Semafor’s Everett: Border and Tariffs Are Two Issues Trump Doesn’t Vacillate On
‘So when he threatens these things, people have to take him seriously now, even if members of his own party want him to use them as leverage rather than follow through on them’
EXCERPT:
EVERETT: “If you could look at the two signature issues for Donald Trump, he vacillates on a lot of policy issues, but the border and tariffs are not those issues and tariffs, he's been consistent for --" [crosstalk]
RAJU: "He's been saying it since 1990 or 2000 and the like."
EVERETT: "Right. And -- and during his first presidency, we saw that he would -- he would follow through on them, not only on other countries like China, but on allies in Europe with the steel and aluminum tariffs. So when he threatens these things, people have to take him seriously now, even if members of his own party want him to use them as leverage --"
RAJU: "Yeah."
EVERETT: "-- rather than follow through on them."
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