Republican senators defend Trump tariffs, claim they boost the economy

Republican Senators who spoke to Fox News Digital at Capitol Hill said that the United States is “on the threshold of the Golden Age”, thanks to President Donald Trump’s policies.

When asked how Trump’s tariff affects the price of goods and services, Republicans in the Senate defended the ambitious policy of the president, and they told Fox News Digital that his definitions have already strengthened their local economies.

“Well, in Indiana, we have seen a big boost in our industrial economy,” as senator Jim Banks, R-Indiana, claimed, due to this alleged reinforcement in a large part to Trump and his introductory policies.

Senator Eric Schmidt, R-MO, said that Trump’s tariff creates more manufacturing functions in the United States. In addition to his tax and commercial policies and organizational reform, Senator Missouri said that the United States is entering its golden age, just as Trump promised.

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But not everyone is convinced. Trump has been criticized since he announced his plan to impose a global tariff and a country on all American imports, encourage local manufacturing and pressure American commercial partners to return to the negotiating table.

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The only democratic that spoke to Fox News Digiki about Trump’s tariff, Senator Jack Red from Rod Island, said that the business leaders who spoke to them said they were raising prices due to the increased customs tariff for goods and services.

“I have reviewed a full list, but mostly commercial goods come from China,” Reid said. “The other effect will be what is happening in the long run in Canada.

A container ship sails outside the port in Qingdao, in the East Shandong County, on August 7, 2025. (St/AFP/Getty Images/Getty Images)

Bls Statistics Office (BLS) announced on Tuesday that Consumer price index (CPI) – A wide scale for the amount of daily goods such as gasoline, groceries and rental costs increased by 0.2 % in July compared to last month, while increased by 2.7 % from last year.

The monthly number was in line with the Economists covered by LSEG, while the title was slightly cooler than the expected 2.8 %.

The so -called basic prices, which exclude gasoline measurements and volatile food to evaluate price growth trends better, increased by 0.3 % over the previous month and 3.1 % over last year. The annual basic number was 3 % hotter than economists’ expectations, while the monthly number was in line with the estimate.

Senator John Hoffin, RN, said.

President Donald Trump holds a scheme as he presents notes on mutual tariffs during an event in the garden of roses entitled “Make America Wealthy again” at the White House in Washington on April 2, 2025. (Brendan Smialowski / AFP via Getty Images / Getty Images)

“You have to remember that President Trump’s trade strategy is to maintain who is negotiating with balance, then gets a better deal. He is a major negotiator.”

Sinator North Dakota said Trump “will eventually get our sources, whether our farms, our manufacturers, whatever, are better commercial conditions.”

Banks led the argument to the home, and told Fox News Digital that “medical devices, medicines, pharmaceutical preparations, and manufacturing in all fields were really strong in Indiana, so more good -wage jobs in our state are a direct result of definitions,” Banks led the argument to the home, and told Fox News Digital.

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Hoosiers understood that Trump “weakens the Chinese economy”, which is good for America in the long run.

Eric Rafel from Fox News Digital contributed to this report.