
White House warns against tariff retaliation, says Trump ‘has a spine of steel and he will not break’
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White House Press Secretary Karoline Leavitt is warning countries who retaliate against President Donald Trump's "Liberation Day" tariffs.
"On the other hand, countries like China who have chosen to retaliate and try to double down on their mistreatment of American workers are making a mistake. President Trump has a spine of steel and he will not break," Leavitt added, referencing 34% retaliatory tariffs that China unveiled against the U.S. last week. Greg Norman is a reporter at Fox News Digital.
Leavitt told Fox News Senior White House Correspondent Jacqui Heinrich that Trump is "very much focused on ensuring that these deals are good for the American worker, they are good for American manufacturing" and "that they tackle these crippling deficits with these countries.