While Republican senators were grilling President Donald Trump’s trade ambassador on Tuesday about where the administration goes next with its global trade war, their colleagues on the other side of the Capitol were dutifully lining up behind Trump and downplaying the economic disruption.
Rep. Brian Mast, who chairs the House Foreign Affairs Committee, told NOTUS he’s been hearing from constituents who support what Trump is “trying to do, trying to get America to look back inward.”
Mast said there would be some economic turmoil, but he’s confident voters will agree with Trump’s overarching goal: “Create more American jobs. Put more people to work. Put our businesses here in America, whatever they are — whether it’s something high tech or whether it’s rubber frickin’ dog toys or something. Put Americans to work.”