Vice President JD Vance defended President Donald Trump’s tariffs and encouraged patience as the country braces for the economic effect of the Trump administration’s new tariff policy.
In a Fox News interview on Thursday morning, as markets panicked and the dollar weakened, Vance acknowledged that the administration’s new policies are “a big change,” and signaled that the Trump administration is not shying away from some of the backlash to the tariffs and what they could mean for consumers’ pocketbooks.
“We know people are struggling,” Vance said during the interview. “We’re fighting as quickly as we can to fix what was left to us, but it’s not going to happen immediately.”