Cheers for arch, i dont visit the WSJ often so i didnt know it was paywalled.
Cheers for arch, i dont visit the WSJ often so i didnt know it was paywalled.
WSJ: A lot of people say that tariffs are really the biggest threat to the economy long term.
Mr. Trump: We don’t have any tariffs.
WSJ: But you’re saying it’s the Fed.
Mr. Trump: It’s so much nonsense, OK. This is your story. We don’t even have tariffs. I’m using tariffs to negotiate. I mean, other than some tariffs on steel—which is actually small, what do we have? I didn’t put them on the USMCA. We have a trade deal. I didn’t put them on in South Korea. We have a trade deal. That was the worst deal. That was a deal made by Hillary Clinton. It was a horrible deal. We made it into a sound deal. But I didn’t put tariffs. Where do we have tariffs? We don’t have tariffs anywhere. I read that today: We’re worried about the tariffs. You know what happens? A business that’s doing badly always likes to blame Trump and the tariffs because it’s a good excuse for some incompetent guy that’s making $25 million a year.
WSJ: Just to go back to the Fed for a second—
Mr. Trump: But think of it, Michael. We don’t have tariffs. Where do we have tariffs? I’m talking tariffs. I’ll use tariffs. I mean it. I’ve said I was going to put tariffs on European Union cars, right? They came to my office. We made the concept of a deal. We’ll see what happens. But they agreed to a deal that they wouldn’t even talk about. There’s no tariffs.
am not european but i didn't see anything too surprising in the interview. he said he'd leave the future of our relationship/arms deal with saudi arabia up to congress but doesn't really expect it to end because it'll affect american jobs and the anti-iranian effort. also said that there are very few actual tariffs and the fed is the biggest threat to the economy but that he won't intervene with the fed.
At least post the archive bro. WSJ is a paywall ass fucking for most.
http://archive.is/YYdFt