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Donald Trump: “I don't need to [ask Congress to take additional action on…”

Featuring: Donald Trump, Republican | President of the United States | National

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The guy doesn't even know what a tariff is. But there's been bipartisan criticism. No, not bipartisan. Excuse me. There are several people have said that. Yeah, a few people. But … I don't need to [ask Congress to take additional action on tariffs]. It's already been approved. … votes. You need 218 for something to pass. Yeah, sure we do. We might have lost three votes and we got. And what was the score on the Republican side? (30:14)

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Asserts that additional congressional action on tariffs is unnecessary because it has already been approved.

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