citizens. frankly, we don't win by assessing tariffs that basically come back to bite us. >> the president seemed unconcerned about retaliation from abroad. tweeting this morning that trade wars are good and easy to win. the president insisting we must protect our country and our workers. our steel industry is in bad shape. if you don't have steel, you don't have a country. while his threat of tariffs provoked howls of outrage from nations that sell steel and loom from the u.s. from. ohio democratic marci at a boy. >> we have been waiting for this. we don't want to wait for the steel industry collapse as happened to the automotive industry. we can't afford to have the aluminum industry collapse in this country. >> it wasn't just trade that had political tongues wagging. last night president trump met again with the nra leadership, the second time this week. the nra's chris cox tweeting: potus and v potus