Marco Rubio: “These are global tariffs on steel, on aluminum, on autos, on…”

“Tariffs were. So let me explain on the tariffs. This is important for everybody to understand. This keeps getting characterized as a hostile move against our allies. These are global tariffs on steel, on aluminum, on autos, on semiconductors. Eventually, the president stated this and then a global in April, the intention to put tariffs, assuming that the study comes back and so forth. But what they've discussed is a global reciprocal tariff.” (14:30–14:36)

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