Trump HUD nominee sidesteps ‘tariffs conversation’ at Senate hearing

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President-elect Donald Trump’s nominee to head the Department of Housing and Urban Development declined Thursday to wade into the turbulent political waters of how the incoming administration’s tariffs could affect housing costs.

Scott Turner, the former NFL cornerback who served in Trump’s first administration, deferred to Trump when it came to whether construction costs would increase under his pledge to tax certain foreign imports.

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