John Thune Asked: Would You Encourage Trump To Back Off Trade War?

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At Tuesday's Senate Republican leadership press briefing, Senate Majority Leader John Thune (R-SD) was asked if he would encourage President Trump to back down from a trade war.

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00:00I think that what I've seen before, I think, as you know, is that the President, I believe,

00:20is trying to accomplish a specific objective here, and that is to haul fentanyl into this

00:25country, and the terrorists are a tool in order to make that happen.

00:29And I am supportive of using terrorists in a way to accomplish a specific objective,

00:34in this case, ending drug trafficking.

00:37But as I've said before, I hope that these are temporary.

00:41I think the one thing that markets don't like is uncertainty, and there's obviously uncertainty,

00:47I think, around that tariff policy.

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