Edward Markey: “In the short run, these businesses are going, they're going…”

“But a small business person can't take that risk. So that's why again, this short term pain that the President keeps talking about for long term gains. Well, honestly, In the short run, these businesses are going, they're going under the small businesses. And there may be some posthumous vindication of the President's theory about these tariffs. Two years, three years, five years from now, that won't really do these small businesses any good.” (19:17–19:25)

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