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Rand Paul: “I don’t know what the administration’s plan is. If they’re using [tariffs] as leverage, seems to me it would be better…”

On the recordMarch 4, 2025
I don’t know what the administration’s plan is. If they’re using [tariffs] as leverage, seems to me it would be better to threaten them, negotiate and you put them on or not on.
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Rand Paul
Republican · Kentucky

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Rand Paul questions Trump's tariff strategy, suggesting negotiation before implementation.

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