Trump says tariffs politically risky, but he’s not rushing deals


US President Donald Trump. — Bloomberg

PRESIDENT Donald Trump acknowledged that his sweeping tariff programme had risked imperiling him politically, but said he would not rush deals to appease nervous investors during a town hall on Wednesday. 

“Yeah,” Trump said when asked by NewsNation host Bill O’Reilly if he agreed that his tariff proposals had a perception problem. “But I’m an honest guy, and we have to save the country.”

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