On Sunday morning, President Donald Trump took part in a wide-ranging interview with NBC News’ “Meet The Press” and host Kristen Welker.
As my colleague Bob Hoge shared earlier, one part of the sit-down focused on China and the Trump administration’s tariffs policies, including whether the Middle Kingdom is doing enough to get those tariffs reduced at some point.
Hoge wrote:
The commander in chief also defended his tariffs, which he said are forcing China to negotiate in good faith and stop taking advantage of us:
The president expanded on the topic, telling Welker in the interview done on Friday at Mar-a-Lago, that China appears to be softening about tariffs, partly because their economy is in the dumpster:
“They said today they want to talk….