Because there are short term impacts and how are we going to address that if we need munitions or tanks or whatever it is and we don't have the steel and aluminum because of the tariffs? I would first say, Senator, that Somebody had to stand up and say stop on this cycle of sourcing elsewhere and relying on supply chains elsewhere and allowing for unfair trade balances. And that's what President Trump and Secretary Lutnick have done. So somebody had to do that. But at the same time, yes, we are dealing with the short term in the short term. (1:27:45–1:27:56)
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Asserts that there was a need to stop relying on foreign supply chains and address unfair trade balances.
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