Russell Vought: “It's ensuring that we have American manufacturing.”

“Look, tariffs are imposed on the foreign importers. Right, we've seen that. Okay, so what. What industry sectors are you going to hobble? Do you know? It's not hobbling. It's ensuring that we have American manufacturing. So I'm assuming you don't know, you don't yet know who the next tariffs are going to hit. You're just projecting all this money.” (02:53–02:56)

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