During a press briefing on Wednesday, Gov. Gavin Newsom (D-CA) answered questions about how President Trump's tariffs will affect small business owners.
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00:00I want to give the president his due in this respect. I'm old enough to remember
00:24in the 1980s, I think it was a full-page ad that President Trump at the time, Donald Trump,
00:32businessman, put out complaining about trade policy in the United States vis-a-vis Japan.
00:40He's been very consistent on this issue for decades and decades. I give him his due in that
00:46respect. You saw in the first administration, I talk about crony capitalism. I didn't say that
00:53lightly. That comes from the basis of an independent analysis of waivers that were provided in the
01:02first Trump administration and how they were directly connected to donors to the Republican
01:08Party. He's been consistent for years and years. But this rationale across the board, 10 percent
01:18tariffs, the irrational determination of 145 percent in China, the fact that he negotiated
01:28what he said was a great trade deal, the USMCA, and now he's trashing his own deal, shows a level
01:37of recklessness that even I did not anticipate. And I imagine many of his supporters may not,
01:46to your question. I'm here because I come here often. I'm here because I have a responsibility
01:53to support people like Christine and those that Chris represents. I'm here not because folks here,
02:00I'm very mindful, voted for me or even Kamala Harris. I'm here because they matter and we care.
02:08And I'm here because they're disproportionately going to be hurt by this, by the guy that's betrayed
02:13them. Donald Trump is betraying the people of the Central Valley. He is betraying the people that
02:22supported him. Donald Trump has turned their back, his back on his supporters. We will not turn our back
02:33on those that supported Donald Trump. We will have their back. That's why I'm back in the Central Valley.