Trump Calls Himself 'Tariff Man,' Hints About Extending 90-Day Deadline
"I am a Tariff Man," tweeted President Donald Trump Tuesday, three days after postponing hiking to 25 percent the third round of Section 301 duties, giving U.S. and Chinese negotiators 90 days to work out a comprehensive trade deal (see…
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1812030002). "When people or countries come in to raid the great wealth of our Nation, I want them to pay for the privilege of doing so," tweeted Trump. "It will always be the best way to max out our economic power. We are right now taking in $billions in Tariffs. MAKE AMERICA RICH AGAIN." Negotiations with China "have already started," he tweeted. "Unless extended, they will end 90 days from the date of our wonderful and very warm dinner with President Xi in Argentina," he said about Chinese President Xi Jinping.