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MELANIE SCHMITZ at Think Progress
https://thinkprogress.org/sinclair-must-run-praises-trumps-tariffs-dd49805cf0bb/
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Sinclair-owned news stations promoted a pre-taped segment praising President Trumps decision to impose tariffs on foreign nations this week, amid controversy over a leaked must-run script.
The canned clip, a recurring commentary segment called Bottom Line with Boris, features former Trump campaign adviser Boris Epshteyn delivering administration-friendly talking points on the presidents proposed tariffs, which target countries like China.
The newly negotiated trade deal between the United States and South Korea shows the new tariffs on steel and aluminum, which went into effect last week, are already paying dividends, Epshteyn said, citing a March 25 pact between the two countries that forces South Korea to slash its steel exports to the United States by 30 percent, while exempting it from a regular 25 percent tariff.
Heres the bottom line, he said. This new deal with South Korea is a win for American businesses and our economy. Instead of causing trade wars, as critics have feared, the new tariffs
are pushing our trading partners to engage in fair trade with the United States.
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(135,915 posts)bearsfootball516
(6,377 posts)The irony made me chuckle.
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(135,915 posts)Boris Alexandrovich Epshteyn (Russian: Бори́с Алекса́ндрович Эпштейн; born August 14, 1982) is a Russian-born American Republican political strategist, investment banker, and attorney. He is currently the Chief Political Analyst at Sinclair Broadcast Group. He was a senior advisor to Donald Trump's 2016 campaign for President of the United States, and previously worked on the McCain-Palin campaign. Following Trump's election, he was named director of communications for the Presidential Inaugural Committee,[1] and then assistant communications director for surrogate operations in the administration, until he resigned in March 2017.
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Boris_Epshteyn