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TRUMP ... A STUPID MAN
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MSNBC: 'A tariff curtain around America': Trump begins final tariff countdown


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'A tariff curtain around America': Trump begins final tariff countdown

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Just hours before the deadline that he himself set, Donald Trump rolled out a list of new tariff rates that will take effect one week from now. So is this truly the final countdown — or just TACO Thursday at the Trump White House? Peter Baker, Leigh Ann Caldwell, and Steve Liesman join Stephanie Ruhle on The 11th Hour.

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Peter Burgess COMMENTARY



Peter Burgess
Transcript
  • 0:00
  • NIGHT. GOOD EVENING ONCE AGAIN
  • I'M STEPHANIE RUHLE AND IT IS
  • DAY 193 OF THE SECOND TRUMP
  • ADMINISTRATION. AND WE ARE
  • STARTING TONIGHT. YOU GUESSED IT
  • WITH MONEY POWER POLITICS FOR
  • WEEKS NOW. MIDNIGHT TONIGHT WAS
  • SET TO BE TRUMP'S BIG DEADLINE
  • FOR COUNTRIES TO EITHER REACH A
  • TRADE DEAL OR FACE THE BIG
  • TARIFFS HE ANNOUNCED MONTHS AGO.
  • JUST YESTERDAY, THE PRESIDENT
  • POSTED, QUOTE, THE AUGUST 1ST
  • DEADLINE STANDS STRONG AND WILL
  • NOT BE EXTENDED. BUT TODAY, JUST
  • HOURS BEFORE THAT DEADLINE HIT,
  • HE'S BLOWING UP THOSE TERMS. HE
  • ANNOUNCED NEW TARIFFS ON
  • COUNTRIES THAT HAVE NOT REACHED
  • A DEAL, SOME AS HIGH AS 41%.
  • THOSE WILL NOW TAKE EFFECT A
  • WEEK FROM NOW. ARE YOU FOLLOWING
  • THAT? WHEN IT COMES TO AMERICA'S
  • THREE BIGGEST TRADING PARTNERS
  • TODAY, TRUMP GAVE MEXICO A 90
  • DAY EXTENSION. BUT CANADA? NO
  • BREATHING ROOM FOR THE GREAT
  • WHITE NORTH. HE SIGNED AN
  • EXECUTIVE ORDER RAISING CANADA'S
  • TARIFF RATE FROM 25 TO 35%. AND

  • 1:00
  • TREASURY SECRETARY SCOTT BEST
  • SAYS THEY HAVE THE MAKINGS OF A
  • DEAL WITH CHINA, BUT NO
  • ANNOUNCEMENTS YET. THE DEADLINE
  • THERE IS AUGUST 12TH. OTHER
  • 1:09
  • MAJOR PARTNERS DO HAVE DEALS IN
  • 1:11
  • PLACE LIKE THE UK, EUROPE,
  • 1:13
  • VIETNAM AND SOUTH KOREA, BUT THE
  • 1:15
  • TARIFFS IN THOSE DEALS ARE STILL
  • 1:17
  • HUGE INCREASES FROM WHAT WAS IN
  • 1:19
  • PLACE BEFORE TRUMP TOOK OFFICE.
  • 1:21
  • AND THE DETAILS IN ALL OF THOSE
  • 1:24
  • AGREEMENTS ARE STILL UNCLEAR.
  • 1:25
  • BUT HERE'S WHAT IS CLEAR THOSE
  • 1:27
  • FOREIGN COUNTRIES DON'T PAY THE
  • 1:29
  • TARIFFS. WE DO. AMERICAN
  • 1:31
  • COMPANIES, AMERICAN IMPORTERS.
  • 1:33
  • AND ALAS, THE AMERICAN CONSUMER.
  • 1:35
  • TODAY, A FEDERAL APPEALS COURT
  • 1:36
  • TOOK UP THE QUESTION OF WHETHER
  • 1:39
  • TRUMP CAN UNILATERALLY IMPOSE
  • 1:41
  • TARIFFS. THE COURT APPEARED
  • 1:43
  • SKEPTICAL OF THE GOVERNMENT'S
  • 1:44
  • CLAIM THAT TRUMP CAN USE AN
  • 1:46
  • EMERGENCY POWERS LAW TO CARRY
  • 1:47
  • OUT THOSE TARIFFS. WITH THAT,
  • 1:49
  • LET'S GET SMARTER. WITH THE HELP
  • 1:50
  • OF OUR LEAD OFF PANEL. PETER
  • 1:52
  • BAKER IS HERE TONIGHT, CHIEF
  • 1:53
  • WHITE HOUSE CORRESPONDENT FOR
  • 1:54
  • THE NEW YORK TIMES. LEIGH ANN
  • 1:55
  • CALDWELL JOINS US, CHIEF
  • 1:56
  • WASHINGTON CORRESPONDENT FOR
  • 1:57
  • PUCK. AND MY DEAR FRIEND STEVE

