'Trade wars are good, and easy to win,' Trump tweets

[robkelk]

(blows dust off thread) (what, you thought this was over just because a draft treaty was reached?)

'Anything but tariffs': How Republican senators found rare occasion to defy Trump

The Republican Party has, for the most part, backed U.S. President Donald Trump through controversial policy announcements and Special Counsel Robert Mueller's investigation. But the prospect of supporting his proposed tariffs on all goods imported from Mexico seems a bridge too far.

Veteran Kentucky Republican strategist Scott Jennings chalks it up not just to the party's penchant for viewing itself as the party of free trade, but also for the simple fact that many conservative lawmakers will invariably perceive tariffs as yet more taxes.

According to the New York Times, Sen. Ted Cruz called the proposed tariffs a $30-billion tax increase on Texans.

"There's no reason for Texas farmers and ranchers and manufacturers and small businesses to pay the price of massive new taxes," Cruz told reporters Tuesday.

Senate Majority Leader Mitch McConnell warned Trump's tariffs would be met with opposition from Republicans.