GOP Sen. on Trump tariffs: 'Whose throat do I get to choke if this proves to be wrong?'
April 8, 2025
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as posted by the channelSen. Thom Tillis (R-NC) expressed deep frustration with President Trump’s sweeping tariffs during a hearing featuring the Trump's top U.S. Trade Representative Jamieson Greer.
“Whose throat do I get to choke if this proves to be wrong?,” Tillis asked before the Senate Finance Committee. Tillis questioned whether the Trump administration had a coherent strategy to rebalance trade after announcing roughly $600 billion in new import taxes last week. “It just seems like we’ve decided to begin a trade war on all fronts, and that’s OK, if the person who thought this through has an answer for why you go after partners that we have a very long storied relationship with,” Tillis said.
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