TYLER, Texas (KETK) - In this week’s edition of ‘East Texas In Focus‘, KETK’s Nolan Hoffman sat down with U.S. Congressman Nathaniel Moran of Tyler to discuss issues like tariffs, the Jeffery Epstein Files and the ongoing war in Ukraine.
On President Donald Trump's tariffs, Moran said that in the long term they would become a tax on Americans but that he believes they've already had benefits in the short term by bringing foreign nations to the bargaining table.
"I've said for a long time now that long term the tariffs are really a tax on the consumers," Moran said. "That's an economic point that I think is is pretty clear in my mind. Short term, as a negotiation strategy, I don't I don't mind that the president's doing that. In fact, you've seen great success. You've seen Europe come to