>>> LET’S START WITH THIS. A BLANKET TARIFF ON ALL STEEL AND ALUMINUM EXPECTED TO COME SOMETIME TODAY. THE LATEST THREAT FROM TRUMP AS A TRADE WAR BETWEEN THE U.S. AND ITS TOP TRADING PARTNERS RAMPS UP.
IT IS UNCLEAR IF THE TAX WILL BE ADDED ON TOP OF THE SWEEPING TEMPERS AND TARIFF ALREADY IN PLACE OR PLACES LIKE CHINA. BUT TRUMP SAYS IT WILL HELP U.S. STEEL. TAKE A LISTEN.
>> WE WILL ALSO BE ANNOUNCING STEEL TARIFFS ON MONDAY. TOMORROW. ANY STEEL COMING INTO THE UNITED STATES WILL HAVE A 25% TARIFF. ALUMINUM, TOO. 25%.
FOR BOTH. >> NIPPON STEEL HAVING — >> NOBODY CAN HAVE A MAJORITY STAKE IN U.S. STEEL. THEY CAN FOR OTHER COMPANIES BUT NOT U.
S. STEEL. U.S. STEEL WAS ONE OF OUR GREAT COMPANIES AND THROUGH A LOT OF — THAT GOVERNMENT AND ALSO BAD MANAGEMENT OF THE COMPANY, IT LOST THAT LUSTER.
BUT IT WILL GAIN IT BACK AND TARIFFS WILL HELP.
>> MEANWHILE, CHINA FIRING BACK ON THAT ORIGINAL 10% TAX WITH A LIST OF THEIR OWN. HERE ARE THE COUNTER TARIFFS ON U.S. GOODS THAT TO KICK IN TODAY.
15% ON COAL, 15% ON LIQUEFIED NATURAL GAS, 10% ON CRUDE OIL, 10% ON AGRICULTURAL MACHINERY, AND 10% ON LARGE ENGINE CARS. LET’S BRING IN OUR WHITE HOUSE DIGITAL REPORTER WHO IS LIVE IN D.C. AND BREAKS IT ALL DOWN FOR US. THANK YOU FOR BEING HERE.
THE PRESIDENT SAYS TARIFFS WILL HELP BRING BACK U.S. STEEL. HOW IS THAT GOING TO HAPPEN? >> Reporter: GOOD AFTERNOON.
ONE IMPACT THE TARIFFS THAT PRESIDENT TRUMP HAS ANNOUNCED HIS INTEREST IN U.S.
STEEL AND GENERALLY DOMESTIC PRODUCTION OF STEEL AND ALUMINUM. IT IS EXPECTED TO BE MORE COSTLY FOR IMPORTS OF THESE GOODS FROM OTHER COUNTRIES. WE HAVE SEEN PRICES RISE THIS MORNING AS WELL.
WHAT COULD HURT IS THE PRICE FOR HOMEBUILDING AND AUTO INDUSTRY. THE U.S. REPORTS A SIGNIFICANT AMOUNT OF STEEL AND ALUMINUM FROM OTHER COUNTRIES. IF YOU LOOK AT THE DETROIT AREA AND ONTARIO, TARIFFS COULD IMPACT THE AUTO INDUSTRY AND LINKED THE ECONOMY THAT THEY HAVE.
>> HE ALSO PREVIEWED ANOTHER SET OF TARIFFS GOING INTO EFFECT POTENTIALLY LATER THIS WEEK. CAN YOU WALK US THROUGH SOME OF THOSE? >> Reporter: YEAH, THIS IS SOMETHING HE ANNOUNCED LAST WEEK DURING A PRESSER WITH THE JAPANESE PRIME MINISTER. RECIPROCAL TARIFFS THAT WOULD BE ANNOUNCED ON TUESDAY OR WEDNESDAY AND ARE BASICALLY TARIFFS THAT WILL MATCH TARIFFS LEVIED BY OTHER COUNTRIES. IT WILL IMPACT CANADA, MEXICO, EUROPEAN UNION, CHINA AND JAPAN WITH THE TARIFFS, BUT BIG PICTURE, TRUMP HAS PORTRAYED TARIFFS AS A WAY TO FIX TRADE DEFICITS WITH OTHER COUNTRIES, PARTICULARLY CANADA AND EUROPE.
THE LATEST DEAL OF TARIFFS, THESE RECIPROCAL TARIFFS ARE THE STEP. >> THE VIDEO YOU SAW ON YOUR SCREEN WITH SNIPPETS OF THE SUPER BOWL INTERVIEW THE PRESIDENT DID WITH FOX NEWS. THIS CLIP ON HIS PLAN FOR GAZA OUT THIS MORNING , LET’S TAKE A LISTEN TO THAT. >> WE WILL BUILD BEAUTIFUL COMMUNITIES FOR THE PEOPLE AND BUILD BEAUTIFUL COMMUNITIES, SAFE COMMUNITY. IT COULD BE FIVE, SIX, TWO.
