Trump Asked Point Blank: Are You Planning To Lower Your Original Reciprocal Tariff Rate?

During a meeting with the Norwegian Prime Minister on Thursday, President Trump was asked about lowering his reciprocal tariff rate.

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00:00We are investing in that.

00:01Mr. Prime Minister, as it relates to tariffs, Mr. President,

00:05when you unveiled your reciprocal tariffs on April 2nd,

00:09the tariff rate for Norway was 15%.

00:12Based upon your conversations that you've had today with the Prime Minister,

00:17do you see that tariff rate coming down from what you proposed just a few weeks ago?

00:23Well, they have a great fund of $2 trillion.

00:26It's a big fund, and they don't have any debt.

00:31So I think they'd probably be willing to pay us more than that, I hope.

00:34Our determination is in agreement with which countries...