President Donald Trump's broad-based tariffs on imported goods from Canada and Mexico have drawn support from some businesses that stand to benefit from the federal government artificially raising the prices of their competitors' products. But Sen. Rand Paul (R–Ky.) is urging the president to listen to the many, many American businesses—as well as their employees and their customers—that will suffer because tariffs drive up operating costs.
"I haven't had a single business person or individual in my state come up to me and say the tariffs are a good idea," says Paul.
The senator from Kentucky appeared on Rising, the news show I host for The Hill, on Wednesday to discuss Trump's tariffs threats, the firings of federal workers, and why so many of his Republican colleagues refuse to do the tough work of actually cutting government spending.
