Biden says he hopes Trump rethinks tariffs, is thankful for 'peaceful transition'

[ad_1] President Joe Biden spent Thanksgiving morning giving again to first responders on Nantucket, whereas additionally taking time to offer his ideas on his successor's threats to problem tariffs on Mexico, Canada and China.

Biden advised reporters he hopes President-elect Donald Trump "rethinks" his Day 1 proposal, calling it a "counterproductive factor to do."

President Joe Biden talks to the media throughout a go to to Nantucket fireplace division on Thanksgiving day in Nantucket Mass., Nov. 28, 2024.

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"We've got an uncommon state of affairs in America. We're surrounded by the Pacific Ocean, the Atlantic Ocean, and the 2 allies: Mexico and Canada. And the very last thing we have to do is screw up these relationships. I believe we have them in place," Biden stated Thursday.

Trump stated this week that he plans to signal an govt order when he takes workplace on Jan. 20, 2025, that will cost Mexico and Canada with a 25% tariff on all merchandise these nations ship to america, in an effort to cease the circulation of medicine getting into the nation and unlawful border crossings.

He additionally vowed to cost China with a further 10% tariff on prime of any extra tariffs on merchandise coming into the U.S., arguing the nation wasn't doing sufficient to cease the circulation of illicit medicine.

Economists broadly forecast that tariffs of this magnitude would enhance costs paid by American consumers, since importers usually cross alongside a share of the price of these greater taxes to shoppers.

Trump's tariffs would value the common U.S. family about $2,600 per yr, in response to an estimate from the Peterson Institute for Worldwide Economics.

With migrants being the central problem for Trump in threatening tariffs, Biden famous that unlawful crossings are down significantly from what they had been again when Trump was in workplace.

"There's much more to do, however, I hope they rethink," he stated on Thursday.

The president famous that with a skinny GOP majority in Congress, there might should be some "actual compromise" in Trump's agenda.

"I wish to be sure this transition goes easily and all of the speak of what he will do and never do, I believe there could also be a bit of little bit of inner counting on his half," Biden stated.

President Joe Biden greets cops as he makes a go to to the Nantucket Fireplace Division in Nantucket, Mass., Nov. 28, 2024.

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Regardless of the disagreements with Trump, Biden stated he was grateful for his household and "for a peaceable transition," including that he is "actually grateful" to have secured a ceasefire deal between Israel and Hezbollah.

The president additionally stated he spoke to all three People who had been launched from Chinese language custody Wednesday.

"I am completely satisfied they're dwelling," he stated.

President Joe Biden shake arms with members of Nantucket fireplace division throughout a go to on Thanksgiving day in Nantucket Mass., Nov. 28, 2024.

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Biden, who was joined by the primary girl and his grandson Beau at a Nantucket firehouse, was requested what his message is to People apprehensive about the way forward for the U.S. He advised them to "bear in mind who we're."

The White Home stated the Bidens additionally known as items from every department of the navy "to thank them and their households for his or her service to the nation."

In the meantime, Vice President Kamala Harris spent Thanksgiving morning together with her household at DC Central Kitchen as a part of a neighborhood service mission.

Vice President Kamala Harris celebrates Thanksgiving Day by serving to to organize greens at DC Central Kitchen (DCCK) in Washington, DC, Nov. 28, 2024.

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Harris stated she might be making a turkey, her "well-known corn meal stuffing," candy potatoes, cranberry sauce, scalloped potatoes, string beans, Brussels sprouts, salad and rolls for dinner.