In a press gaggle on Air Force One, President Trump was asked about his plans for tariffs on April 2.
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00:00On the tariffs that you're planning, so you're expecting to hit something like 10 to 15 countries,
00:07is that right?
00:08No.
00:09No.
00:10All countries?
00:11All of the countries.
00:12Is it across the board?
00:13Not 10.
00:14I don't know.
00:15Who told you 10 or 15 countries?
00:16Well, we heard that.
00:17So we heard that you were going to aim for the 10 percent.
00:18I heard it.
00:19But you didn't hear it from me.
00:20No?
00:21Okay.
00:22So how many countries will be in that initial trench?
00:23You'd start with all countries.
00:24So let's see what happens.
00:25There are many countries involved.
00:26On the Russians?
00:27I haven't heard a Russian.
00:29I haven't heard a rumor about 15 countries, 10 or 15.
00:32So you're starting with all countries?
00:34Essentially, all of the countries that we're talking about.
00:37I wouldn't be talking about all countries.
00:40It's not a cutoff.
00:41And if you look at the history and you look at what's happened to us, you go to certain
00:47places, go to Asia, and you take a look at every single country in Asia, what they've
00:52done to the United States in trade.
00:55And by the way, in military, in a certain way.
00:58You look at, you take a look at trade with Asia.
01:02And I wouldn't say anybody is treated as fairly or nicely.
01:08And, but we are going to treat them, we're going to be much more generous to them in
01:15terms of heart.
01:16We're going to be much more generous than they were to us.