‘What President Trump Is Doing Is Insane’ [Video]

CNBC’s Steve Liesman has had it with President Donald Trump’s ever-changing trade policies.

On Tuesday, Trump announced he would hike tariffs on Canadian aluminum and steel while once again claiming that the U.S. northern neighbor become “the 51st state.”

“The only thing that makes sense is for Canada to become our cherished Fifty First State,” the president said. “This would make all Tariffs, and everything else, totally disappear.”

Trump has authored a series of 180s that began in February when he announced 25% tariffs on Canada and Mexico, only to pause them two days later before implementing them again – except on automobiles. Trump subsequently halted tariffs on imports compliant with the United States-Mexico-Canada Agreement, which he signed in his first term.

The whipsaw action is a bit much for Liesman.

“I’m going to say this at risk of my job,” he said. “But what President Trump is doing is insane. It is absolutely insane. It is …