During remarks on the Senate floor Thursday, Senate Minority Leader Chuck Schumer (D-NY) spoke about the Trump administration's trade deal between the United States and the United Kingdom.
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00:00Now on those tariffs themselves.
00:03Today Donald Trump is set to announce a new supposed trade deal between the United States
00:09and the UK, the United Kingdom.
00:12We're still waiting to get the details, but this much is clear.
00:17Whatever Donald Trump's announcement with the UK looks like, it isn't a triumph of strategy,
00:23rather it's a product of chaos.
00:25And with this president, it passed his prologue, who knows if this deal will actually stick.
00:32This is the Trump administration's credo.
00:37Government by chaos.
00:39Just look at how Donald Trump is dealing with Canada, and it tells you everything you need
00:43to know about how untrustworthy his UK announcement is.
00:48First Donald Trump says yes on tariffs with Canada, then he says no.
00:52Then he insults Canada, calls it the 51st state.
00:55Once later, he meets with Prime Minister Carney and says Canada loves us and we love Canada.
01:00No one knows what Donald Trump will say next.
01:02If this were a roller coaster, the whiplash would paralyze everybody involved.
01:08So American businesses, American consumers have no faith that the president has a design.
01:15Whatever's in front of his face that day, whatever pressure there might be on him, he reacts.
01:23And it doesn't matter if he said completely opposite thing a day or a week earlier.
01:28Early this morning, members of the president's own cabinet are already lowering expectations
01:33of the deal, saying it's only an agreement in concept.
01:37There's a lot of details to be worked out.
01:39And we know what happens when that happens, particularly in a Trump administration.
01:44Donald Trump's new trade deal with the UK seems to be built entirely on quicksand, is likely
01:50to be built on quicksand.
01:51He blows with the political winds.
01:53When people say he's too reckless, he backs off.
01:56When there is criticism of him backing off, he reintroduces the bill.
02:01So it'll be hard to take anything the president says about this deal seriously, because in
02:05all likelihood, he will change his mind again.