(The Hill) -- Sen. Mitch McConnell (R-Ky.) compared the modern-day political landscape to the pre-World War II era in the United States, pointing specifically to tariffs and foreign policy.

In an interview published Wednesday with a local Kentucky newspaper, the Lexington Herald-Leader, McConnell reflected on his storied career in the Senate as the Republican leader and said he decided to use these two years before he leaves public service to “focus on what I thought was the most important thing I might have an impact on, and that’s defense and foreign policy.”

“I think this is the most dangerous period since before World War Two,” McConnell said in the interview, which was conducted on Friday.

“There’s certain similarities right now to the ‘30s,” he continued, pointing to the Smoot-Haw

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