  • 2:00
  • LIESMAN, CNBC SENIOR ECONOMICS
  • 2:01
  • REPORTER. STEVE, YOU KNOW, I AM
  • 2:02
  • TURNING TO YOU FIRST. TRUMP
  • 2:04
  • WANTS PEOPLE TO FOCUS ON THE BIG
  • 2:07
  • NEW TARIFF RATES. BUT THE
  • 2:09
  • REALITY IS HE'S JUST PUSHING THE
  • 2:11
  • DEADLINE AGAIN. LIKE, HAS TACO
  • 2:14
  • TUESDAY BECOME TACO THURSDAY AT
  • 2:16
  • THE WHITE HOUSE?
  • 2:18
  • >> YOU KNOW, STEPH, I DON'T
  • 2:19
  • THINK SO. I THINK THESE ARE FOR
  • 2:21
  • REAL. I THINK TONIGHT'S A FAIRLY
  • 2:23
  • HISTORIC NIGHT WHERE I THINK YOU
  • 2:25
  • CAN GO BACK. AND WHEN YOU WRITE
  • 2:27
  • THE HISTORY, YOU'LL SAY, THIS IS
  • 2:28
  • THE NIGHT THAT THE GLOBAL FREE
  • 2:30
  • TRADE ERA BEGUN BY THE UNITED
  • 2:32
  • STATES IN THE POSTWAR ERA, LED
  • 2:34
  • BY THE UNITED STATES, REALLY
  • 2:36
  • CAME TO AN END. THERE IS NOW, I
  • 2:38
  • THINK, A PERMANENT TARIFF
  • 2:40
  • CURTAIN AROUND THIS COUNTRY,
  • 2:43
  • WHETHER THAT'S FOR GOOD OR FOR
  • 2:44
  • ILL. WELL, WE'LL FIND OUT. BUT
  • 2:46
  • RIGHT NOW, WHAT IT MEANS IS THAT
  • 2:48
  • ONE PERSON, ONE MAN, HAS PUT IN
  • 2:50
  • PLACE THE TARIFFS WITHOUT
  • 2:51
  • CONGRESS. THERE'S SOME QUESTION
  • 2:52
  • ABOUT THE LEGALITY OF WHAT HE'S
  • 2:54
  • DONE. BUT YOU CAN ALSO SAY, I
  • 2:56
  • GUESS IT WAS DONE
  • 2:57
  • DEMOCRATICALLY. IF YOU VOTED FOR
  • 2:58
  • DONALD TRUMP AND DIDN'T KNOW HE

