“These tariffs are going to protect American manufacturing, blue collar jobs, and safeguard our economy from our foreign adversaries, like China,” he said. “We’re no longer going to be exploited by other countries. Americans have been getting ripped off for more than 50 years now, foreign nations, now, are going to pay for the privilege of accessing our markets.”
“This president, by the way, is a freak of nature, at 78-years-old ... he probably sleeps three hours a day or a night, at most, constantly working all the time,” he said. “I can call him and he picks up the phone, he’s always on.”
Emmer also defended Trump’s first months in office.
He championed Republicans for having “rolled back the failed energy policies [of] the previous administration” and cracking down on immigration.
“President Trump’s border security initiatives have been so effective that migrants are choosing to return to their home countries while en route to the United States, after realizing they won’t make it into the United States,” Emmer said.