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McConnell 'nervous' Trump tariffs will hurt the countryBY JOHN BOWDEN - 04/04/18 09:18 AM EDT
Senate Majority Leader Mitch McConnell (R-Ky.) on Tuesday warned of a "slippery slope" regarding President Trump's trade policies, telling Kentucky business leaders that his home state could be harmed.
"Many of you are in agriculture. We are a great exporter of an agricultural product," McConnell said in a speech to farmers and business leaders in Shelbyville, Ky., the Courier-Journal reported. "I am nervous about getting into trade wars and I hope this doesn't go too far."
"I'm not a fan of tariffs, and I am nervous about what appears to be a growing trend in the administration to levy tariffs," the senator added, according to the Louisville newspaper. "This is a slippery slope, so my hope is that this will stop before it gets into a broader tit-for-tat that can't be good for our country."
http://thehill.com/policy/finance/381572-mcconnell-nervous-trump-tariffs-will-hurt-the-country
duforsure
(11,885 posts)Make sure he loses his majority position when the Democrats take control of both the House and the Senate. All the stuff trumps doing is just making that easier to accomplish now.
workinclasszero
(28,270 posts)How the world plans to retaliate against Trump and Republicans on trade
By DOUG PALMER and ADAM BEHSUDI 03/02/2018
President Donald Trump declared Friday that "trade wars are good, and easy to win.
But European Union officials are already planning retaliatory actions, targeting products from politically sensitive Republican-run states, including the imposition of tariffs on Harley-Davidsons made in Speaker Paul Ryans home state of Wisconsin; duties on bourbon made in Senate Majority Leader Mitch McConnells home state of Kentucky; and duties on orange juice from Florida, a critical swing state.
https://www.politico.com/story/2018/03/02/trump-tariffs-world-response-382959
MagickMuffin
(15,943 posts)Good strategy!!!
Even tho this will ultimately hurt the workers. It is these same workers who more than likely vote for the gop.
So, a dose of liberal reality hits again, D'OH!
Iliyah
(25,111 posts)It's mid-terms . . .
workinclasszero
(28,270 posts)for sure!
riversedge
(70,244 posts)Wellstone ruled
(34,661 posts)he is part of the problem and as usual,he will not be the solution . China won't be buying any of those Kentucky Chickens or Pigs. Talk about shooting your self in the foot.
herding cats
(19,565 posts)Those are Kentucky's number 2, 4 and 6 biggest agricultural exports.
These tariffs will hurt McConnell's constituents.
Achilleaze
(15,543 posts)with American democracy through Comrade Casino* Sick.
* aka republican Draft-Dodger-in-Chief
MontanaMama
(23,322 posts)Seriously. Step aside and let the adults get some work done. Who is he kidding...he won't stop Dotard from doing jack squat and we all know it. Spineless a-hole.
spanone
(135,846 posts)Stallion
(6,476 posts)talk is cheap-Republicans wouldn't need too many Democratic votes to get there