  • 3:00
  • WAS GOING TO PUT THESE TARIFFS
  • 3:01
  • ON THAT, WERE GOING TO RAISE
  • 3:03
  • YOUR PRICES AND LIMIT YOUR
  • 3:04
  • CHOICE. WELL, YOU WERE EITHER
  • 3:06
  • WILLFULLY OR WERE JUST
  • 3:08
  • MISINFORMED. SO THIS IS A BIG
  • 3:09
  • NIGHT. THIS IS IT. WE ARE NOW IN
  • 3:11
  • A PLACE WHERE THERE ARE TARIFFS
  • 3:12
  • THAT HAVE GONE UP FROM WHAT WERE
  • 3:14
  • 3%, AND AN EFFORT THAT WENT ON
  • 3:16
  • FOR DECADES TO REDUCE TARIFF
  • 3:19
  • BARRIERS AND INCREASE FREE
  • 3:19
  • TRADE. IT'S OVER NOW. THERE'S A
  • 3:21
  • TARIFF CURTAIN AROUND AMERICA.
  • 3:24
  • >> PETER, WHAT'S YOUR TAKE ON
  • 3:25
  • THIS TARIFF CURTAIN AROUND
  • 3:28
  • AMERICA?
  • 3:30
  • >> DEAL IN THE LAST FEW DAYS, AT
  • 3:32
  • LEAST AS HE HAS DESCRIBED THEM
  • 3:34
  • WITH SOME OF OUR BIGGEST TRADING
  • 3:34
  • PARTNERS, SOUTH KOREA, JAPAN AND
  • 3:36
  • THE EUROPEAN UNION, ALL AROUND
  • 3:38
  • 15% TARIFFS. SO I THINK YOU HAVE
  • 3:41
  • TO ASSUME, THEREFORE, THAT GOING
  • 3:42
  • FORWARD, ANY FUTURE TARIFFS WITH
  • 3:44
  • MOST OF OUR TRADING PARTNERS
  • 3:45
  • WILL BE AROUND THAT LEVEL, IF
  • 3:47
  • NOT HIGHER. THE QUESTION IS WHAT
  • 3:48
  • THEY MIGHT BE. SO YES, IN THAT
  • 3:50
  • SENSE A TARIFF CURTAIN SEEMS TO
  • 3:52
  • BE A LIKELY SUSTAINED RESULT OF
  • 3:54
  • WHERE WE'RE GOING. BUT IT'S
  • 3:56
  • STILL CONFUSING EXACTLY WHERE
  • 3:58
  • AND HOW MUCH FOR WHOM, BECAUSE
  • 3:59
  • IN FACT, YOU'RE RIGHT. HE DID

  • 4:01
  • ONCE AGAIN PUNT ON THE DEADLINE.
  • 4:03
  • THE DEADLINE WAS ORIGINALLY
  • 4:05
  • APRIL, THEN IT WAS JULY, THEN IT
  • 4:06
  • WAS AUGUST 1ST. THAT WOULD BE
  • 4:08
  • TOMORROW. NOW IT'S AUGUST 7TH,
  • 4:09
  • AND THEY'RE OBVIOUSLY LEAVING
  • 4:11
  • ROOM IN THE NEXT WEEK TO FIND
  • 4:12
  • SOME MORE DEALS WITH SOME OF
  • 4:14
  • THESE OTHER COUNTRIES THAT
  • 4:15
  • HAVEN'T COME UP WITH DEALS TO
  • 4:17
  • COME UP WITH A RATE THAT THEY
  • 4:18
  • CAN GO WITH. AND AGAIN, IT WILL
  • 4:20
  • PROBABLY BE A 15% OR MORE RATE.
  • 4:22
  • SO IT'S NOT LIKE IT'S GOING TO
  • 4:24
  • GO DOWN FROM THAT. IN FACT,
  • 4:25
  • THESE ARE THE HIGHEST TARIFF
  • 4:26
  • RATES WE'VE HAD IN A CENTURY. SO
  • 4:28
  • WE SHOULD ASSUME THAT THAT'S THE
  • 4:29
  • REALITY GOING FORWARD. BUT
  • 4:30
  • EXACTLY HOW MUCH IT'S GOING TO
  • 4:31
  • BE WITH WHICH COUNTRY STILL
  • 4:33
  • SEEMS UP IN THE AIR. LET'S TALK
  • 4:34
  • ABOUT CANADA FOR ONE SECOND.
  • 4:36
  • THAT'S THE ONE COUNTRY THAT'S
  • 4:37
  • GOING INTO EFFECT TONIGHT AS
  • 4:38
  • OPPOSED TO A WEEK FROM NOW. WHY?
  • 4:40
  • BECAUSE TRUMP WANTS TO MAKE A
  • 4:42
  • MESSAGE TO CANADA, WHICH HE IS
  • 4:43
  • MAD ABOUT. AT THE SAME TIME, THE
  • 4:45
  • 35% RATE THAT HE'S IMPOSED ON
  • 4:47
  • CANADA DOESN'T APPLY TO GOODS
  • 4:49
  • THAT ARE COMING OVER THE BORDER
  • 4:51
  • BASED ON THE US, MEXICO, CANADA
  • 4:54
  • AGREEMENT THAT HE SIGNED IN HIS
  • 4:56
  • FIRST TERM. WELL, 94% OF THE
  • 4:58
  • EXPORTS FROM CANADA FLOW UNDER

