INTERVIEW – LARRY KUDLOW – CNBC Senior Contributor and host of The Larry Kudlow Show on WMAL Saturdays at 7 pm and author of “JFK and the Reagan Revolution: A Secret History of American Prosperity” @larry_kudlow

• Kudlow: Mr. President, tariffs are really tax hikes.
• Speaker Ryan presses Trump to pull back on tariffs
• Trump: ‘We’re not backing down’ on steel tariffs.
• Gary Cohn’s anti-tariffs mtg Thursday will include leaders from automakers, breweries, beverage can manufacturers, the oil industry. John Kelly will attend, as well as Commerce Sec Wilbur Ross, Trade Rep Robert Lighthizer and adviser Peter Navarro.