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Trump, Ryan face off in rare public GOP clash over tariffs

By KEN THOMAS paign. Union leaders and
Associated Press Democratic lawmakers
WASHINGTON (AP) — In a from Rust Belt states have
remarkably public confron- praised the planned tar-
tation, House Speaker Paul iffs, joining with advocates
Ryan and other Republican within the administration in-
allies of President Donald cluding Commerce Secre-
Trump pleaded with him tary Wilbur Ross and White
Monday to back away House trade adviser Peter
from his threatened inter- Navarro.
national tariffs, which they But the president has been
fear could spark a danger- opposed internally by De-
ous trade war. Trump re- fense Secretary James Mat-
torted: "We're not backing tis and White House eco-
down." nomic adviser Gary Cohn,
The president said U.S. who warned against pe-
neighbors Canada and nalizing U.S. allies and un-
Mexico would not be dercutting the economic
spared from his plans for benefits of the president’s
special import taxes on sweeping tax overhaul.
steel and aluminum, but Likewise, the statement
he held out the possibil- from Ryan’s office said,
ity of later exempting the “The new tax reform law
longstanding friends if they has boosted the economy,
agree to better terms for A welder fabricates a steel structure at an iron works facility in Ottawa, Ontario, Monday, March 5, and we certainly don’t
the U.S. in talks aimed at re- 2018. President Donald Trump insisted Monday that he's "not backing down" on his plan to impose want to jeopardize those
stiff tariffs on imported steel and aluminum despite anxious warnings from House Speaker Paul
vising the North American Ryan and other congressional Republicans of a possible trade war. gains.”
Free Trade Agreement. (Sean Kilpatrick/The Canadian Press via AP) Asked about that public
"We've had a very bad rebuke, White House press
deal with Mexico; we've ried" that the proposed lated a letter opposing on steel imports and 10 per- secretary Sarah Hucka-
had a very bad deal with tariffs would set off a trade Trump's plan, and GOP cent on aluminum imports bee Sanders said, “Look,
Canada. It's called NAFTA," war and urged the White congressional leaders sug- has roiled financial mar- we have a great relation-
he declared. House "to not advance gested they may attempt kets, angered foreign allies ship with Speaker Ryan.
Trump spoke shortly after with this plan." to prevent the tariffs if the and created unusual alli- We’re going to continue to
a spokeswoman for Ryan, Likewise, Republican lead- president moves forward. ances for a president who have one, but that doesn’t
a Trump ally, said the GOP ers of the House Ways and Trump's pledge to imple- blasted unfavorable trade mean we have to agree on
leader was "extremely wor- Means Committee circu- ment tariffs of 25 percent deals during his 2016 cam- everything.”q

Ex-Trump aide plans to defy Mueller, says 'arrest me'

By JILL COLVIN said the president probably the White House, so I cer- Russia investigation. The for asking questions like if
TOM LoBIANCO knew about the June 2016 tainly can't speak to him or Justice Department and FBI he had heard Russian be-
Associated Press Trump Tower meeting be- the lack of knowledge that obtained a secret warrant ing spoken in Trump Tower.
WASHINGTON (AP) — A tween his top campaign he clearly has." in October 2016 to monitor He then said he would re-
former Trump campaign staff and a team of Rus- Nunbert also said he thinks his communications. His ac- ject a sweeping demand
aide promised to defy a sians. former Trump foreign pol- tivities during the presiden- from Mueller for communi-
subpoena from special Shortly after he lobbed that icy adviser Carter Page tial campaign that raised cations between him and
counsel Robert Mueller allegation, White House worked with the Kremlin. "I concerns included a July top Trump advisers.
and unloaded on President press secretary Sarah Sand- believe that Carter Page 2016 trip to Moscow. "I think it would be funny
Donald Trump and his cam- ers rebuffed him during the was colluding with the Rus- Nunberg did not respond if they arrested me," Nun-
paign in a series of stunning White House press briefing. sians," Nunberg said on to requests for comment berg said on MSNBC.
interviews Monday. "I definitely think he doesn't CNN. "That Carter Page is a from the AP. A spokesman He later added on CNN:
Sam Nunberg said he thinks know that for sure because weird dude." for the special counsel's of- "I'm not going to the grand
Mueller may already have he's incorrect. As we've said Page called Nunberg's ac- fice declined comment. jury. I'm not going to spend
incriminating evidence on many times before, there cusations "laughable" in a During his afternoon ti- 30 hours going over my
Trump directly, although was no collusion with the comment to The Associ- rades, Nunberg detailed his emails. I'm not doing it. Why
he would not say what that Trump campaign," Sanders ated Press. interview with Mueller's in- do I have to do it? ... I'm not
evidence might be. He also said. "He hasn't worked at Page also has figured in the vestigators, mocking them cooperating. Arrest me."q