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As you said, we'll get into more of this specifically when we talk about China, specifically the China tariffs when we get to your book. But would you rule out in any circumstances or would you consider there's a bill circulating, I guess, in the Senate, the Grassley-Kentwell bill that would take some of the power from the president on putting on tariffs, making Congress involved with 60 days after instituting
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the tariffs. Would you consider signing
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on to that or have you foreclosed that possibility?
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Jamie, I haven't seen the legislation, so I probably shouldn't comment on it. Obviously, I can review any piece of legislation, make that decision in an informed fashion, but I wouldn't want to comment on a bill I haven't reviewed yet. Final news of the day item before getting to your book. Earlier this week, President Trump
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met with Laura Loomer and reportedly on his advice, on her advice, fired some national security staffers. Laura Loomer is a well-known conspiracy theorist. She has recently attacked you and a former staffer you had as a Chinese spy. She's also known for making racist comments about Indians during the campaign. Are you concerned at all that the president would be meeting with someone like this and potentially worse, taking her advice on what staffers in the national security realm to fire? Well, Jamie, I can't comment
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on who the president meets with and how he makes the decisions based on which advisors counsel him. Obviously, he meets with his team all day long. I'm not privy to those meetings as a member of the Senate. I will say that I agree with the president that I think Mike Waltz and Pete Hexeth are doing great jobs. for three years, worked for the president for three years in the first term. Alex Wong is also doing a great job. And the president has expressed his confidence in Alex Wong to me and encouraged me to speak out to show my confidence in Alice Wong and for that matter, his wife, Candace Wong, one of the Republican members of the United States Sentencing Commissions. So I don't know how the president makes his decisions, who he listens to on this, that or the other decision. I try to evaluate the actual merits of the decision itself. I will agree that Laura Loomer has said some things in the past that obviously I would not associate myself with.