  • 5:00
  • THAT AGREEMENT, ACCORDING TO
  • 5:01
  • SOME ESTIMATES. SO IT'S STILL
  • 5:02
  • NOT CLEAR, YOU KNOW, WHETHER
  • 5:04
  • THIS IS EXACTLY WHAT'S GOING TO
  • 5:06
  • END UP WHERE THINGS ARE WITH
  • 5:08
  • CANADA OR IF THE PRESIDENT'S
  • 5:09
  • GOING TO END UP DOING SOME OTHER
  • 5:11
  • THINGS. AND I THINK THAT'S A
  • 5:12
  • HARDSHIP FOR BUSINESSES THAT ARE
  • 5:14
  • TRYING TO MAKE PLANS, COUNTRIES
  • 5:15
  • THAT ARE TRYING TO NEGOTIATE,
  • 5:16
  • YOU KNOW, SUSTAINABLE
  • 5:18
  • AGREEMENTS.
  • 5:19
  • >> YEAH. BUT WHAT IT SAYS TO
  • 5:21
  • BUSINESSES AND COUNTRIES AROUND
  • 5:22
  • THE WORLD, LIANE, IS THAT YOU
  • 5:24
  • BETTER HURRY UP, YOU KNOW, AND
  • 5:26
  • BRING YOUR GIFTS TO PRESIDENT
  • 5:27
  • TRUMP IF YOU WANT TO GET THAT
  • 5:29
  • EXEMPTION, IF YOU WANT TO BE ON
  • 5:30
  • THE RIGHT SIDE BECAUSE CANADA IS
  • 5:32
  • THE PERFECT EXAMPLE, HE'S
  • 5:34
  • LOOKING TO IMPOSE THIS 35%
  • 5:37
  • TARIFF BECAUSE HE DOESN'T LIKE
  • 5:39
  • HOW CANADA IS POSITIONING ITSELF
  • 5:41
  • OR THE POSITION THEY'RE TAKING
  • 5:42
  • ON PALESTINE. RIGHT. THAT HAS
  • 5:45
  • ABSOLUTELY NOTHING TO DO WITH
  • 5:47
  • MANUFACTURING, LABOR, TRADE
  • 5:49
  • DEFICITS, NOTHING.
  • 5:52
  • >> YEAH.
  • 5:52
  • >> IT.
  • 5:53
  • >> WAS REALLY EYE OPENING. TODAY
  • 5:54
  • WHEN THE PRESIDENT SAID THAT THE
  • 5:56
  • TRADE, THE TRADE IMPACT OF
  • 5:58
  • CANADA COULD BE BECAUSE HE IS

