Trump might pump the brakes on auto tariffs: "They need a little bit of time"

President Donald Trump suggested on Monday that he might temporarily exempt the auto industry from tariffs.

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00:00I'm looking at something to help some of the car companies where they're switching to parts

00:05that were made in Canada, Mexico, and other places. And they need a little bit of time

00:10because they're going to make them here. But they need a little bit of time. So I'm talking

00:15about things like that. What about any Apple products, other cell phones?

00:18Look, I'm a very flexible person. I don't change my mind, but I'm flexible. And you have to be.

00:24You just can't have a wall and you'll only go. No, sometimes you have to go around it,

00:28under it or above it. There'll be maybe things coming up. I speak to Tim Cook. I helped Tim Cook

00:33recently in that whole business. I'm not. I don't want to hurt anybody. But the end result

00:40is we're going to get to the position of greatness for our country.