Louisiana Republican Gov. Jeff Landry lauded President Donald Trump’s idea for reciprocal tariffs as “genius” Monday on Newsmax, saying more manufacturing will be returning to the U.S., including his state.

Landry joined Trump at the White House earlier in the day for an announcement that South Korean automaker Hyundai will be investing $20 billion in the U.S., including $5.8 billion for a new steel plant in Louisiana that is expected to create nearly 1,500 jobs. It is the latest in a series of multibillion-dollar investments multinational companies have pledged since Trump began his second term.

“For decades now, Americans have heard and been sold a bad bill of goods about free trade when we were giving everything for free and it was costing us,” Landry told “Rob Schmitt Tonight.” “And so, now what the president has done is actually leveled the playing field. His reciprocal tariffs are actually genius. And what we’re seeing is investment coming back into this country.

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