Kevin Hassett: Russia Was Not Targeted with New Tariffs Because of the Ongoing Negotiations with Ukraine

RUSH TRANSCRIPT STEPHANOPOULOS Why ░░░░░░░░ you president not include ░░░░░░░░ on the list of ░░░░░░░░ facing tariffs HASSETT Obviously ░░░░░░░░ s an ongoing negotiation ░░░░░░░░ Russia and Ukraine and ░░░░░░░░ think the president made ░░░░░░░░ decision not to conflate ░░░░░░░░ two issues It doesn ░░░░░░░░ mean Russia will be ░░░░░░░░ wildly different than any ░░░░░░░░ country STEPHANOPOULOS Russia is ░░░░░░░░ of the few countries ░░░░░░░░ subject to the new ░░░░░░░░ aren t they HASSETT ░░░░░░░░ re in the middle ░░░░░░░░ negotiations George aren t ░░░░░░░░ STEPHANOPOULOS I m asking ░░░░░░░░ different question HASSETT Would ░░░░░░░░ literally advise that you ░░░░░░░░ in and put a ░░░░░░░░ bunch of new things ░░░░░░░░ the table in the ░░░░░░░░ of a negotiation that ░░░░░░░░ so many American Ukrainian ░░░░░░░░ Russian lives STEPHANOPOULOS Negotiators ░░░░░░░░ that all the time ░░░░░░░░ No it s not ░░░░░░░░ to throw a new ░░░░░░░░ into these negotiations in ░░░░░░░░ middle of it STEPHANOPOULOS ░░░░░░░░ you are conceding Russia ░░░░░░░░ not paying new tariffs ░░░░░░░░ many of our allies ░░░░░░░░ Europe Canada and Mexico ░░░░░░░░ Russia is in the ░░░░░░░░ of negotiations over peace.”