Hakeem Jeffries: Congress Must ‘Reassert Our Constitutional Ability’ And End Trump’s Tariff Regime

During Friday's press briefing, House Minority Leader Hakeem Jeffries answered questions about Trump's tariff agenda.

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00:00...relationship moving forward.

00:02Mr. Jacobs, thank you for joining us here for further questions.

00:06My first question is, you said that tariffs is a bad idea, and your companion as well.

00:12How do you see the possibility of a Congress to bring that tariffs down?

00:17Because it seems like you have a president right now who are mostly ruled by decret,

00:21and I mean, then you must be in a difficult situation where you are right now.

00:26Congress has been given the power pursuant to the Constitution and under law

00:33to decide the appropriateness of when tariffs should be utilized.

00:39It's fair to say that all of us within the Democratic Party have been very clear at home in America

00:48and as we've communicated with people abroad,

00:51that the manner in which the current tariff regime has been imposed,

01:00including on allies, is not in the best interests of the people we represent in America

01:08and will undermine core relationships that we have had with people across the world,

01:15including here in Denmark.

01:16It's going to fall on Congress to reassert our constitutional responsibility

01:23if we find ourselves continuing to go down this road with an executive that is acting alone

01:34and, in our view, respectfully, not in the best interest of the American people,

01:40certainly our allies in North America, or our allies here in Europe.

01:46Okay.

01:47Okay.