Turkey’s economy is now “under siege,” the NATO ally’s authoritarian president said in response to the Trump administration’s recent decision to double the tariffs it will impose on steel and aluminum from that country.

“Turkey’s economic dynamics are solid, strong and intact, and they will continue to be intact,” Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdogan told an assembly of Turkish ambassadors, according to the Daily Sabah. “Turkey is under siege in the economy, as in other areas.”