  • 6:01
  • UPSET THAT THAT CANADA IS
  • 6:04
  • CONSIDERING RECOGNIZING A
  • 6:06
  • PALESTINIAN STATE. SO REMEMBER
  • 6:09
  • THE ENTIRE POINT OF THESE
  • 6:12
  • TARIFFS, ACCORDING TO THE
  • 6:13
  • PRESIDENT WAS TWO PART ONE.
  • 6:15
  • >> TO BRING MANUFACTURING.
  • 6:17
  • >> BACK INTO THE UNITED STATES
  • 6:19
  • AND ALSO TO FIX WHAT HE CALLED.
  • 6:21
  • >> A.
  • 6:21
  • >> TRADE IMBALANCE WITH OTHER
  • 6:23
  • COUNTRIES, WHICH HE SAYS WERE
  • 6:24
  • TREATING THE UNITED STATES
  • 6:27
  • UNFAIRLY. BUT WHEN HE MAKES
  • 6:30
  • MOVES THAT PERTAIN TO COMPLETELY
  • 6:33
  • UNRELATED ISSUES.
  • 6:34
  • >> LIKE FOREIGN POLICY.
  • 6:36
  • >> YOU HAVE TO QUESTION WHAT THE
  • 6:37
  • ULTIMATE GOAL IS HERE. YOU KNOW,
  • 6:39
  • THE PRESIDENT TOUTED THIS WEEK,
  • 6:42
  • ACTUALLY, TODAY HE SAID THAT
  • 6:44
  • TARIFFS.
  • 6:44
  • >> ARE BRINGING.
  • 6:44
  • >> QUOTE, TRILLIONS OF DOLLARS
  • 6:46
  • INTO THE U.S. I HAVE.
  • 6:47
  • >> NOT SEEN AN ESTIMATE ANYWHERE
  • 6:49
  • CLOSE.
  • 6:49
  • >> TO THAT, BUT THEY ARE SAYING
  • 6:51
  • THAT IT IS BRINGING BILLIONS OF
  • 6:53
  • REVENUE INTO THE UNITED STATES.
  • 6:56
  • SO, YOU KNOW, THERE'S ALL THESE
  • 6:57
  • MIXED MESSAGES OF WHAT THE POINT

  • 7:00
  • IS AND ULTIMATELY WHAT IT COMES
  • 7:02
  • DOWN TO AND WHAT IT'S GOING TO
  • 7:03
  • COME DOWN TO, WHAT AMERICAN, THE
  • 7:05
  • AMERICAN PUBLIC IS GOING TO CARE
  • 7:07
  • ABOUT IS. NOT ABOUT TRADE
  • 7:09
  • IMBALANCE, BUT ABOUT COST. HOW
  • 7:11
  • IS THIS GOING TO IMPACT THEIR
  • 7:14
  • POCKETBOOKS WHEN THEY GO TO
  • 7:15
  • WALMART, WHEN THEY GO TO THE
  • 7:17
  • GROCERY STORE? AND THAT'S
  • 7:18
  • ULTIMATELY WHAT AMERICANS ARE
  • 7:19
  • GOING TO CARE ABOUT AND WHAT
  • 7:20
  • DONALD TRUMP IS STILL BEING WHAT
  • 7:22
  • WHERE THE VERDICT IS STILL OUT.
  • 7:24
  • >> SEE, WE'RE ALSO SEEING THE
  • 7:26
  • PRESIDENT GIVE ALL SORTS OF
  • 7:28
  • EXEMPTIONS FOR DIFFERENT
  • 7:29
  • INDUSTRIES AND DIFFERENT
  • 7:30
  • COMPANIES. SO IF YOU'RE RUNNING
  • 7:32
  • ANY SORT OF BUSINESS RIGHT NOW,
  • 7:35
  • HOW ARE YOU INTERFACING WITH
  • 7:36
  • THIS WHITE HOUSE?
  • 7:38
  • >> WELL, BLOOMBERG JUST DID A
  • 7:40
  • REALLY GOOD STORY ON THIS.
  • 7:41
  • THERE'S SOMETHING LIKE $1
  • 7:42
  • TRILLION IN IN EXEMPTIONS, THEY
  • 7:44
  • SAY. AND THERE DOESN'T SEEM TO
  • 7:45
  • BE UNLIKE BY THE WAY, IN THE
  • 7:47
  • TRUMP PRESIDENCY, FIRST TRUMP
  • 7:49
  • TERM, THERE WAS NO ACTUAL
  • 7:51
  • THERE'S NO ACTUAL PROCESS FOR
  • 7:52
  • GETTING THESE EXEMPTIONS THAT
  • 7:53
  • ANYBODY UNDERSTANDS. IT'S
  • 7:55
  • TALKING TO THE PRESIDENT. I
  • 7:56
  • DON'T KNOW IF IT'S DONATIONS OR
  • 7:58
  • WHATEVER IT IS, BUT IT'S UNCLEAR

