Why the Teamsters president supports Trump's new tariffs - PBS NewsHour

[question everything]

https://www.pbs.org/newshour/show/why-the-teamsters-president-supports-trumps-new-tariffs

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James Hoffa:

My view is, we need tariffs against China. We need a strategic way to use them, because we really have to level the playing field with China. They have had it one way all this time.

American goods are not getting in there. And we have to create a market, a bigger market than soybeans for American products to go into China, which is a huge billion-person country. And that's not happening. We're being blocked out right now.

That's what this trade war is about, about opening their market so we can sell our products there. And that's got to happen. And I think the use of tariffs with regard to China is a good idea.

[elleng]

1. I was disappointed to hear this,

but it's been a long time since I've heard him.

[Hoyt]

2. America First, Screw the rest of the world. We'll just bomb them if they don't like it.

There are even some Democrats fine with ending, impeding global trade and relations.

[watoos]

3. I watched Hoffa today,

we was auditioning to be a Trump fluffer.

[msongs]

4. not many teamsters in the farm community probably nt

[BootinUp]

5. Going about it all wrong UDUMBASS.

[larwdem]

6. don't get it

Trucks can't drive to or from china? Why support asshole dump???

[Jakes Progress]

7. It seems Hoffa didn't know how tariffs work any more

than trump.

[SharonClark]

8. He sounded like an idiot.

Just repeated trump talking points and couldn't answer questions.

[oasis]

9. Hoffa has got to be the most unimpressive labor leader in decades. nt