Heated Clash in US Congress: Rep. Pocan Corners Trump’s Tariff Defender With One Simple Question

A fiery exchange erupted in the U.S. Congress as Representative Mark Pocan grilled Trump’s tariff defender over a simple but crucial question: “Who pays tariffs?” The tense back-and-forth left the witness fumbling for answers, exposing the ongoing controversy over the real economic impact of Trump’s trade policies.

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00:00You clearly aren't going to answer. I'm not going to waste my time having you go, uh, uh, uh.

00:12So my concern is on the tariffs. Who pays tariffs, Mr. Secretary?

00:23No, no, no. Answer the questions I asked, please. I only have five minutes. Who pays tariffs?

00:27Sorry. Well, who pays tariffs? Mr. Secretary, please. The question is very simply who pays

00:32tariffs, Mr. Chairman. I'd like him to answer that question. He wants to answer other questions.

00:37Well, Congressman, if. So my concern is on the tariffs. Who pays tariffs, Mr. Secretary?

00:44Sorry. Well. Who pays tariffs? Mr. Secretary, please. The question is very simply who pays

00:50tariffs, Mr. Chairman. It's a very complicated question. Reclaiming my time. You clearly aren't

00:55going to answer it. I'm not going to waste my time having you go, uh, uh, uh, uh. People

00:59pay tariffs, right? I'm reclaiming my time, Mr. Secretary.

01:02Thank you. Thank you, sir.

02:03No, no. Answer the questions I asked, please. I only have five minutes. Who pays tariffs?

02:07Sorry?

02:08Who pays tariffs? Mr. Secretary, please.

02:11Excuse me.

02:11The question is very simply, who pays tariffs, Mr. Chairman? I'd like him to answer that question.

02:16He wants to answer other questions.

02:17Well, Congressman, if the exporters, they dislike tariffs so much, why wouldn't they, if, I think what you're trying to get me to say.

02:32Did you remember the question? I'm not sure you did. Who pays tariffs?

02:35That they, it's a very complicated question.

02:39Reclaiming my time. People pay tariffs, right? I'm reclaiming my time, Mr. Secretary.

02:44Reclaiming my time, Mr. Secretary.

02:47Reclaiming my time. You clearly aren't going to answer it. I'm not going to waste my time having you go, uh, uh, uh, uh.

02:53Mr. Secretary, reclaim, Mr. Chairman, I asked reclaiming my time.

02:58Mr. Chairman.

03:02And I asked to reclaim my time. Did I not?

03:05No, I said reclaiming my time, because he's clearly not answering it.

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Heated Clash in US Congress: Rep. Pocan Corners Trump’s Tariff Defender With One Simple Question

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