  • 8:00
  • WHAT THAT PROCESS IS. AND I
  • 8:02
  • WOULD LIKE TO SAY A WORD OF
  • 8:04
  • SYMPATHY TONIGHT FOR THE CUSTOMS
  • 8:06
  • DUTIES, OFFICERS WHO WERE
  • 8:07
  • OVERWORKED BEFOREHAND AND TRYING
  • 8:09
  • TO IMPLEMENT THIS ESSENTIALLY
  • 8:10
  • CRAZY SYSTEM. AND IF I COULD
  • 8:12
  • JUST GO BACK, I DON'T THINK
  • 8:13
  • LEANNE WAS SAYING THIS, BUT THE
  • 8:15
  • PRESIDENT IS SAYING THIS, THIS
  • 8:16
  • IDEA OF BRINGING MONEY BACK INTO
  • 8:18
  • THE UNITED STATES. NO, THIS
  • 8:20
  • MONEY IS COMING FROM THE UNITED
  • 8:22
  • STATES TO THE UNITED STATES.
  • 8:23
  • THIS IS A MAJOR, MAJOR TAX ON
  • 8:26
  • THE AMERICAN PUBLIC. AND I WANT
  • 8:28
  • TO JUST GIVE YOU ONE LITTLE
  • 8:30
  • ANECDOTE FROM A CFO THAT I
  • 8:32
  • TALKED TO WHO SAID, DO YOU THINK
  • 8:33
  • WE'RE ALL THAT STUPID IN TERMS
  • 8:35
  • OF HOW WE ARE OUT THERE
  • 8:36
  • PURCHASING THINGS OVERSEAS, THAT
  • 8:38
  • OUR SUPPLIERS HAVE 15% EXTRA
  • 8:41
  • MARGIN TO GIVE IN ORDER TO PAY
  • 8:44
  • THAT TARIFFS AND NOT CHANGE OUR
  • 8:46
  • PRICE? NO, THAT'S NOT TRUE.
  • 8:48
  • COMPANIES ARE GOING TO PAY IT
  • 8:49
  • FOR A WHILE AND THEN THEY'RE
  • 8:50
  • GOING TO PASS IT ALONG. AND
  • 8:52
  • ALREADY THE AMERICAN PUBLIC IS
  • 8:53
  • PAYING IT. WE SAW INFLATION GO
  • 8:55
  • UP. IT'S GOING THE WRONG WAY
  • 8:58
  • OVER THE LAST SEVERAL MONTHS.

  • 9:01
  • >> PETER. WHAT GIVEN EVERYTHING
  • 9:03
  • THAT STEVE JUST SAID. RIGHT.
  • 9:05
  • WHAT DO YOU THINK WE'RE STUPID.
  • 9:07
  • WHAT DOES IT TELL YOU? THAT THE
  • 9:09
  • WHITE HOUSE DID NOT HAVE ANY
  • 9:10
  • SORT OF BIG EVENT TODAY? WHEN
  • 9:12
  • THE PRESIDENT MADE THIS
  • 9:13
  • ANNOUNCEMENT ABOUT TARIFFS? HE
  • 9:14
  • LOVES HAVING PROCLAMATIONS,
  • 9:16
  • ANNOUNCEMENTS. HE LOVES BRINGING
  • 9:17
  • A CROWD THERE. BUT BUT COUPLE
  • 9:19
  • THAT WITH PEOPLE WHO ACTUALLY
  • 9:22
  • UNDERSTAND HOW TRADE WORKS, WHAT
  • 9:24
  • IS WHAT THE IMPACT OF THESE
  • 9:25
  • TARIFFS ARE GOING TO BE. WHAT
  • 9:26
  • DOES IT TELL YOU THAT TRUMP KIND
  • 9:28
  • OF DID THIS QUIETLY WHEN, WHEN,
  • 9:29
  • WHEN TOMORROW OR TONIGHT?
  • 9:31
  • ESSENTIALLY MIDNIGHT IS SUPPOSED
  • 9:32
  • TO BE THE BIG HISTORIC NIGHT.
  • 9:34
  • >> YEAH.
  • 9:35
  • >> LOOK, THEY'RE FOLLOWING HIS
  • 9:36
  • LEAD BECAUSE IN FACT, IT ISN'T
  • 9:37
  • AN ORGANIZED PROCESS HERE IN THE
  • 9:40
  • WAY A TYPICAL PRESIDENCY WOULD
  • 9:42
  • WORK. THERE'S NOT A SERIES OF
  • 9:44
  • MEETINGS AND, YOU KNOW, PLANS IN
  • 9:46
  • PLACE AND, YOU KNOW, CONSULTING
  • 9:48
  • CONSULTATIONS WITH THE HILL OR
  • 9:50
  • WITH FOREIGN, YOU KNOW, ALLIES
  • 9:52
  • AND SO FORTH. IT'S JUST VERY
  • 9:53
  • SEAT OF THE PANTS BY WHAT DONALD
  • 9:56
  • TRUMP HAPPENS TO BE THINKING OR
  • 9:57
  • FEELING AT ANY GIVEN MOMENT. AND
  • 9:58
  • THE STAFF KNOWS THAT. AND THEY

