Restaurateur blasts Trump: Your game of 'chicken' is 'Russian roulette' for us

A business owner in Denver is calling on President Donald Trump to reconsider his administration's use of tariffs.

Masaru Torito, who has owned the casual Japanese restaurant Kokoro for 39 years, made the comments on CNN's "The Lead With Jake Tapper." They happened just a few hours after Trump announced new 25% tariffs on countries like South Korea and Japan.

"The tariffs are just the latest challenge that we as restaurant owners are dealing with," Torito told Tapper. "Margins in restaurants are very, very thin.