Bloomberg Editor-In-Chief John Micklethwait did not take it easy on Trump, and it quickly became clear that the former president has no conception of the mechanics of or the potential ramifications of the economic platform heâs running on. Bluntly, the former president was incoherent when pressed with real questions about his policies.
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The central pillar of Trumpâs economic plan is widespread tariffs on all imported goods, with penalties appearing to increase depending on how much he dislikes the country. Economists have warned that such a policy could have devastating effects on American consumers, who would be saddled with increased costs for all imported goods.
When questioned about the specifics of his plan, and if he was aware of its pitfalls, Trump seemed ignorant of basic economic principles, insisting that other countries, not American consumers, would pay for the tariffs.
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Micklethwait tried to explain the actual impact. âThree-trillion worth of imports and you will add tariffs to every single one of them, and push up the cost for all of these people to buy foreign goods,â he said. âThat is just simple mathematics.â
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Trump gets frustrated and bashes the interviewer
Micklethwaitâs attempts to keep Trump on topic earned him no grace from the former president, who hates few things more than being contradicted.
When Micklethwait asked Trump to address a report by The Wall Street Journal estimating that his economic proposals would raise the national debt by upwards of $7 trillion, the former president fell back on his standard playbook: bashing the interviewer.
âWhat does The Wall Street Journal know? Theyâve been wrong about everything, and so have you by the way, youâve been wrong,â Trump replied, crossing his arms and curling into his seat.
Trump responds to a question about Google by ranting about voting in Virginia
One theme of the interview was Trump totally avoiding giving straight answers to the questions Micklethwait asked him. The most egregious example came when Micklethwait asked Trump if he believes the Justice Department should break up Google.
Trump responded by sighing and ranting about Virginiaâs voter rolls. âThe question is about Google, President Trump,â Micklethwait replied. Trump then went on a spiel about how Google is unfair to him and doesnât show users any positive stories about him.
Trump responds to a question about how heâd cut government spending by talking about Air Force One
At one point in the conversation, Trump, after speaking at length about rockets, reiterated his past assertion that he would nominate billionaire Elon Musk to his government and put him in charge of cutting wasteful spending and regulations. When asked by Micklethwait to give an example of how he would cut waste, Trump pointed to the remodeling of Air Force One.
Trump is unable to say how heâd help small businesses
Trumpâs tariff proposal could be a disaster for small businesses that rely on imports. Micklethwait noted that when Trump imposed a tariff on Chinese imports while he was in office â one that is smaller that what he is proposing for a second term â he helped Apple deal with the ramifications, giving them a deal. Micklethwait then asked Trump how he would help companies that arenât so big. Trump was unable to provide a response, repeatedly bringing up how he helped Apple despite Micklethwaitâs efforts to get him to address small businesses.
Trump mocks autoworkers
Trump argued that his tariffs will lead Mercedes-Benz to start building in the U.S., arguing that now they build everything in Germany and their cars are only assembled in the U.S. He doesnât seem to have much respect for the autoworkers at these âassemblyâ plants. âThey take them out of a box and they assemble them,â Trump said. âWe could have a child do it.â
Trump says Jan. 6 riot was filled with âlove and peaceâ
Trump tried yet again to rewrite history about Jan. 6, 2021, when a mob of his supporters stormed the U.S. Capitol. He said on Tuesday that it was a âpeaceful transfer of power,â accused Micklethwait of being biased against him for asking the questions, and reiterated that he believes the 2020 election was âcrooked.â
âIt was love and peace,â Trump said of Jan. 6. âSome people went to the Capitol and a lot of strange things happened there, with people being waved into the Capitol by police,â he added, nodding to conspiracy theories that the federal government helped orchestrate the riot to make Trump and his supporters look bad.
Bloomberg Editor-In-Chief John Micklethwait did not take it easy on Trump, and it quickly became clear that the former president has no conception of the mechanics of or the potential ramifications of the economic platform heâs running on. Bluntly, the former president was incoherent when pressed with real questions about his policies.
...
The central pillar of Trumpâs economic plan is widespread tariffs on all imported goods, with penalties appearing to increase depending on how much he dislikes the country. Economists have warned that such a policy could have devastating effects on American consumers, who would be saddled with increased costs for all imported goods.
When questioned about the specifics of his plan, and if he was aware of its pitfalls, Trump seemed ignorant of basic economic principles, insisting that other countries, not American consumers, would pay for the tariffs.
...
Micklethwait tried to explain the actual impact. âThree-trillion worth of imports and you will add tariffs to every single one of them, and push up the cost for all of these people to buy foreign goods,â he said. âThat is just simple mathematics.â
...
Trump gets frustrated and bashes the interviewer
Micklethwaitâs attempts to keep Trump on topic earned him no grace from the former president, who hates few things more than being contradicted.
When Micklethwait asked Trump to address a report by The Wall Street Journal estimating that his economic proposals would raise the national debt by upwards of $7 trillion, the former president fell back on his standard playbook: bashing the interviewer.
âWhat does The Wall Street Journal know? Theyâve been wrong about everything, and so have you by the way, youâve been wrong,â Trump replied, crossing his arms and curling into his seat.
Trump responds to a question about Google by ranting about voting in Virginia
One theme of the interview was Trump totally avoiding giving straight answers to the questions Micklethwait asked him. The most egregious example came when Micklethwait asked Trump if he believes the Justice Department should break up Google.
