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Cavuto began his question for Trump, stating, “Last week, the New York Times editorial board quoted you as saying that you would impose ‘up to [a] 45 percent tariff on Chinese goods,'” but was suddenly cut off by the Donald, who said flatly, “That’s wrong. They’re wrong,” adding, “It’s the New York Times, they are always wrong.”
Raw audio from New York Times Follows:
“I would tax China coming in, products coming in. A tariff, I would do a tariff and they do it to us. You have to be smart. I’m a free trader, I’m a free trader, and some of the people would tell you ‘Oh, it’s terrible.’ I’m a free trader.
“I love free trade, but it’s gotta be reasonably fair. I would do a tax. And let me tell you what the tax should be, the tax should be 45 percent. That would be a tax that would be an equivalent to some of the kind of devaluations that they’ve done. They cannot believe that we haven’t done this yet.”
