Duckworth on Tariff Pause: Trump Can’t Erase Damage He’s Already Done to Middle-Class Families
[WASHINGTON, D.C.] – Today, U.S. Senator Tammy Duckworth issued the following statement after President Donald Trump—a failed and bankrupt businessman—announced he is pausing most of his tariffs, except for tariffs on China, for 90 days:
“Let’s call this what it is: Donald Trump is caving on his signature tariffs—just hours after they went into effect—after his billionaire tax cheat friends finally broke through to him about the devastating impacts these tariffs were having on our economy, Americans’ retirement savings, grocery bills and more. The same impacts so many of us who actually care about middle-class families warned would happen.
“Trump might’ve walked this back, but he can’t erase the damage he’s done. Middle-class families and small businesses will continue paying the price for his needless chaos—and there’s no reason to believe things will get better before this ‘90-day pause’ expires.
“It’s time for Congress to take the steering wheel back from this failed and bankrupt businessman. Instead of cutting our manufacturing assistance programs and pushing our closest trading partners away, which is exactly what Trump did, it’s time to invest in our manufacturing base, work with our allies and stop handing out tax benefits to corporations that ship jobs overseas.”
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