Fear, by Bob Woodward: on Free Trade


Mike Pence: Stayed out of discussions on steel and aluminum tariffs

There's no one that's going to disagree with this data. Then he added, "Data is data." Cohn occasionally sought Vice President Pence's help, always in private conversations. He made his case on steel and aluminum tariffs. "Mike I need your help on this."

"You're doing the right thing," Pence said. "I'm just not sure what I can do."

"Mike, there's no state going to be hurt worse than Indiana on steel and aluminum tariffs. Elkhart, Indiana, is the boat and RV capital of the world. What goes into boats and RV's? Aluminum and steel. Your state is going to get killed on this.

"Yeah I got it."

"Can you help me?"

"Doing everything I can." As usual, Pence was staying out of the way. He didn't want to be tweeted about or called an idiot. [Many advisors] would have him do exactly that, stay out of the way.

Source: Fear: Trump in the White House, by Bob Woodward, p.277 Sep 10, 2019

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