ICYMI: Shaheen Discusses Foreign Affairs, Trump Tariffs, Her Decision to Not Seek Reelection and More on WMUR’s CloseUp
(Manchester, NH) – On Sunday, U.S. Senator Jeanne Shaheen (D-NH), Ranking Member of the U.S. Senate Foreign Relations Committee, joined Adam Sexton on WMUR’s CloseUp to discuss ongoing global affairs such as Russia’s war in Ukraine, as well as pressing issues in New Hampshire including the harmful impacts of President Trump’s tariffs and Republican-led threats to federal services. The Senator also detailed her decision to not seek reelection. The first segment can be found here and the second segment can be found here.
Key quotes from Senator Shaheen below:
On threats to U.S. leadership abroad:
- “Both ceasefires that this President is talking about taking credit for are falling apart already. The ceasefire in Israel with Gaza has already fallen apart. The ceasefire that he's trying to broker with Russia has already fallen apart.”
- “[Elon Musk] came up with this brilliant idea to get rid of USAID and so has undermined so many of our efforts that help us compete with China around the world. Our efforts that keep Americans safe because we're tracking epidemics in places like Africa. That promote democracy efforts in countries where, if we're not there China comes in and takes up that vacuum that we've left. So, I think he's totally misguided, and he has no real understanding of what it means for the United States to be a leader in the world.”
On the harmful impact of President Trump’s tariffs on Granite State businesses:
- “I was at C&J[...] yesterday. He's had to cancel more than half of his bus order for new busses that are made in Canada because he's concerned about the additional cost.”
- “I was up north on Wednesday in the North Country, talking to Littleton town officials who were talking about visitors coming down to New Hampshire who they're concerned are not going to be here, about small businesses that are worried they are not expanding because they're worried about the inability to have the relationship that they have had with Canada.”
On Elon Musk and DOGE’s gutting of federal services:
- “We are in this economic mess because of the decisions that President Trump is making about tariffs, about the uncertainty that he's created, about the chaos that he's created in Washington, about the layoffs that he's doing and I want to keep people focused on that.”
- “The fact is, Donald Trump, in his campaign said he was going to do something about grocery prices. He was going to do something about inflation. He was going to do something about high energy costs. He was going to do something about the cost of rental housing and he was going to address mortgage rates. He was going to end the war in Ukraine on the first day. He's done none of those things.”
On her decision not to seek reelection:
- “It's time to think about what else I might want to do. I'm not going to leave trying to make a difference in New Hampshire and [I’ll] still be engaged, but it will be nice to have a little more flexibility to do some other things.”
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