Frank Luntz: Trump’s Announcement on Tariffs Will Freak the World Out and Some Americans Don’t Care

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LUNTZ: “It‘s going to freak the world out, and some Americans don‘t care. I understand that he did it because the markets are closed at that point. You could see an explosion on Wall Street. And Donald Trump has always used the stock market as a measurement of his success. Well, he can‘t ignore it now. And if the markets are saying this is not the right way to do it, he needs to listen. Make no mistake, Americans are tired of being treated as second-class citizens. They‘re tired of countries like China taking advantage of our markets, selling their products and blocking our products, but they don‘t want to pay more. And the tariffs are like a tax, and so we‘ve got, once again, a mixed message. I hope Americans respond slowly to this because in the end, our businesses are at stake, our economic system is at stake, capitalism is at stake. And how we handle this will determine how the rest of the world is going to see us, trade with us, negotiate with us, and treat us in the months and years to follow.”