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RUSH TRANSCRIPT SORKIN Okay ░░░░░░░░ senator I got maybe ░░░░░░░░ difficult question If you ░░░░░░░░ to advise the leaders ░░░░░░░░ foreign countries that now ░░░░░░░░ to negotiate with the ░░░░░░░░ what would you tell ░░░░░░░░ to do Would you ░░░░░░░░ them to ratchet things ░░░░░░░░ Because ultimately you think ░░░░░░░░ tariffs are are a ░░░░░░░░ thing And maybe that ░░░░░░░░ force the president to ░░░░░░░░ down Do you think ░░░░░░░░ president looks at the ░░░░░░░░ and says that he ░░░░░░░░ less leverage more leverage ░░░░░░░░ would how would you ░░░░░░░░ about it in that ░░░░░░░░ And then separately I ░░░░░░░░ ask you later what ░░░░░░░░ think the CEO community ░░░░░░░░ s thinking about where ░░░░░░░░ re supposed to invest ░░░░░░░░ what they re supposed ░░░░░░░░ do in this moment ░░░░░░░░ supposed to do Paul ░░░░░░░░ You know I m ░░░░░░░░ an American It s ░░░░░░░░ for me to take ░░░░░░░░ side of another country ░░░░░░░░ like a CFO has ░░░░░░░░ do that So if ░░░░░░░░ re a CFO or ░░░░░░░░ Treasury secretary of a ░░░░░░░░ you have to do ░░░░░░░░ When you argue dor ░░░░░░░░ trade war a trade ░░░░░░░░ is based on emotions ░░░░░░░░ facts So the trade ░░░░░░░░ won t make them ░░░░░░░░ The trade war will ░░░░░░░░ damn it we re ░░░░░░░░ to get even We ░░░░░░░░ get even with those ░░░░░░░░ But it doesn t ░░░░░░░░ the foreign country richer ░░░░░░░░ the smartest Thing actually ░░░░░░░░ just be to keep ░░░░░░░░ tariffs low and let ░░░░░░░░ us founder in their ░░░░░░░░ But the thing is ░░░░░░░░ s not what typically ░░░░░░░░ Emotions take over And ░░░░░░░░ now it s ratcheting ░░░░░░░░ But I can tell ░░░░░░░░ this if people care ░░░░░░░░ the freedom of those ░░░░░░░░ in Taiwan they shouldn ░░░░░░░░ want to cut off ░░░░░░░░ trade with China At ░░░░░░░░ moment there is no ░░░░░░░░ with China That is ░░░░░░░░ moment that Taiwan will ░░░░░░░░ taken by force The ░░░░░░░░ thing that keeps Taiwan ░░░░░░░░ is trade.”