President Trump addressed one of the elephants in the room during his Tuesday address to the joint session of Congress for this speech — tariffs.
Acknowledging the economic repercussions of his tariffs, the president said Americans will have to “bear with” him through an “adjustment period.”
He also reiterated that he will announce a sweeping agriculture tariff to take effect April 2.
“The tariffs will go on agricultural products coming into America and our farmers, starting on April 2. It may be a little bit of an adjustment period. We had that before, when I made the deal with China, $50 billion of purchases, and I said, ‘just bear with me.’ And they did. They did.
“You probably have to bear with me again, and this will be even better.”
We must look at the big picture. Tariffs will hurt at first but later when we see more Americans employed actually producing the things we use and need, our economy will improve. Not to mention the income for the government through taxes from these new jobs. It has to be done to correct our huge deficit, the sooner the better. We shouldn’t have to depend on any other country to maintain our lifestyle.