Jeff Flake: Tariffs and tariff exemptions are 'dual poisons to the economy'

Sen. Jeff Flake, R-Ariz., an outspoken critic of President Trump, ripped President Trump’s tariffs and planned exemptions for tariffs, after the president approved tariffs on steel and aluminum, but left the door open for some exemptions.

“When you say ‘All right, let’s have tariffs, but let’s couple that with uncertainty,’ that’s almost worse,” Flake told NBC’s Chuck Todd during an appearance on NBC’s “Meet the Press” on Sunday. “I mean, those are dual poisons to the economy. Tariffs are awful. Tariffs married to uncertainty is probably even worse.”