Mitch McConnell calls Trump tariffs ‘bad idea’ but most Republicans toe line

03/02/2025 15:48 The Guardian

Ex-Senate majority leader is one of few party members to criticize president’s trade war with US neighbors and ChinaRepublicans on Capitol Hill have largely fallen in line with Donald Trump’s move to impose tariffs on the US’s biggest trading partners, with the notable exception of the former Senate majority leader Mitch McConnell, who called it a “bad idea”.With even Trump admitting that the tariffs – 25% on imports from Canada and Mexico and 10% on China – might cause “some pain”, there was mostly strong support from the president’s loyalists. Jason Smith, chair of the ways and means committee of the House of Representatives, said the tariffs would “send a powerful message that the United States will no longer stand by as other nations fail to halt the flow of illegal drugs and immigrants into our country”. Continue reading...

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