result in higher prices for American families? By some estimates, it could be the equivalent of $2,000 a family according to the economist.

PRESIDENT TRUMP: No, I think taxes could be cut, I think other things could happen to more than just that. But I’m a big believer in tariffs for two reasons. Number one, I fully believe in them economically when you’re being taken advantage of by other countries. For instance, China was taking advantage of us on the steel they were destroying our entire steel industry, which was never doing very well over the last 25 years anyway, but you know, because it’s been eaten alive by foreign competition, and they were dumping steel. I put a 50% tax on China’s steel coming in and every person in the steel industry when they see me they started crying. They were to hug me, they would kiss me, sir you saved our industry.

Loved that we got to hear him say ChyNah several times :)

And, how he swatted Lee AND Sorkin, with FACTS, when they tried to tie J6 to the polarization of the country, AND downgrading...what DS tools, they are!!