During Friday’s White House press briefing, Press Secretary Karoline Leavitt answered questions about the international response to Trump's tariffs.
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00:00Can any of our allies work with us to isolate China in a trade war if we're treating friend and foe alike?
00:06You'll have to talk to our allies who are reaching out to us.
00:09The phones are ringing off of the hooks.
00:10They've made it very clear they need the United States of America.
00:13They need our markets.
00:14They need our consumer base.
00:16You saw Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu in the Oval Office with the President
00:19saying that he was going to bring down all of their monetary tariffs
00:23and their non-monetary tariff trade barriers as well.
00:27We've heard from South Korea.
00:28We've heard from Japan.
00:30The President has spoken to Vietnam.
00:31We have Italy coming to the White House next week.
00:34There's a reason for that, Sean, and it's because they need the United States of America
00:37and our business model and our markets to survive,
00:40and the President is using that leverage to our advantage.
00:43Michael.
00:43Thank you, Karen.