"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.
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