Sunday on CNN’s “State of the Union,” Sen. Chris Murphy (D-CT) claimed President Donald Trump was using tariffs to “enrich himself.”
Host Jake Tapper said, “What’s your response to this new trump tariff on Canada?
Murphy said, “I think it’s just further confirmation that these tariffs have nothing to do with us. Prices are going up on everything in this country. Manufacturing jobs are leaving. We’ve lost already this year about 30,000 manufacturing jobs. These tariffs really are just a political tool that the president uses to help himself, sometimes to enrich himself. You’ve seen companies openly admit that they’re making investments in his cryptocurrency in an attempt to win favor for him to try to get better treatment on the tariffs. You saw Apple make
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