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So stop with the tariffs, it’s the leverage that we need to protect ― ... He needs to stop the tariffs.”
said Pirro, before Tarlov interjected
I’ll test your knowledge on economics, Jesse. Are tariffs a tax on the American consumer?”
Tarlov askedBecause you have enough money to survive it,
said Tarlov of Pirro, again interruptingDid you know that Richard Nixon ... began the pickup truck industry in this country because of a tariff on the Europeans? Did you know that Reagan slapped tariffs on Japan and ended up triggering a semiconductor renaissance in this country,
Watters saidI think our country had to do this, we had to do this,
Trump said
Right now, we're like a chicken that's being plucked at from all over the world, we're not going to let that happen anymore,
he saidWe've been treated very unfairly by Canada, we've been treated very unfairly by Mexico ... the European Union has been horrible,
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I think if we all are becoming a little more nationalistic - and I'm not saying that's a bad thing, you know, it does resonate with me - that it's going to have elevated inflation,
said BlackRock CEO Larry Fink, a Business Roundtable member, at an industry conference on Monday
I don't see it at all,
Trump said on Tuesday regarding a recessionThe tariffs are going to be throwing off a lot of money for this country" and entice companies abroad to build plants in the United States
he saidWhat's the end game? What's trying to literally be accomplished with these tariffs? It hasn't been explained to us,
said Robert Pavlik, senior portfolio manager at Dakota WealthThe administration is saying this is a blip or whatever,
said Byron Callan, managing director at Capital Alpha PartnersA market that was cruising has been disrupted by the White House,
said Patrick Kaser, portfolio manager at Brandywine Global
Economic uncertainty is a big deal,
American Airlines CEO Robert Isom said at a JPMorgan industry conference
It’s an effort to give the pain and the uncertainty that we’re going through at the moment some broader meaning and encourage us that we’re going to get to a better place,
said Nathan Sheets, a former Treasury official who is now global chief economist at Citigroup, of the administration’s new message
It seems we are going to create pain, see what doesn’t heal, and then treat the injury,
said Tara Sinclair, an economist at George Washington UniversityThe idea that the administration is going to be held back by a self-imposed market constraint should be discounted,
said Joe Brusuelas, chief economist at the accounting firm RSM.jpg)
There is a shock factor in the business community that we are seeing right now,
said Thomas Simons, chief U.S. economist at the investment banking firm Jefferies
They inherited an economy that was and remains the strongest among all the advanced economies, and they squandered their inheritance in a mere six weeks with policy chaos that’s tanking business and consumer confidence along with markets,
Mr. Bernstein saidThe previous administration’s overreliance on excessive government spending and overbearing regulation left us with an economy that may have exhibited some reasonable metrics but ultimately was brittle underneath, and heading for an unstable equilibrium
he said, according to Reuters