Cruz: High tariffs ‘in perpetuity’ would not be good economic policy

Littwin: The Trump doomsday clock moving ever closer to midnight

You remember the doomsday clock, which warns us how close we are to nuclearized extinction? It still exists, but, let’s face it, who has time these days to worry about world-destroying nukes? What we need is a Trump doomsday clock, and if it’s set for anything less than four years — we’ll worry about a possible eight years later — we are, as another president famously said, in deep doodoo.  Neck-deep doodoo, I’d add, brought to us, in part, by T…

Cruz says a trade war would cost jobs, spur prices and be terrible fo…

The Texas senator also highlights a potential “upside,” saying the Trump tariffs could entice other countries to negotiate lower trade barriers.

Ted Cruz says a trade war would cost jobs, spur prices and be terrible for Texas

The Texas senator also highlights a potential “upside,” saying the Trump tariffs could entice other countries to negotiate lower trade barriers.

Cruz hopes Trump tariffs are ‘short-lived’

Sen. Ted Cruz (R-TX) warned that U.S. consumers could suffer if President Donald Trump’s tariff plan doesn’t go as the White House hopes. During a Thursday interview with Fox Business Network’s Larry Kudlow, the news host pitched a plan to…

Cruz hopes Trump tariffs are ‘short-lived’ - Washington Examiner

Sen. Ted Cruz (R-TX) warned that U.S. consumers could suffer if President Donald Trump’s tariff plan doesn’t go as the White House hopes.  During a Thursday interview with Fox Business Network’s Larry Kudlow, the news host pitched a plan to give back to taxpayers revenue from Trump’s tariffs. The proposed “tariff dividend,” Kudlow suggested, could bring “gigantic” gains for taxpayers “out 10 years.”  HOW COUNTRIES ARE RESPONDING TO TRUMP’S “LIBE…

Ted Cruz Warns Tariffs Are ‘Terrible for America’

Sen. Ted Cruz (R-TX) is warning about major risks for the American economy and its automotive industry thanks to President Trump’s trade war, saying it could result in the biggest tax hike in a “long, long time,” Politico reports. He added that that if countries respond with reciprocal tariffs — which some like China already have — while Trump’s tariffs remain in place, that could be “terrible for America.”