Trump says it's an "honor" to impose reciprocal tariffs as stock market tumbles

Fortune

President Donald Trump said Monday that it was an "honor" to impose the reciprocal tariffs that have rocked global markets. He added that he was not looking to pause tariffs, but is open to negotiations with other countries.

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00:00We're going to have one shot at this, and no other president is going to do this, what I'm doing.

00:04And I'll tell you what, it's an honor to do it because we have been just, just destroyed what

00:11they've done to our system. You know, we have $36 trillion of debt for a reason. And the reason is

00:18that people allowed it to get that way. So we'll be talking to China, we'll be talking to a lot of

00:25different countries. And I think, you know, if, if we can make a really fair deal and a good deal

00:32for the United States, not a good deal for other, this is America first, it's now America first.

00:38And we didn't put America first, we put America last. The people

00:41that were in the Oval Office put America last, and we're not going to stand for it.

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