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Peter Welch: “There's not a thought out or coherent policy here other than…”

Featuring: Peter Welch, Democratic | U.S. Senate, Vermont

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Discussion on Trump's Executive Overreach and Tariff Policies with Senator Booker

Published | Video Starts at 09:22

Maybe not immediately, but you got to start turning this big ship around slowly and this is a start. No. Well, what you just said, the goal of bringing more jobs here, I'm for that. But There's not a thought out or coherent policy here other than the big stick of we're going to hammer you with tariffs. and might be coherent. We don't know. Maybe, maybe you'll be surprised, pleasantly surprised. Let's all hope you're right. But I got to tell you, right now I'm skeptical. (09:22–09:30)

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Asserts that the current tariff policy lacks coherence and relies on aggressive tactics.

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