McConnell Urges Trump to Face GOP Before Mexico Tariffs Start
- Republicans said to worry Trump doesn’t understand tariffs
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Senate Majority Leader Mitch McConnell told administration officials that President Donald Trump should hold off on imposing tariffs on Mexico until he can personally make his argument to Republicans in Congress, according to people briefed on the conversation.
Members of Congress have already left Washington for the week, so any meeting with the president would probably happen next week. Trump is currently in Europe, following a state visit to the U.K.