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President Donald Trump said he would not fall Tariffs on China To force Beijing to come to the negotiating table.
The President discussed his tariff positions he defended in an interview with NBC “Get to know the press” recorded on Friday from his Mar-lago estate. He claimed it
“They said today they wanted to talk. Look, China, and I don’t like it. I’m not glad. China has been killed now,” Trump said Kristen Wellker. “They are absolutely destroyed. Their factories are closed. Their unemployment goes through the roof. Now I do not want to do it in China. At the same time, I don’t want China to earn hundreds of billions of dollars and construction more ships and more army tanks and more planes.”
“Do you not reject tariffs against China to get to the negotiating table?” Wellker asked.
Trump replied: “No.”
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President Donald Trump speaks in the White House Cross Hall during the Investment Investment event on April 30, 2025 in Washington, Colombia, to executives to emphasize their campaigns during the event. (Andrew Harnica/Getti Image)
“At some point, I am going to omit them, because otherwise you will never be able to do business with them,” he added later. “And they want to do business as their economy is really bad. Their economy is destroyed.”
Trump pushed away from Welker’s prerequisites for whether he would facilitate light business. The president said the NBC presenter should consider a major business, such as the automotive industry that they are going to earn “from their tariff plan. Trump also refused to turn off to make some tariffs permanent, saying that the US could expect new investments worth $ 9 trillion since he has taken office.
He noted that Apple and other technology companies as well Automobile companies Such as Toyota, Honda, General Motors and Stellantis have assumed multi -billion dollar commitments to attract their plants in the US.
The Chinese government has collected a list of US products to be released from 125% tariffs for US goods, Reuters reported last week. Beijing already has exceptions for some pharmaceuticals of the US, micro and engines of aircraft.
Trump also refused to exclude the potential recession in the short term, although he promised the “greatest economic boom in history”.
‘Are good in the short term Is there a recession? “ Wellker asked.
“Listen, yes … all right,” said Trump, claiming the US economy is in the “transition period” and “we will do fantastic.”
“Are you worried about recession?” Wellker asked.
President Donald Trump and Chinese leader Xi Jinping
Trump replied to this: “No.”
“Do you worry what can it happen? Do you think it can happen?” She pressed.
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“Everything can happen,” Trump said. “But I think we will have the biggest economy in the history of our country. I think we will have the greatest economic boom in history.”
