Syracuse, NY (WBEN) Governor Hochul takes a swipe at the latest threat of tariffs from President Trump against Canada. She says it's another deflection by the president.
Hochul says things are only getting worse because of what she calls the misguided war with Canada and the threat of 50 percent tariffs on Canadian cars and trucks and auto parts and steel. "This is doing nothing more than wreaking havoc on the American economy, all from his social media account. So it's basically taking money out of our pockets, your pockets, and raising costs for everyday New Yorkers just so the President can settle some personal scores," says Hochul.
She says this is just another deflection. "Let me take you back. The war with Iran was a deflection because questions around Jeffrey Epstein were getting too hot, so we go to war with Iran. Now the questions around Iran are getting too hot, so now we're going to war with Canada. See the pattern? This is going to do nothing more than make Americans' lives more painful, grocery prices, dairy prices, gas prices and energy prices," warns Hochul.
Hochul says on day one, Trump promised a decrease in prices. "Still waiting. In fact, they've only gone up. And the question has to be: Why are we unleashing literally a war on our best friends to the North? adds Hochul.
She spoke at the ribbon cutting of the Future Farmers of America building at the NYS Fair. "I think about those future farmers. How are we supposed to encourage young people to go into these careers that are essential for our very existence if they look at what their parents and their neighbors are going through and say, 'Why? Why would I go into that? It just seems too hard'" We have a federal government, at least the one that's in place now, that seems to be committed to making life more difficult and more expensive," says Hochul.
Hochul calls this another Trump deflection
Hochul calls this another Trump deflection