Trump responded by sighing and ranting about Virginiaâs voter rolls. âThe question is about Google, President Trump,â Micklethwait replied. Trump then went on a spiel about how Google is unfair to him and doesnât show users any positive stories about him.
Trump responds to a question about how heâd cut government spending by talking about Air Force One
At one point in the conversation, Trump, after speaking at length about rockets, reiterated his past assertion that he would nominate billionaire Elon Musk to his government and put him in charge of cutting wasteful spending and regulations. When asked by Micklethwait to give an example of how he would cut waste, Trump pointed to the remodeling of Air Force One.
Trump is unable to say how heâd help small businesses
Trumpâs tariff proposal could be a disaster for small businesses that rely on imports. Micklethwait noted that when Trump imposed a tariff on Chinese imports while he was in office â one that is smaller that what he is proposing for a second term â he helped Apple deal with the ramifications, giving them a deal. Micklethwait then asked Trump how he would help companies that arenât so big. Trump was unable to provide a response, repeatedly bringing up how he helped Apple despite Micklethwaitâs efforts to get him to address small businesses.
Trump mocks autoworkers
Trump argued that his tariffs will lead Mercedes-Benz to start building in the U.S., arguing that now they build everything in Germany and their cars are only assembled in the U.S. He doesnât seem to have much respect for the autoworkers at these âassemblyâ plants. âThey take them out of a box and they assemble them,â Trump said. âWe could have a child do it.â
Trump says Jan. 6 riot was filled with âlove and peaceâ
Trump tried yet again to rewrite history about Jan. 6, 2021, when a mob of his supporters stormed the U.S. Capitol. He said on Tuesday that it was a âpeaceful transfer of power,â accused Micklethwait of being biased against him for asking the questions, and reiterated that he believes the 2020 election was âcrooked.â
âIt was love and peace,â Trump said of Jan. 6. âSome people went to the Capitol and a lot of strange things happened there, with people being waved into the Capitol by police,â he added, nodding to conspiracy theories that the federal government helped orchestrate the riot to make Trump and his supporters look bad.
For best results, I highly recommend changing the playback speed to 2X before viewing.
I skipped the Ava Maria (which starts just after the 2-hour mark on the video), and went straight to one of his go-to songs... by the Village People... YMCA (don't tell the MAGA-verse...but that song is a LBGTQ+ anthem). He's on stage until the 2:40 mark... doing whatever that is.
Par for the course. Maybe someone on the team will wake up and realize that this isnât the best way to solidify the vote. There is no lack of stupidly in the Trump camp.
I'm afraid that the stupidity is what is solidifying the vote.
Par for the course. Maybe someone on the team will wake up and realize that this isnât the best way to solidify the vote. There is no lack of stupidly in the Trump camp.
I don't recall exactly who it was, but I know I was accused of using hyperbole when saying that the repubs were supporting nazis. Using the term so glibly reduced the impact, blah, blah, blah.
well, here you go:
Of note - suddenly comfortable with masks...
Just a reminder if thereâs a Nazi at the table and 10 other people sitting there talking to him, you got a table with 11 Nazis. There is room for disagreement, there is not room for these assholes.
I've been saying for some time now that The Republican Party should just come out of the closet and change their name to something more accurate.
I don't recall exactly who it was, but I know I was accused of using hyperbole when saying that the repubs were supporting nazis. Using the term so glibly reduced the impact, blah, blah, blah.
well, here you go:
Of note - suddenly comfortable with masks...
Just a reminder if thereâs a Nazi at the table and 10 other people sitting there talking to him, you got a table with 11 Nazis. There is room for disagreement, there is not room for these assholes.
But have you heard Kamala's laugh... and she's yet to answer a question (unless it's one that she's flip-flopped on).
I don't recall exactly who it was, but I know I was accused of using hyperbole when saying that the repubs were supporting nazis. Using the term so glibly reduced the impact, blah, blah, blah.
well, here you go:
Of note - suddenly comfortable with masks...
Just a reminder if thereâs a Nazi at the table and 10 other people sitting there talking to him, you got a table with 11 Nazis. There is room for disagreement, there is not room for these assholes.
Just a thought. All you never Trumpers ... why do you waste your time listening to Trump ?
Are you expecting to hear anything that might change your mind and actually consider voting for him ?
I might suggest that your time might be better spent listening to Harris, the person you all are going to vote for.
That is if you can find sources that are not edited on her behalf to make her look like she knows what she is saying and doing, eg, 60 Minutes.
What do you actually know about her and what she plans to do ? Do you know that while she was just on the View last week, she said that given the chance to change anything that Biden has done during his term, she would not change a thing. So you want more of what the past 4 years have been ? Really ?
smh ...
Well, I've been on-the-fence recently but after reading this latest gem...
âI have more complaints on grocery,â Trump, the GOP presidential nominee, said Thursday at the Motor City Casino. âThe word âgrocery,â itâs a sort of simple word. But it sort of means, like, everything you eat. The stomach is speaking, it always does. And I have more complaints about that â bacon, and things going up double, triple, quadruple.â
...I realized it was neither "stable" or "genius-y" so... umm maybe not.
Question for the Trumpistas: if your Drumpf can bus people into a rally in the sticks but fails to provide enough buses to get them back out, why should the rest of us believe in his competence?
I actually thing this is a step-up from the Four Seasons (Landscaping) debacle.
The Trump team are trying to upgrade their image from being "grossly incompetent" to simply "negligent".
