Rand Paul’s Advice to Trump on Tariffs: ‘The More We Trade … The Less We Fight’

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PAUL: “Well, I think tariffs are bad for any country, and I think they'd be bad for America, and economically I think they'll hurt us. The stock market, you know, there's millions of people voting every day with their pocketbook, and the stock market's very skittish, afraid of tariffs. I live in a state where we have three of the big automobile manufacturers. They're all opposed to the tariffs and think that it will hurt them. We have the bourbon industry in Kentucky. They don't like the tariffs. I've got farmers. They don't like the tariffs. I really don't have any organized business interests in my state that think they're a good idea. This is just something I disagree with President Trump on, so I'm not for the tariffs, and we'll continue to speak out on it, because really international trade since World War II has -- has made us phenomenally rich. President Trump paints it another way. He says we've been taken advantage of, but I just -- I really, really strongly disagree because trade has made us so rich and really has made the world a better place. The more we trade, I think the less we fight.”