Scott Besson
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That would be cutting your own throat.
As I said a week ago today, don't retaliate. Hold your ground. Let's see what happens. And China, they kept escalating and escalating. And now they have 125 percent tariffs that will be effective immediately.
As I said a week ago today, don't retaliate. Hold your ground. Let's see what happens. And China, they kept escalating and escalating. And now they have 125 percent tariffs that will be effective immediately.
As I said a week ago today, don't retaliate. Hold your ground. Let's see what happens. And China, they kept escalating and escalating. And now they have 125 percent tariffs that will be effective immediately.
In terms of certainty, we will see what China does. But what I am certain of, what I'm certain of is that what China is doing will affect their economy much more than it will ours because they have an export driven economy.
In terms of certainty, we will see what China does. But what I am certain of, what I'm certain of is that what China is doing will affect their economy much more than it will ours because they have an export driven economy.
In terms of certainty, we will see what China does. But what I am certain of, what I'm certain of is that what China is doing will affect their economy much more than it will ours because they have an export driven economy.
flood the world with cheap export models and the rest of the world now understands because when we put up our tariff wall, those exports were already flowing to the rest of the G7 and to the global south.
flood the world with cheap export models and the rest of the world now understands because when we put up our tariff wall, those exports were already flowing to the rest of the G7 and to the global south.
flood the world with cheap export models and the rest of the world now understands because when we put up our tariff wall, those exports were already flowing to the rest of the G7 and to the global south.
And all this was, again, this was driven by the president's strategy. He and I had a long talk on Sunday, and this was his strategy all along. And you might even say that he goaded China into a bad position. They responded. They have shown themselves to the world to be the bad actors. And we are willing to cooperate with our allies and with our trading partners who did not retaliate.
And all this was, again, this was driven by the president's strategy. He and I had a long talk on Sunday, and this was his strategy all along. And you might even say that he goaded China into a bad position. They responded. They have shown themselves to the world to be the bad actors. And we are willing to cooperate with our allies and with our trading partners who did not retaliate.
And all this was, again, this was driven by the president's strategy. He and I had a long talk on Sunday, and this was his strategy all along. And you might even say that he goaded China into a bad position. They responded. They have shown themselves to the world to be the bad actors. And we are willing to cooperate with our allies and with our trading partners who did not retaliate.
It wasn't a hard message. Don't retaliate. Things will turn out well.
It wasn't a hard message. Don't retaliate. Things will turn out well.
It wasn't a hard message. Don't retaliate. Things will turn out well.
They have some very smart economists, the academicians, technocrats within their bureaucracy, and they would be telling the leadership that we do not have the edge here. They are the surplus country. Their exports to the U.S. are five times our exports to China. So they can raise their tariffs, but so what?
They have some very smart economists, the academicians, technocrats within their bureaucracy, and they would be telling the leadership that we do not have the edge here. They are the surplus country. Their exports to the U.S. are five times our exports to China. So they can raise their tariffs, but so what?
It's definitely time for a change in Texas. We have another great U.S. Senator Ted Cruz, and it's time we have another great senator that will actually stand up and fight for Republican values, fight for the values of the people of Texas, and also support Donald Trump in the areas that he's focused on in a very significant way. And that's what I plan on doing.
It's definitely time for a change in Texas. We have another great U.S. Senator Ted Cruz, and it's time we have another great senator that will actually stand up and fight for Republican values, fight for the values of the people of Texas, and also support Donald Trump in the areas that he's focused on in a very significant way. And that's what I plan on doing.