White House Press Secretary Karoline Leavitt announced Tuesday that the tariff spat with China will continue and that the Trump administration was actually upping the ante in order to force a favorable trade deal.
Asked by a reporter what conditions would need to be met in order for Trump to talk to President Xi Jinping, Leavitt responded:
Well, look, I just spoke to the president about this, and he believes that China wants to make a deal with the United States, he believes China has to make a deal with the United States. It was a mistake for China to retaliate…
When America is punched, he punches back harder.
That’s why there will be 104% tariffs going into effect on China tonight at midnight.
But the president believes that XI and China want to make a deal. They just don’t know how to get that started and the president also wanted me to tell all of you…
