Colorado Gov. Jared Polis (D) pushed back on Michigan Gov. Gretchen Whitmer’s (D) remarks on tariffs during her speech in Washington on Wednesday.
“The ‘tariff hammer’ winds up hitting your own hand rather than the nail. Tariffs are bad outright because they lead to higher prices and destroy American manufacturing,” Polis said in a post on X.
“Trade is inherently good because both parties emerge better off from a consensual transaction. While sanctions (Russia, Iran) can have a geopolitical national security role, it should always be considered eyes wide open that sanctions harm both ourself and others,” he continued.
Polis was responding to a portion of Whitmer’s speech in Washington on Wednesday, in which she warned against President Trump’s use of the “tariff hammer” but said there was room for some agreement with the president.
“I understand the motivation behind the tariffs, and here’s where President Trump and I do agree. We do need to make more stuff in America, more cars and chips, more steel and ships. We do need fair trade,” she said.
Whitmer added that “bringing good-paying, middle-class manufacturing jobs back home” needs to be done right.
“As I’ve said before, I’m not against tariffs outright, but they are a blunt tool. You can’t just bust out the tariff hammer to swing at every problem without a clearly defined end-goal,” she said.
Whitmer is widely seen as a potential presidential contender for Democrats in 2028. Polis, for his part, has also increasingly taken steps to up his national profile.
Trump’s trade war intensified on Wednesday after China announced a new 50 percent tariff on U.S. exports, bringing its total new tariff on U.S. goods to 84 percent. The European Union also announced 25 percent tariffs on a wide range of U.S. products on Wednesday.
The president has dug in on his tariff stance despite disagreements within the administration and the Republican Party over the issue.
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