President Trump signed new tariffs on China into law at the White House Thursday.
He told reporters that other nations have been taking advantage of the United States, but “those days are over.”
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Tariffs are “going to make us a much stronger, much richer nation,” Trump elaborated.
“The word is reciprocal. That’s the word I want everyone to remember. We want reciprocal, mirror. Some people call it a mirror tariff, or a mirror tax. Just use the word reciprocal. If they charge us, we charge them the same thing. That’s the way it’s got to be. That’s not the way it is.” (RELATED: American Workers And President Trump Share Amazing Moments In Oval Office)
“For many decades, it has not been that way,” POTUS continued. “And I will say the people we’re negotiating with smilingly, they really agree with us.”
“I really believe they cannot believe they’ve gotten away with this for so long. I’ll talk to Prime Minister Abe of Japan and others. Great guy, friend of mine, and they’ll be a little smile on their face. And the smile is ‘I can’t believe we’ve been able to take advantage of the United States for so long.’ So those days are over.”