President Donald Trump threatened retaliatory measures against U. S. trade partners Monday, accusing them of “getting away with murder.” “We cannot continue
WASHINGTON – President Donald Trump threatened retaliatory measures against U. S. trade partners Monday, accusing them of “getting away with murder.”
“We cannot continue to be taken advantage of by other countries,” Trump told Cabinet, state and local officials gathered at the White House for a meeting on infrastructure.
“We lose vast amounts of money with China and Japan and South Korea,” he added. “They are getting away with murder.”
“We are going to charge countries outside of our country — countries that take advantage of the United States. Some of them are so-called allies but they are not allies on trade.
“So we’re going to be doing very much a reciprocal tax and you’ll be hearing about that during the week and the coming months.”
It was not clear what Trump was referring to. White House officials did not immediately respond to request for comment.
