Trade war threatens to roil 2020 race as Republicans complain about the tariffs Trump loves

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Trump’s trade tactics are on a collision course with his reelection campaign as Republicans decry the tariffs the president loves

By Toluse Olorunnipa and Toluse Olorunnipa White House reporter Email Bio Follow Seung Min Kim Seung Min Kim White House reporter Email Bio Follow May 7 at 7:50 PM President Trump’s aggressive trade policies are running headlong into his campaign for reelection.

However, Treasury Secretary Steven Mnuchin and National Economic Council Director Larry Kudlow are among a group of Trump aides who have encouraged the president to reach a deal with China quickly and avoid political blowback from a full-scale trade war in 2020, according to people familiar with the internal debate.

Some Democratic presidential candidates are using turbulence around the trade talks to needle Trump and try to undercut his messaging on the economy. “The Trade Deal with China continues, but too slowly, as they attempt to renegotiate,” Trump tweeted Sunday, after threatening to levy tariffs on all imports of Chinese goods. “No!”

Republican lawmakers have increasingly voiced concerns to the White House about the president’s trade policy and the impact of tariffs on their states. “I just think he believes that farmers are going to be with him because they think he’s doing the right thing,” Thune said. “And by and large, that’s true. But when you start losing the farm, that calculation starts to change a little bit.”

Trump’s campaign advisers expressed confidence that the president’s trade policies will help him connect with voters in Rust Belt states that have lost manufacturing jobs to China. One official said Trump is aware that he needs a deal before 2020 to hold on to support from farmers in the Midwest.

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So bring in more money and deducing costs is a bad thing? Did any of your writers go to college? My God. So dumb.

More Chicken Little reporting by Waaaa-poo!

Sit down, you deceitful, dishonest, bias media

LOL, he's been doing great so far and he will continue to do wonderful things. Imagine how much more could be done for America is the media and the democrats didn't always stand in our way.

Just a new low for the Post!

Trade war? Have you noticed the economy lately?

NewWorldOrder Globalists Republican NeoCons and Democrat WarHawks... one in the same... continuity of policy. Their just kissed because they heavily invested in the Third World, China, and Ukraine instead of their own country.

Collision course to re-election. Exaggerate much?

Womp womp

Mr. Trump, the moron, talks like the U.S. makes money off of tariffs. Like it somehow goes to the U.S. Treasury to pay down our national debt... He fails to understand how they really work and the collateral damage they cause, including American farmers going bankrupt.

Greenback party has many from both parties. We, acknowledge they are members of an unregistered political party. The common man wants fair trade. Only those who have international profits fight against fair trade. Zombie Alert

Stock Market STILL UP 8% from its December lows

Um, not really.

meanwhile..

People said cheering against a president is like hoping the pilot of your plane fails If my pilot were in a suicide crazy mission I say yes!

FAKE NEWS. lol

realDonaldTrump is crashing and burning.

Did you say war?

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