Sen. Ben Sasse, R-Neb., slammed President Trump for “constant victim-talk” and misleading Americans while negotiating trade with global leaders.
While commending the president for his stance on the expansion of a “G7 no-tariff, free trade trade agreement,” Sasse skewered him for his unhelpful rhetoric when negotiating trade.
“The constant victim-talk doesn’t help anyone,” he said in a Saturday statement, before suggesting that Trump’s tone is misleading Americans.
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statement on G7 talks:
“constant victim-talk doesn’t help trade negot’ns & doesn’t help citizens make sense of disruption coming from tech” pic.twitter.com/RvpxSboqX6
— Ben Sasse (@BenSasse) June 9, 2018
“It doesn’t help trade negotiations,” he continued. “And it doesn’t help U.S. citizens understand the disruption in our economy that is actually coming from more technology and more automation, not from free trade agreements — which have overwhelmingly benefited American families.”
Trump has vowed to put an end to foreign countries taking advantage of the U.S. in trade and warned that “those days are over.”
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