‘We’re All Dead’: Frustrated Republican Senators Rip Into Trump Tariffs
Some Republican lawmakers expressed frustration and uncertainty Wednesday evening after President Donald Trump’s steep “Liberation Day” tariffs.
“In the long run, we’re all dead,” Sen. John Kennedy (R-Louisiana) told CNN’s chief congressional correspondent Manu Raju for The Lead With Jake Tapper. “Short run matters too. Nobody knows what the impact of these tariffs is going to be on the economy.”
Raju also caught up with Sen. Thom Tillis (R-NC), who added: “Anyone who says there may be a little bit of pain before we get things right, they didn’t talk about farmers who are one crop away from bankruptcy.”
Kennedy repeated his “we’re all dead” sentiment to Newsmax’s Rob Schmitt later in the day, adding: “We’re in uncharted waters and we don’t know. And anybody who tries to tell you that they know what the short-term impact is going to be is just lying. Either that or they’re selling deep stupid.”
In his speech from the White House Wednesday, Trump declared that April 2, 2025, “will forever be remembered as the day American industry was reborn, the day America’s destiny was reclaimed and the day that we began to make America wealthy again.” He added he will sign an executive order placing “reciprocal tariffs on countries throughout the world.”
Trump later revealed a chart with the exact percentages.
Watch above via CNN.
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