U.S. Senator Tommy Tuberville (R-Auburn) is defending President Donald Trump’s tariff policies, which he believes will help the American economy in the long run.

Trump is expected to announced his new tariff program Wednesday and is calling it “Liberation Day.”

“This is the beginning of Liberation Day in America,” Trump said. “We’re going to charge countries for doing business in our country and taking our jobs, taking our wealth, taking a lot of things that they’ve been taking over the years. They’ve taken so much out of our country, friend and foe. And, frankly, friend has been oftentimes much worse than foe.”

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Tuberville, who has been a vocal supporter of Trump’s economic policies, defended the president’s tariff plan to reporters Tuesday.

“We have built China–the American taxpayers. We have built the Middle East. We have built Europe,” Tuberville said. “So now it’s time they help us build back our country as we’ve helped them so much, and that’s through tariffs.”

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The administration has not yet released the details of his plan, but there are some suggesting he could implement a 20% tariffs on most imports.

“It’s going to be a slow process,” Tuberville continued. “There’s going to be some pain before gain, but we got to do it.”

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