Mr. Trump calls trade war a good and gentle solution for America.
US President Donald Trump's announcement of tariffs on steel and aluminum imports was made in a state of emotional outburst, - as sources in the White House commented to NBC TV channel.
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While discussing trade policy, Trump seemed preoccupied with other matters, they said, the US president was concerned about the growing investigation by Attorney General Jeff Sessions into “Russian interference” in the election, as well as pressure on his son-in-law and senior adviser, Jared Kushner.
At that moment, - as sources claim - Trump's anger "reached a peak". Giving in to his emotional outburst, he took the advice of Commerce Secretary Wilbur Ross and the head of the National Trade Council Peter Navarro and decided to impose tariffs. Meanwhile, the positions of opponents of such measures - Treasury Secretary Stephen Mnuchin and Director of the White House National Economic Council Gary Cohn - remained unheeded by the president, - the TV channel reported.
On March 1, Donald Trump announced tariffs on steel (25%) and aluminum (10%) imports in the US. Commenting on this decision on Twitter, the US President called the trade war a good and gentle solution for the US, which has lost billions of dollars in trade with "almost every country".
