On Monday, the White House sent letters to multiple countries informing them of the new tariffs that will be applied to their exports to the United States. Americans for Tax Reform President Grover Norquist told Newsmax on Tuesday that sometimes just the “threat of tariffs can be used in cases to reduce some very damaging anti-American rules.”

“So tariffs are taxes,” he said on “Wake Up America.” “They’re a way to raise revenue. I’m particularly excited about the tax cut that we just got passed, the president’s tax cut that was made permanent.

“That will make us much more competitive in the world because we want to compete. And some people see tariffs as a way to compete or to stop other people from cheating and not competing.”

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