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If we’re in the middle of a recession and people are hurting badly, they punish the party in power,
You would face a Democrat House, and you might even face a Democrat Senate,
A hundred years ago, the US economy didn’t have the leverage to have the kind of impact we do now. But I worry, there are voices within the administration that want to see these tariffs continue for ever and ever,
That’s success for the American workers, American businesses, American growth, American prosperity,
Look, I want this to succeed … but my definition of succeed may be different than the White House’s,
Tariffs are a tax on consumers, and I'm not a fan of jacking up taxes on American consumers,
Republican Senator Ted Cruz (Texas) was among the few to speak unequivocally on Fox Business ... he said, expressing hope that I thanked him on behalf of our Country, and said I look forward to a meeting in the near future,
the US president said before traveling to his golf club in West Palm Beach, Florida CHINA PLAYED IT WRONG, THEY PANICKED - THE ONE THING THEY CANNOT AFFORD TO DO!”
Trump posted on social media What’s happening is not good. Will it continue? Will we find the bottom, and then it will start to go back up? I hope so,
In the long run, we’re all dead.”
Kennedy ominously told Newsmax on Wednesday of Trump’s tariff edict My experience with Washington economists is that they make those late-night psychic hotlines look respectable.”
Right now, I’ll give him [Trump] the benefit of the doubt, but I am concerned.”
We’re in uncharted territory ... anybody who tries to tell you that they know what the short-term impact is going to be is just lying. Either that or they’re selling deep stupid.”
On the one hand, Trump and the Republicans are taking away vital services, ... and then at the same time, with the other side of the pincer, they’re squeezing them by creating higher prices.”
This U.S. car company told me they actually thought foreign car companies would benefit more than they would, because if you send it over here, you pay one tariff, whereas these guys are getting hit on each part that is going over,
If we go into a recession, particularly a bad recession, 2026 in all likelihood, politically would be a bloodbath,
he said of the Republicans' race in the 2026 midterm elections It may be rocky in the beginning, but I think that this will make sense for Americans,
Johnson told reporters Tuesday ahead of the tariff rollout If Republican members start drifting away from supporting President Trump, everybody gets weaker,
We’re all watching carefully, and obviously he’s got a plan,
We're being governed by morons who are also being opposed by morons,
summarized one exasperated voter