Republican Sen. Thom Tillis, who grilled the president’s top trade negotiator on Capitol Hill on Tuesday, expressed deep frustration with the tariffs as he entered the Senate Finance Committee.
“Of course, it concerns me. I mean my god, it’s a stability issue. Businesses hate uncertainty. We’ve got a lot of uncertainty,” he told ABC News.
Sen. Thom Tillis talks with U.S. Trade Representative Jamieson Greer ahead of a hearing at the Senate Finance Committee on Capitol Hill in Washington, April 8, 2025.
Mark Schiefelbein/AP
When the hearing got underway, Tillis drove home that point.
“Whose throat do I get to choke if this proves to be wrong?” Tillis said.
Other Republicans are standing by the president but admit they don’t know what the president’s next move is.
Sen. John Kennedy, R-La., told ABC News the president is “absolutely correct” that foreign countries have trade barriers, but he also acknowledged he doesn’t know what the president’s “game plan” is.
“Whether this will have a happy ending or a sad ending depends in large part what President Trump does next,” Kennedy said.
-ABC News’ Rachel Scott and Allison Pecorin
Dutch
English
French
Italian
Portuguese
Spanish
Discussion about this post