Pic Of The Moment: Trump's Economic Adviser Claims That "Both Sides" Will Pay For China Tariffs...

[EarlG]

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[underpants]

1. Heard NPR misreporting this again this morning

They said he admitted the truth. No he didn’t. He stuck with their bullshit. Multiple news operations misreported it as well.

[getagrip_already]

2. NPR has no soul left... We should sue them to drop the "Public" out of their name..

Over the weekend, they played a 30 second clip of trump proclaiming that china would pay the tarrifs, despite how others are portraying it, and never once commented on the fact that he out and out lied during that sound clip. They just left it out there without challenge.

They aren't even honestly reporting the news anymore.

[Gothmog]

3. K&R

[Ohioboy]

4. Both sides????

What is this, Charlottesville?

[CaptYossarian]

15. By both sides, he meant Democrats and Republicans.

[FakeNoose]

5. It's a slimy way of saying China isn't paying a penny of our tariffs

WE pay it all, in higher taxes and in higher prices. Is that clear enough for the ChumpHumpers?

[oldsoftie]

6. Chris Wallace is one reason i have no problem seeing a Dem debate on Fox.

He's generally an equal opportunity questioner.
And so far the townhalls i've seen have been great for the candidates.
Refusing to do a debate just makes you look weak. But this is a minority opinion here, i know.

[pangaia]

7. His being an "equal opportunity questioner" is a new thing.

He's a slimeball just like all the rest.
We should not forget that..

[Turbineguy]

8. By "both sides"

he means Trump supporters and Trump non-supporters.

[SergeStorms]

9. Trump is too stupid to know...

what he's been doing to the people of the United States! He's a freaking moron! He really doesn't know what a tariff is, or how it works!

I'm just gobsmacked by the ignorance of this asshole, and even more gobsmacked that republicans love this idiot!

[DoctorJoJo]

10. Larry Crudlow, As I Call Him--Always a Repuke Shrill

[wolfie001]

11. What a jackassed sycophant!

He can always blame it on his cocaine-fried brain.

[NoMoreRepugs]

12. Kudlow has always been an IDIOT.

[orangecrush]

13. K&R

[Aussie105]

14. BOTH sides!?!?!

It's just an attempt to make the average consumer feel good when they see prices go up.

'Yeah, my prices have gone up, but them Chinese folks are hurting more than me!'

Actually, Chinese exporters will just up their prices to cover for the tariffs. The whole extra cost of the tariffs will be passed on to the end consumer.

Consequences? Consumers will think twice about buying anything made in China (pretty much anything then) and Chinese exports to the US will go down.

Not a win for anybody, definitely not the 'win-win' situation some portray it as. Just plain stupid, really.

Tariffs were originally designed to protect local industries from overseas competition that produced the same goods cheaper. They were not designed as a punitive tool.

9 out of 10 economists think tariffs are a bad idea. The tenth is a dumb Trump voter.