Russell Vought: “All of the fear tactics that people have brought with regard…”

“President Trump is making another paradigm shift by having this be a part of the conversation about balancing the budget. And, and I think what you're seeing is people, particularly on the Hill, be more receptive to this because All of the fear tactics that people have brought with regard to this subject [tariff revenue] are not coming due, are not coming to fruition. And as a result, we're able to begin to plan and we're seeing it in real time as the President has articulated with the latest numbers since they have come in, since we've come into office.” (07:28–07:37)

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