Donald Trump stunned a Fox News host when he suggested that his tariffs could replace income tax.
‘There is a chance that the money from tariffs could be so great that it would replace [income tax]’ he told Fox’s Rachel Campos-Duffy.
‘I deal with these big financial geniuses and no one ever asks me that,’ he added.
Earlier on Tuesday, China suspended purchases of Boeing jets in a response to the U.S. decision to impose 145 percent tariffs on Chinese goods.
The U.S. and China have been embroiled in a tariff war triggered by U.S. President Donald Trump’s trade policies.
Meanwhile, Steve Bannon ignited a new MAGA civil war.
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