One Democrat in Congress broke ranks to offer praise of President Donald Trump’s “Liberation Day” tariffs.
Rep. Jared Golden (D-ME), who hails from a hotly-contested district and has a track record of cooperating with Republicans, endorsed the 10% baseline in the new tariff plan. The lower-end rate matches the one Golden put forward in a bill earlier this year, the congressman noted.
“President Trump has introduced a number of new tariff policies, and I and my team are already digging into the details. I’ll have more to say on the specifics in the next few days,” Golden said in a statement.
“What I can say now is I’m pleased the president is building his tariff agenda on the foundation of a universal 10 percent tariff like the one I proposed in the BUILT USA Act,” he added. “This ring fence around the American economy is a good start to erasing our unsustainable…
