Cruz hopes Trump tariffs are ‘short-lived’

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Sen. Ted Cruz (R-TX) warned that U.S. consumers could suffer if President Donald Trump’s tariff plan doesn’t go as the White House hopes. 

During a Thursday interview with Fox Business Network’s Larry Kudlow, the news host pitched a plan to give back to taxpayers revenue from Trump’s tariffs. The proposed “tariff dividend,” Kudlow suggested, could bring “gigantic” gains for taxpayers “out 10 years.” 

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