Rand Paul

They're a very significant force in my state, and it's part of their manual. They are for trade because 20 to 25 percent of their crops are sold overseas.

He already has. I think we're already having an influence. Many in the media come up and say, how does it feel to lose? And since we actually won in the Senate, but then lost because it didn't become a law. But what you find is that he's already backed away. So everybody's China, China, China, let's stop trading with China. But then he exempted iPhones.

He already has. I think we're already having an influence. Many in the media come up and say, how does it feel to lose? And since we actually won in the Senate, but then lost because it didn't become a law. But what you find is that he's already backed away. So everybody's China, China, China, let's stop trading with China. But then he exempted iPhones.

He already has. I think we're already having an influence. Many in the media come up and say, how does it feel to lose? And since we actually won in the Senate, but then lost because it didn't become a law. But what you find is that he's already backed away. So everybody's China, China, China, let's stop trading with China. But then he exempted iPhones.

Well, that's one of the biggest products that comes out of China is iPhones. With the car tax, he put a 25% tax on cars. And then with a lot of our complaints and with the automobile people complaining, he said, well, we'll make it only 10% if you finish the car in the United States. So what will happen is people have to play tricks and games to adhere to the whims of whoever's in power.

Well, that's one of the biggest products that comes out of China is iPhones. With the car tax, he put a 25% tax on cars. And then with a lot of our complaints and with the automobile people complaining, he said, well, we'll make it only 10% if you finish the car in the United States. So what will happen is people have to play tricks and games to adhere to the whims of whoever's in power.

Well, that's one of the biggest products that comes out of China is iPhones. With the car tax, he put a 25% tax on cars. And then with a lot of our complaints and with the automobile people complaining, he said, well, we'll make it only 10% if you finish the car in the United States. So what will happen is people have to play tricks and games to adhere to the whims of whoever's in power.

So really, the way I imagine it is your car may be made other places, but the lug nuts are going to be put on in America so it's finished up in America to avoid this tax. But this is true and really makes the idea of tariffs more galling is the fact that it depends on how good a lobbyist you have. and how loud you are, and how big you are.

So really, the way I imagine it is your car may be made other places, but the lug nuts are going to be put on in America so it's finished up in America to avoid this tax. But this is true and really makes the idea of tariffs more galling is the fact that it depends on how good a lobbyist you have. and how loud you are, and how big you are.

So really, the way I imagine it is your car may be made other places, but the lug nuts are going to be put on in America so it's finished up in America to avoid this tax. But this is true and really makes the idea of tariffs more galling is the fact that it depends on how good a lobbyist you have. and how loud you are, and how big you are.

But if you sell the lug nuts, and that's all you sell, or you sell toasters, and you get them from China, you know what? You don't have a big enough voice to get an exemption. iPhone's going to get an exemption because they're big. Toaster's probably not so much. And so this is why this kind of industrial kind of policy, conservatives traditionally opposed because we always said...

But if you sell the lug nuts, and that's all you sell, or you sell toasters, and you get them from China, you know what? You don't have a big enough voice to get an exemption. iPhone's going to get an exemption because they're big. Toaster's probably not so much. And so this is why this kind of industrial kind of policy, conservatives traditionally opposed because we always said...

But if you sell the lug nuts, and that's all you sell, or you sell toasters, and you get them from China, you know what? You don't have a big enough voice to get an exemption. iPhone's going to get an exemption because they're big. Toaster's probably not so much. And so this is why this kind of industrial kind of policy, conservatives traditionally opposed because we always said...

This is picking winners and losers. This is government deciding who gets an exemption from these tax and who has to pay these taxes. But I would say we have won in the sense that he's backed off. He did a 90-day pause. That's not just me, but that's the marketplace sending him a $6.6 trillion signal. when that much money was lost in two days when he announced the tariffs.

This is picking winners and losers. This is government deciding who gets an exemption from these tax and who has to pay these taxes. But I would say we have won in the sense that he's backed off. He did a 90-day pause. That's not just me, but that's the marketplace sending him a $6.6 trillion signal. when that much money was lost in two days when he announced the tariffs.

This is picking winners and losers. This is government deciding who gets an exemption from these tax and who has to pay these taxes. But I would say we have won in the sense that he's backed off. He did a 90-day pause. That's not just me, but that's the marketplace sending him a $6.6 trillion signal. when that much money was lost in two days when he announced the tariffs.

And so now that he's backed off, the market's recovered a little bit, but I think they're waiting somewhat anxiously to see what happens when the 90 days expires.

And so now that he's backed off, the market's recovered a little bit, but I think they're waiting somewhat anxiously to see what happens when the 90 days expires.

And so now that he's backed off, the market's recovered a little bit, but I think they're waiting somewhat anxiously to see what happens when the 90 days expires.

Well, I'd probably start with the previous administration. I mean, what the Biden administration did is they sent the FBI and Homeland Security to meet with Twitter, Facebook, Google, and told them to take down constitutionally protected speech.