Sen. Rand Paul (R–Ky.) has been speaking out against President Donald Trump's tariffs. He supported a bill to repeal the emergency powers that allowed him to levy tariffs on Canada and recently co-sponsored a joint resolution with Sen. Ron Wyden (D–Ore.) to immediately terminate the national emergency that Trump declared in order to impose the worldwide tariffs. Paul joins the show today to explain his opposition to tariffs, defend free trade, warn about the dangers of expansive emergency powers, and discuss his own bill to end unilateral tariffs for good: the No Taxation Without Representation Act of 2025.
This interview was recorded on April 8, 2025.
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Chapters:
- 00:00 Coming up…
- 00:22 Introduction
- 01:04 Can the president start a trade war alone?
- 04:25 Congress vs. emergency powers on tariffs
- 06:11 Paul reacts to Trump's market and trade comments
- 09:09 Is the middle class really hollowed out?
- 13:59 Tariffs, class warfare, and the MAGA Left
- 16:33 Debunking the Rust Belt narrative and the future of jobs
- 20:46 Paul on the Taxation Without Representation Act
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