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Markwayne Mullin: “Sometimes in business you have to have short-term pain to have long-term gain, and we don’t think this is even going to…”

On the recordApril 1, 2025
Sometimes in business you have to have short-term pain to have long-term gain, and we don’t think this is even going to be that long of a short term, if it is at all. We trust the president.
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Markwayne Mullin
Republican · Oklahoma

Editor's note · Context

Mullin supports Trump's tariffs despite potential short-term consumer pain.

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