GOP Senator Blasts Trump’s “Not Grownup” Leadership: We’re About To Have A Full-Scale Trade War [VIDEO]

CBS News reports:

Outspoken Trump critic Sen. Jeff Flake, R-Arizona, is lashing out against the administration’s latest tariff policy leveled against U.S. allies, calling the move “not grown-up leadership” in excerpts of remarks he delivered on the Senate floor on Thursday.

The administration announced the move to impose tariffs last week after President Trump initially proposed them back in March, deferring final action while trade negotiations proceeded.

Flake warns in excerpts that he tweeted Wednesday night that the U.S. is in the “nascent stages of a full-scale trade war” as the U.S.’ closest trade partners have already vowed retaliatory measures to Mr. Trump’s 25 percent tariff on imported steel and 10 percent on imported aluminum.

Sen. @JeffFlake: “I rise today to sound the alarm about the president’s decision to impose steep tariffs on our trading partners.”

Watch his complete floor speech here —> https://t.co/ptwiMEvlDf pic.twitter.com/2IvbjCX4Ty

— CSPAN (@cspan) June 7, 2018

How could Jeff Flake, who is setting record low polling numbers in Arizona and was therefore humiliatingly forced out of his own Senate seat without even a fight (and who doesn’t have a clue), think about running for office, even a lower one, again? Let’s face it, he’s a Flake!

— Donald J. Trump (@realDonaldTrump) June 7, 2018