WE WILL BUILD SAFE COMMITTEES A LITTLE BIT AWAY FROM WHERE THEY ARE WHERE ALL THE DANGER IS. I WOULD ON THIS. THINK OF IT AS A REAL ESTATE DEVELOPMENT FOR THE FUTURE. IT WOULD BE A BEAUTIFUL PIECE OF LAND. >> WHAT THE PALESTINIANS HAVE THE RIGHT TO RETURN?
>> NO, THEY WOULDN’T BECAUSE THEY WOULD HAVE MUCH BETTER HOUSING, — IN OTHER WORDS, I AM TALKING ABOUT BUILDING A PERMANENT PLACE FOR THEM. IF THEY — NOW, IT WILL BE YEARS — IT’S NOT HABITABLE.
IT WILL BE YEARS BEFORE IT CAN HAPPEN. I’M TALKING ABOUT STARTING TO BUILD AND I THINK I COULD MAKE A DEAL WITH JORDAN. I THINK I COULD MAKE A DEAL WITH IGER.
WE GIVE THEM BILLIONS OF BILLIONS OF DOLLARS A YEAR. >> DO WE HAVE MORE DETAILS ON WHERE THE PEOPLE OF GAZA WOULD GO IF THE U.S. FOLLOWS THROUGH IN TAKING OVER THE REGION? YOU MENTIONED JORDAN AND EGYPT, BUT ANY OTHER PLANS?
>> Reporter: THIS QUESTION IN TRUMP’S MIND AND THAT IS THE KEY THING TO WATCH. OVER THE WEEKEND AND THAT CLIP, TRUMP INDICATED BECAUSE THE COUNTRY IS SO TORN UP RIGHT NOW, PALESTINIANS WOULD NOT BE ABLE TO RETURN IN THE NEXT FEW YEARS AND HE SUGGESTED PALESTINIANS WOULD HAVE PERMANENT HOMES AND OTHER NEIGHBORING COUNTRIES SUCH AS JORDAN OR EGYPT.
IT IS IMPORTANT TO NOTE THAT MANY OF THESE COUNTRIES HAVE REJECTED TRUMP’S IDEA AS WE SAW IN THAT CLIP HE OFTEN SAYS HE COULD, QUOTE, MAKE A DEAL WITH THESE COUNTRIES. >> AARON NAVARRO, THANK YOU SO MUCH FOR BREAKING IT ALL DOWN FOR US. >>> AS PRESIDENT TRUMP — POLLING SHOWS THE MAJORITY OF PEOPLE APPROVE OF THE WORK HE HAS DONE SO FAR.
IN FACT, 70% SAY THE PRESIDENT IS DOING EXACTLY WHAT HE PROMISED IN HIS CAMPAIGN AND AS FAR AS TRUMP’S OVERALL JOB RATING, 53% APPROVE. CBS NEWS ELECTIONS AND SURVEY EXECUTIVE DIRECTOR OF THE SUB ON HAS MORE ON WHAT THIS MEANS. ANTHONY, STARTING OFF, BREAK DOWN THE LATEST POLLING. WHAT DO ALL THESE QUESTIONS AND THE POLLING INDICATE TO YOU? >> I THINK ONE OF THE THINGS BEHIND THE NUMBERS YOU JUST SHOWED EVERYBODY IS WHEN WE LOOK AT WHAT WE HAVE PEOPLE DESCRIBE ABOUT DONALD TRUMP DURING THE CAMPAIGN, WORTH A THOUGHT DESCRIBED HIM, AND ASKED THEM NOW, YOU SEE THESE BIG NUMBERS THAT SUSTAIN AND HE IS TOUGH AND ENERGETIC AND FOCUSED.
ALL OF THESE THINGS OR — ARE SOME OF THE REASONS YOU SEE THOSE POSITIVE APPROVAL NUMBERS. THE OTHER ONE YOU MENTIONED, I WILL POINT OUT, THIS 70% SAYING HE IS DOING WHAT HE PROMISED, THAT IS WHETHER YOU APPROVE OF HIM OR NOT, BUT THERE APPEARS TO BE POLITICAL VALUE. ESPECIALLY FOR FOLKS WHO VOTED FOR HIM. FOR HIS SUPPORTERS. THEY SEE SOMEBODY WHO IS DOING WHAT HE SAID HE WOULD DO IN THE CAMPAIGN.
