TRUMP: 'We have to look' at trade 'almost as a war'
President-elect Donald Trump  said Tuesday night in North Carolina that the US should view trade "almost as a war."
 Trump  promised the Fayetteville crowd during the second leg of  his  "Thank You Tour" that  his  administration would renegotiate trade deals and "defeat the enemy on jobs."
 Trump 's use of the word "war" might worry political leaders who have repeatedly expressed concern that the president-elect's tough talk on trade could ignite a trade war with another country.
On Monday  for instance  House Majority Leader Kevin McCarthy declined to support  Trump 's proposal to impose a 35% tariff on companies that leave the US  saying he didn't "want to get into some type of trade war."
“These dummies say  ‘Oh  that’s a trade war.’ Trade war? We’re losing $500 billion in trade with China. Who the hell cares if there’s a trade war?”  Trump  rhetorically asked an audience in May.
Throughout the campaign   Trump  promised to be tough on trade  going as far as to say during a rally earlier this year that the landmark Trans-Pacific Partnership agreement between 12 Pacific Rim nations would lead to "a continuing rape of our country."
Since taking office   Trump  and Indiana Gov. and Vice President-elect Mike Pence cut a deal with Carrier that provided the company with $7 million in tax incentives over 10 years to keep roughly 1 000 jobs  a portion that were set to be exported to Mexico  at an Indianapolis plant.
"And if a company wants to fire their workers  leave our country  and then ship their products back into the country  there will be consequences "  Trump  told the crowd. "I'm sorry  there will be consequences. Big consequences."
 Trump  took aim at China as being a main culprit for the loss of many manufacturing jobs in the US  and said the country is "living through the greatest jobs theft in the history of the world."
"There's never been a jobs theft like what's happened to this country "  he  continued before mentioning the deal with Carrier. "And we stopped some of it  a little bit  because we started  we just started."
 Trump  also pointed to voters who supported  his  tough-on-trade rhetoric  which was likely a major reason  he  was able to pull out victories in Pennsylvania  Michigan  and Wisconsin
"Boy did they come out to vote "  he  said. "Remember when they said they don't exist? They existed! They existed! Believe me ... Millions and millions of people poured out to the voting booths. And they voted big league."
[TGT]said Tuesday night in North Carolina that the US should view trade "almost as a war.[TGT]promised the Fayetteville crowd during the second leg of  [TGT]  "Thank You Tour" that  his  administration would renegotiate trade deals and "defeat the enemy on jobs."
 Trump 's use of the word "war" might worry political leaders who have repeatedly expressed concern that the president-elect's tough talk on trade could ignite a trade war with another country.
On Monday  for instance  House Majority Leader Kevin McCarthy declined to support  [TGT] 's proposal to impose a 35% tariff on companies that leave the US  saying he didn't "want to get into some type of trade war."
“These dummies say  ‘Oh  that’s a trade war.’ Trade war? We’re losing $500 billion in trade with China. Who the hell cares if there’s a trade war?”  Trump  rhetorically asked an audience in May.
Throughout the campaign   Trump  promised to be tough on trade  going as far as to say during a rally earlier this year that the landmark Trans-Pacific Partnership agreement between 12 Pacific Rim nations would lead to "a continuing rape of our country."
Since taking office   Trump  and Indiana Gov. and Vice President-elect Mike Pence cut a deal with Carrier that provided the company with $7 million in tax incentives over 10 years to keep roughly 1 000 jobs  a portion that were set to be exported to Mexico  at an Indianapolis plant.
"And if a company wants to fire their workers  leave our country  and then ship their products back into the country  there will be consequences "  Trump  told the crowd. "I'm sorry  there will be consequences. Big consequences."
 Trump  took aim at China as being a main culprit for the loss of many manufacturing jobs in the US  and said the country is "living through the greatest jobs theft in the history of the world."
"There's never been a jobs theft like what's happened to this country "  he  continued before mentioning the deal with Carrier. "And we stopped some of it  a little bit  because we started  we just started."
 Trump  also pointed to voters who supported  his  tough-on-trade rhetoric  which was likely a major reason  he  was able to pull out victories in Pennsylvania  Michigan  and Wisconsin
"Boy did they come out to vote "  he  said. "Remember when they said they don't exist? They existed! They existed! Believe me ... Millions and millions of people poured out to the voting booths. And they voted big league."