GOP Senators Blast Trump’s Tariffs Announcement
Republican senators are not too happy with the White House right now.
After President Donald Trump said Thursday that his administration will impose tariffs on steel and aluminum imports next week, GOP senators spoke out about their fear of retaliation from other countries and the lack of communication from the White House.
Sen. Ben Sasse, who’s been a frequent critic Trump, slammed the tariffs decision as something Americans would expect from a “leftist administration,” not a Republican commander in chief.
“Let’s be clear: The President is proposing a massive tax increase on American families. Protectionism is weak, not strong,” he said in a statement. “You’d expect a policy this bad from a leftist administration, not a supposedly Republican one.”
Sen. Pat Roberts, who is the chair of the Senate agriculture committee, also blasted the decision for the tariffs and warned of retaliation.
