Trump Changes Subject When Asked About Prices

BRET BAIER: You said that tariff is a beautiful word. There are some signs in the market, consumer confidence that they’re a little jittery. So, if all goes to plan, when do you think families would be able to feel prices going down, groceries, energy? Or are you kind of saying to them, hang on, inflation may get worse until it gets better?

DONALD TRUMP: No, I think we’re going to become a rich – and look, we’re not that rich right now. We owe $36 trillion. That’s because we let all these nations take advantage of us. Same thing, like 200 billion with Canada. We owe 300 – we have a deficit with Mexico of $350 billion. I’m not going to do that. I’m not going to let that happen.

You will recall that Trump spent months claiming that “prices will come down, and they’ll come down fast” immediately upon his taking office. Trump added an estimated $7.8 trillion to the national debt during his first term.

Again: When he told you he would bring prices down — he meant up.

Also: we buy more from other countries than they buy from us because we are the richest country in the world. They aren’t stealing from us.

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