I think we're at a fundamental fork in the road. And there's one path that is very, very good and one path that is very, very bad. The path that is good is President Trump has greater leverage right now than any president in our lifetime to negotiate lower tariffs with our trading partners. We're expecting an announcement about the UK later this morning. And, and what I had been urging President Trump to use that leverage, negotiate dramatically lower tariffs with our trading partners, use the fact that you threaten these tariffs to lower them in exchange. (01:09–01:17)
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