Lisa McClain Defends President Trump's Tariffs: 'Already Bringing Our Trade Partners To The Table'

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At a House Republican press briefing on Tuesday, Rep. Lisa McClain (R-MI) spoke about President Trump's tariffs.

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00:00It's going to get warm here at some point.

00:03Good morning and hope you all are doing well.

00:06House Republicans and the American people trust President Trump.

00:12His policies, which put Americans first, will deliver the strongest economy in the world.

00:19For far too long, American workers have been taken advantage of.

00:25And President Trump has made it clear, we will no longer put American workers at an unfair advantage.

00:36Imagine starting a football game, two touchdowns behind.

00:40Or imagine being Houston and starting with a 25-point lead.

00:45Perhaps they would have won the game last night, right?

00:48For the past 50 years, that position, the United States, has actually been in.

00:55That is the position that the United States of America has been in for the past 20-plus years.

01:03Think about it.

01:03Across 132 countries and more than 600,000 products, U.S. exporters face higher tariffs two-thirds of the time.

01:21That is the definition of unfair and completely unacceptable.

01:26Remember, the goal is to level the playing field.

01:32And the President is already bringing our trade partners to the table.

01:37Look at Vietnam and Japan.

01:39Already, businesses have started adjusting and restructuring.

01:45They are investing in America.

01:48The President has secured $5 trillion of investments in the United States in his first two months, including my home state of Michigan,

02:01where Apple announced their intentions to launch a state-of-the-art manufacturing academy.

02:08This is proof that President's negotiations work.

02:13And high-paying, skilled manufacturing jobs will follow these investments to America.

02:21Just look at the job numbers from last week.

02:25Payrolls increased by 228,000.

02:30Payroll increased by 228,000 jobs in March.

02:34That was 88,000 more than forecasters had expected.

02:40And according to the Private Sector Employment Report, in March, 21,000 new jobs were added in manufacturing.

02:50Something unimaginable a year ago.

02:56Look, the reality is Biden left behind a broken economy, and the status quo won't fix it.

03:05No one should fault President Trump for trying unconventional ways to get us out of this mess, because that's what it's going to take.

03:14House Republicans know that President Trump's long-term strategy will pay off.

03:20Now, changing gears and moving on to this week in our work to advance President Trump's agenda,

03:26Americans expect us to do our job.

03:30This week, we need to pass the SAVE Act and secure our elections.

03:38Stop rogue judges from stalling President Trump and the American people's agenda.

03:46Reverse Biden's disastrous policies.

03:51And advance our one big, beautiful bill,

03:54which will help get our economy back on track again and give our markets some certainty.

04:02And we said this from the get-go.

04:04There may be growing pains, but House Republicans are unified behind our common goal.

04:12To deliver on the mandate that the American people gave us.

04:18And now, I will turn it over to the man who will help do that, which is our whip, Tom Emmer.

Lisa McClain Defends President Trump's Tariffs: 'Already Bringing Our Trade Partners To The Table'

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