  • 10:01
  • DON'T WANT TO GET AHEAD OF
  • 10:02
  • THINGS. THEY DON'T WANT TO LIKE
  • 10:03
  • PLAN A BIG EVENT. IF HE WOULD,
  • 10:04
  • YOU KNOW, COME ALONG AND THEN
  • 10:06
  • UNDERCUT IT. THEY'RE TAKING
  • 10:07
  • THEIR LEAD FROM HIM. HE
  • 10:08
  • OBVIOUSLY DIDN'T WANT A BIG
  • 10:09
  • EVENT TODAY. HE OBVIOUSLY IS
  • 10:10
  • STILL TRYING TO HOLD OUT THE
  • 10:12
  • IDEA THAT THERE COULD BE DEALS
  • 10:13
  • IN THE NEXT WEEK THAT WOULD MAKE
  • 10:16
  • HIM FEEL BETTER ABOUT THIS, BUT,
  • 10:18
  • YOU.
  • 10:18
  • >> KNOW.
  • 10:19
  • >> WHERE IS THIS REALLY A NO
  • 10:20
  • MAN'S LAND? IN A SENSE, BECAUSE
  • 10:22
  • OF THE LEGAL QUESTION THAT
  • 10:24
  • LEANNE JUST RAISED, I THINK
  • 10:25
  • WHERE WE TALKED ABOUT THE IDEA
  • 10:27
  • THAT, YOU KNOW, WE'RE USING
  • 10:29
  • TARIFFS NOT JUST TO CORRECT AN
  • 10:31
  • ECONOMIC IMBALANCE, BUT TO
  • 10:33
  • ACHIEVE FOREIGN POLICY GOALS.
  • 10:34
  • WELL, THE STATUTE, THE LAW THE
  • 10:37
  • PRESIDENT IS CITING IN ORDER TO
  • 10:38
  • IMPOSE THESE TARIFFS, WHICH HAS
  • 10:39
  • NEVER BEEN USED THE WAY HE'S
  • 10:41
  • USING IT BEFORE AND ISN'T UNDER
  • 10:42
  • COURT SCRUTINY, AS YOU POINTED
  • 10:44
  • OUT, IS SPECIFICALLY ABOUT
  • 10:46
  • NATIONAL SECURITY THREATS. WELL,
  • 10:47
  • IS IT A NATIONAL SECURITY THREAT
  • 10:49
  • IF CANADA HAPPENS TO RECOGNIZE A
  • 10:51
  • PALESTINIAN STATE AND WE DON'T,
  • 10:52
  • YOU CAN SEE WHY THAT'S AGAINST
  • 10:54
  • OUR FOREIGN POLICY INTERESTS,
  • 10:55
  • PERHAPS. BUT IT'S HARD TO
  • 10:57
  • JUSTIFY THAT AS A NATIONAL
  • 10:58
  • SECURITY THREAT THAT JUSTIFIES

