“Don’t let some of these politicians go around saying, you know, because I’m telling you, these countries are calling us up, kissing my ass. They are. They are dying to make a deal. Please, please, sir, make a deal. I’ll do anything. I will do anything, sir. And then I’ll see some rebel Republican, you know, some guy that wants to grandstand, say, I think that Congress should take over negotiations. Let me tell you, you don’t negotiate like I negotiate. Congress takes over negotiating, sell America fast because you’re going to go busted. I just saw today a couple of your congressmen said, I think we should get involved in the negotiation of the tariffs. Oh, that’s what I need. I need some guy telling me how to negotiate. I tell you, the happiest people in the world would be China. They wouldn’t be paying 104 percent, I tell, they’d be paying no percent, we’d be paying them 104 percent. That’s the beauty… these guys. We’ve got to. Be careful. And even the concept of it hurts your negotiation. When they see a little story like that, the other side, you know, it hurts you negotiation. And then the fake news wants to build it up, and it has no chance anyway. But we have to remain united.
“Because some of the trade deals that were made by predecessors as president were so bad, you almost wonder who did these deals? They were either crooked or stupid. They can be nothing else. They were stupid or crooked.”
Trump, speaking at the National Republican Congressional Committee dinner said “They are dying to make a deal. Please, please, sir, make a deal. I’ll do anything” as supporters were heard laughing in the background.
Investors and political leaders are still trying to figure out if Trump’s tariffs are permanent or a pressure tactic to win concessions from other countries.
Trump’s newly implemented trade policies have sent global markets into a downward spiral and stoked fears of a looming recession.
