The time to address the trade deficits placed on the United States is “now,” Sen. Markwayne Mullin, R-Okla., told Fox News Sunday.
Responding to a clip of Sen. Rand Paul, R-Ky., pointing to President William McKinley’s Tariff Act of 1890 and warning that such a position taken up by President Donald Trump could prove to be bad both “politically” and “economically,” Mullin said he would trust Trump over Paul.
“I would trust President Trump and his handling of the economy way before I would trust Sen. Paul on this. The truth is, we have to do something about it now. We know it has cost us jobs year after year after year, and these countries have taken advantage of us.”
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