There was a third issue raised which I think was a clear red herring, which is the claim by the majority, the partisan Democrat majority, that because the tariffs were alleged to be permanent, that that isn't covered by ipa. The claim is ridiculous. Neither Howard Lutnick, Jameson Greer, Scott Bessant myself, or the President himself ever said that these tariffs were permanent. If in fact people stop dying from communist Chinese, Mexican, Canadian drug cartel fentanyl, tomorrow, the tariffs would be lifted. We would have no reason to do it. (09:14–09:24)
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Asserts that no official claimed the tariffs were permanent.
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