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If you leave anything off the list the country's that basically try to arbitrage America go through those countries to us."
Laughing, he replied
I have no doubt that I speak on behalf of President Trump when he would say he has the utmost confidence in the team, and what they have built, and what they have put together. And we are unleashing a new golden age, and we will see an economy that will benefit not just every corner of America, but our farmers and our ranchers and the people that have been left behind for far too long by both Republicans and Democrats."
Finishing her response, she saidLike I said this morning--odds now favor the October '87 pattern if we do not get constructive comments from Trump this weekend,
the Mad Money host said on Friday
We’re two business days into this new American order,
Rollins said
No moral person wants an economy-crushing dictator who knows the price of everything and the value of nothing,
Raskin said on Saturday while addressing the crowd about the effects of the president’s actions on the US economyThere is no prosperity with stupid trade wars against the whole world. There’s no prosperity with stock market collapse and mass unemployment. There’s no future with presidents who have the politics of Mussolini and the economics of Herbert Hoover.”
As business leaders know, he claimedIn terms of the market reaction, look, we get these short-term market reactions from time to time. The market consistently underestimates Donald Trump. I remember that in 2016, the night President Trump won, the market crashed. And it turned out he was going to be the most pro-business president in over a century, maybe in the history of the country. And we went on to very high after-inflation returns for the next four years.”
He added
I don’t think that you’re going to see a big effect on the consumer in the U.S., because I do think that the reason why we have a persistent long-run trade deficit is these [foreign countries] have very inelastic supply.”
The director of Trump’s National Economic Council, Kevin Hassett, was also trying to put out fires on Sunday as he told ABC’s This WeekWe have too long ceded the idea that America goes first. I mean, come on, whatever. Listen, the people that are leading this are serious and intentional, patriotic—the smartest people I ever worked with."
Rollins ignored the pushback, saying
THIS IS AN ECONOMIC REVOLUTION, AND WE WILL WIN. HANG TOUGH, it won't be easy, but the end result will be historic. We will, MAKE AMERICA GREAT AGAIN!!!"
President Donald Trump on Truth Social on SaturdayYou're imposing a 10 percent tariff on the Heard and McDonald Islands. The Heard and McDonald Islands have zero human inhabitants. They had zero exports. They had zero imports. They do have a lot of penguins. Why are you putting import tariffs on islands that are entirely populated by penguins
the CNN anchor asked
Our tariff and trade policy should bring manufacturing back to the U.S., support the working class, and hold countries accountable for unfair trade practices – not enrich billionaires at the expense of hardworking Americans. The Trump Administration has a history of setting up a tariff exemption process that gives preference to donors and millionaires who can hire lobbyists.
Senator Ruben Gallego, an Arizona Democrat, in a statement emailed to Newsweek last weekDonald Trump has been talking about this his whole life. This is Donald Trump's agenda and we are all here to help him execute it."
Commerce Secretary Howard Lutnick to CBS News Face the Nation on SundayWatch Jake Tapper completely embarrass Trump Agriculture Secretary Brooke Rollins moments ago on CNN,
Ed Krassenstein, an entrepreneur and social media influencer with about 1 million followers on X, formerly Twitter, wrote ... the post shared the clip from the interview and a rough transcript of Tapper's comments.jpg)
Nowhere on Earth is safe."
The decision prompted a reaction from Australian Prime Minister Anthony Albanese who saidMaybe it didn’t say thank you?”
One person who posted the meme wrote
I'm not quite sure Norfolk Island, with respect to it, is a trade competitor with the giant economy of the US, but that just exemplifies that nowhere on earth is exempt from this."
Australian Prime Minister Anthony Albanese had a similar reaction - telling reportersI think they're as confused as I am,
Mr Plant saidI think it's an indication, to be honest with you, that this was a rushed process,
he added