THAT IS HOW PEOPLE GET A GENERAL SENSE OF THINGS ESPECIALLY IN THE EARLY DAYS OF AN ADMINISTRATION. >> HOW DO THESE NUMBERS COMPARE TO TRUMP FIRST TIME IN OFFICE? >>’S APPROVALS NUMBERS NOW ARE BETTER THAN ANYTHING HE HAD IN HIS FIRST TERM. AND WHAT IS PARTICULARLY INTERESTING ABOUT THAT IS YOU DRILL DOWN A LITTLE ON SOME OF THE POLICIES RIGHT NOW THAT PEOPLE ARE LOOKING AT, NOT ALL OF THEM ARE GETTING RETURNS RIGHT NOW BUT SOME OF THEM ARE. LET ME POINT OUT THESE.
HIS PROGRAM TO DEPORT IMMIGRANTS WHO ARE ILLEGALLY IN THE U.S. GETS APPROVAL AGAIN AND BACK TO THIS IDEA OF ECHOING THE CAMPAIGN.
WE SAW VOTERS APPROVING OF THAT IDEA IN THE CAMPAIGN WHEN THEY VOTED FOR HIM. AND SOMEWHAT RELATED, SENDING TROOPS, U.
S. TROOPS, TO THE U.S./MEXICO BORDER AND AGAIN GET TWO THIRDS APPROVAL AND HIS SUPPORTERS LIKE THE FOCUS ON SOME OTHER THINGS LIKE PUTTING GOVERNMENT SPENDING AND OTHER ASPECTS WHERE YOU SEE, ESPECIALLY FOR THE BASE, PEOPLE SAYING AT THE OUTSET, ANYWAY, THEY ARE DELIVERING A LOT OF WHAT THEY ARE EXPECTING. >> WHAT ABOUT THE VIEW ON TARIFFS?
DO THEY THINK THESE TARIFFS ARE A GOOD IDEA? >> THAT POINTS TO ONE OF THE BIGGER GAP BETWEEN WHAT PEOPLE WERE EXPECTING AND WHAT THEY ARE SEEING RIGHT NOW.
WE START WITH TARIFFS, WHICH IS THIS. A MAJORITY DO NOT FAVOR TARIFFS, NEW TARIFFS, ON GOODS FROM MEXICO, EUROPE, CANADA. ONLY CHINA GETS A MAJORITY APPROVING THERE AND THE REASON FOR THAT IS MOST PEOPLE TELL US THEY THINK TARIFFS WOULD RAISE PRICES.
BEHIND THAT, WE ALSO SEE THAT WE GET THIS NUMBER AND THIS SPEAKS TO THAT IDEA I SAID EARLIER ABOUT THE GAP BETWEEN THE LIVING AND EXPECTATIONS, TWO THIRDS INCLUDING A LOT OF REPUBLICANS SAY THE ADMINISTRATION SO FAR IS NOT FOCUSING ENOUGH IN THEIR VIEW ON LOWERING PRICES. YOU MAY RECALL, INFLATION WAS ONE OF THE BIG REASONS, MAYBE THE BIG REASON, THAT DONALD TRUMP WON.
YOU WANT TO WASH THAT DIFFERENCE AND I THINK TARIFFS CLEARLY RELATE TO THAT DYNAMIC. >> ANOTHER QUESTION THAT YOU POSED WAS ABOUT ELON MUSK AND D.O.
G.E. THE NUMBERS ARE INTERESTING GIVEN THE PUSHBACK WE’VE HEARD FROM LAWMAKERS. WHAT HAVE YOU FOUND? >> THE FIRST THING YOU SEE IS REALLY PARTISAN SPLIT.
YOU SEE MOST REPUBLICAN SAYING, OKAY, HIS D.O.G.E. TASK FORCE AND ELON MUSK SHOULD HAVE AT LEAST SOME INFLUENCE ON WHAT IS GOING ON.
THOUGH NOT NECESSARILY A LOT. AND THAT NUMBER IS REALLY A LOT MORE OF FOLKS SAYING THEY ARE PART OF THAT MAGA MOVEMENT. MAYBE THAT IS NOT SURPRISING THAT THAT IS WHERE A LOT OF THE PUSH IS COMING FROM. WHEN YOU SEE PARTISAN, THE BULK OF DEMOCRATS ARE SAYING NOT MUCH OR NO INFLUENCE FOR ELON MUSK AND D.O.
G.E. THE OTHER PART IS I THINK FOR THE PUBLIC OPINION STANDPOINT, THIS MAY TAKE A WHILE TO PLAY OUT. RIGHT NOW WE KNOW, ESPECIALLY FOR REPUBLICANS, IDEAS LIKE HAVING — CUTTING GOVERNMENT SPENDING HAVE ALWAYS BEEN POPULAR. SO, THOSE BROAD GOALS YOU WILL FIND A LOT OF AGREEMENT FROM THE BASE, .
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