Sen. Mike Rounds (R-SD) signaled support over the weekend for President-elect Donald Trump’s proposed tariffs against a number of countries, saying that they can be used to fix the problem on the southern border.
Rounds made the remarks during a Sunday ABC News interview on “This Week” with Jonathan Karl when asked about Trump’s threats to impose tariffs against Mexico, Canada, China, and countries in the BRICS alliance — Brazil, Russia, India, China, South Africa, Iran, Saudi Arabia, United Arab Emirates, Argentina, Egypt, and Ethiopia.
“Now he’s got everybody coming in and talking with him, talking about the concerns that he is expressing because he really does believe that tariffs can be a great tool for making sure that our economy grows and thrives,” Rounds said.
“One more thing, the one thing that I have noticed time and again is, is he cares about kids,” he…
