Sen. John Kennedy (R-La.) said Monday that President Donald Trump will have to shoulder the blame for economic hardship if his tariff strategy fails. (Watch the video below.)
“Do you think it’s Donald Trump’s economy now?” CNN’s Kasie Hunt asked him.
“Oh, I think it is,” Kennedy replied. “There’s no question. I think once he decided to add the tariffs, clearly, I mean, he will be held responsible ― as he should ― whether it turns out good or it turns out badly.”
The short term of Trump’s aggressive taxes has been disastrous. Kennedy called it “painful” in his CNN interview. Markets reached historic lows after Trump imposed blanket global tariffs and threatened bigger ones to ratchet up a trade war.
“In the long run, we’re all dead,” he said. “Short run matters, too. Nobody knows what the impact of these tariffs is going to be on the economy.”