Donald Trump sat down with Bloomberg News Editor-in-Chief John Micklethwait to outline his vision for using tariffs as a stick to influence corporate behavior, his view of the role of the Federal Reserve and how immigrants are affecting local economies.
The interview, hosted by the Economic Club of Chicago on Tuesday, came exactly three weeks before a presidential election in which voters have persistently cited the economy as a top issue in deciding who they will support.
Here are the former president’s key statements from the interview, fact-checked and contextualized.
“It’s going to have a massive effect, a positive ...