  • 11:00
  • GIVING EXTRAORDINARY POWER TO
  • 11:01
  • THE PRESIDENT WITHOUT
  • 11:02
  • CONGRESSIONAL APPROVAL. SO
  • 11:02
  • THERE'S ALL KINDS OF UNCERTAINTY
  • 11:04
  • HERE. AND YOU DON'T EVEN KNOW IF
  • 11:06
  • YOU'RE A BUSINESS WHETHER OR NOT
  • 11:07
  • NOT ONLY DO YOU NOT KNOW WHAT
  • 11:08
  • RATE MIGHT BE OPPOSED, WHAT DATE
  • 11:10
  • IT MIGHT BE OPPOSED, WHAT WHAT
  • 11:12
  • GOODS IT MIGHT BE IMPOSED ON.
  • 11:14
  • YOU DON'T EVEN KNOW IF IT'LL
  • 11:15
  • HOLD UP IN COURT.
  • 11:17
  • >> STEVE, I WANT YOU TO EXPLAIN
  • 11:18
  • THIS TO OUR AUDIENCE, BECAUSE A
  • 11:20
  • LOT OF PEOPLE SAY, HEY, LOOK AT
  • 11:22
  • THE MARKETS. THEY'RE DOING
  • 11:23
  • GREAT. YOU KNOW, THESE TARIFFS
  • 11:24
  • AREN'T GOING TO HAVE THAT BIG OF
  • 11:26
  • AN IMPACT. BUT THE REALITY IS IT
  • 11:28
  • IS JUST A HANDFUL OF MASSIVE
  • 11:31
  • COMPANIES LIKE META, LIKE
  • 11:33
  • MICROSOFT THAT ARE PROPPING UP
  • 11:34
  • THE MARKETS. WHILE ALL THESE
  • 11:36
  • COMPANIES UNDERNEATH ARE ALREADY
  • 11:38
  • OR WILL SOON BE SERIOUSLY HURT
  • 11:41
  • FROM THE TARIFFS. AND THEY'RE
  • 11:44
  • NOT KICKING IT WHEN IT COMES TO
  • 11:46
  • STOCK PERFORMANCE.
  • 11:46
  • >> NOW WE'RE HEARING. CHARGES
  • 11:50
  • AGAINST, IRONICALLY, THE
  • 11:51
  • MANUFACTURING COMPANIES. IT WAS
  • 11:52
  • THE TECH COMPANIES THAT DID WELL
  • 11:54
  • DURING THE BIDEN ADMINISTRATION.
  • 11:56
  • AND SOME OF THE OTHER
  • 11:58
  • MANUFACTURING COMPANIES DID WELL
  • 11:59
  • AS WELL. BUT NOW WHAT'S

  • 12:01
  • HAPPENING IS IT'S THE
  • 12:03
  • MANUFACTURING COMPANIES THAT ARE
  • 12:04
  • BEARING THE BRUNT OF THIS, THE
  • 12:05
  • GM'S, THE FORD'S, OTHER
  • 12:08
  • COMPANIES WHO IMPORT THINGS THAT
  • 12:10
  • BECOME PART OF THE PRODUCTS THAT
  • 12:11
  • THEY MAKE HERE. I'LL GIVE YOU
  • 12:13
  • SOME EXAMPLES OF THIS IS FROM MY
  • 12:15
  • GOOD FRIEND MIKE SANTOLI TARIFF
  • 12:18
  • IMPACT HERE. APPAREL AND
  • 12:20
  • ACCESSORIES STOCKS DOWN 19%,
  • 12:21
  • HOUSEHOLD PRODUCTS DOWN 7%,
  • 12:23
  • PHARMACEUTICALS DOWN 6%. THESE
  • 12:25
  • ARE THE STOCKS. SO YOU'RE RIGHT
  • 12:26
  • IT IS THE BIG TECH COMPANIES
  • 12:27
  • THAT HAVE BEEN. AND IF NOT FOR
  • 12:30
  • THIS HUGE AI BOOM FOR WHICH
  • 12:31
  • THERE'S BEEN A LOT OF BETTING
  • THAT THIS IS GOING TO BE THE
  • FUTURE AND WILL LEAD TO
  • TREMENDOUS PROFITS AND REVENUE.
  • THE STOCK MARKET WOULD BE QUITE
  • DIFFERENT BECAUSE OF THESE
  • TARIFFS. AND IN A SENSE, I THINK
  • ALSO, STEPHANIE, THE MARKET IS
  • DOESN'T HAVE NOT SEEN THE IMPACT
  • IN


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