Kevin Hassett: We’re Confident in Being Able to Continue the Tariff Agenda Despite Legal Setbacks

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HASSETT: “Well, one of the things we've been doing all the way back until 2017, when I used to speak with you on the show last time, George, is that we've studied every possible way that President Trump's tariff agenda could be pursued. And Jamieson Greer, the best trade lawyer in the business, came down and said the IEEPA pursuit that we're pursuing is the fastest, and it's the way that's the most legally sound. And so we're very thrilled. We are very confident that the judges will uphold this law. And so I think that's plan A. And we're very, very confident that plan A is all we're ever going to need. But if, for some reason, some judge were to say that it's not a national emergency when more Americans die from fentanyl than have ever died in all American wars combined, that's not an emergency that the president has authority over, if that ludicrous statement is made by a judge somewhere, then we'll have other alternatives that we can pursue as well to make sure that we make America trade fair again.”