MSNBC host Lawrence O’Donnell torched President Donald Trump on Monday for his “stupid” theories on worldwide commerce, the precarious tariffs he imposed on U.S. imports and all of the contradictory solutions he gave throughout Sunday’s “Meet the Press” interview.
O’Donnell excoriated his falsehoods in a “Last Word” section spanning 26 minutes.
“Donald Trump talks repeatedly in the interview about how much money we were losing because of international trade,” he mentioned. “We have never lost a penny because of international trade. Donald Trump said, ‘We were losing hundreds of billions of dollars with China.’ Now, think about how very stupid and dishonest that statement is.”
“Donald Trump is counting every penny we spend on imported products as lost money,” O’Donnell continued. “That means every time we spend money, we are losing money, according to that theory.”
O’Donnell went on in charge this “very stupid economic theory of international trade” for Trump’s documented aversion to paying folks “what he owes” and for his indifference that People gained’t be capable to lower prices by shopping for low cost international automobiles anymore.
O’Donnell tried to parse the logic Monday, as filtered by means of Trump’s illogical reasoning.
“If I buy a Ford made in the United States, I haven’t lost money,” mentioned O’Donnell. “But if I buy a Kia made in South Korea, I have lost money, even if the Kia is cheaper than the Ford. What Donald Trump is incapable of understanding is that, at the end of that transaction, my life is richer now because I have a car.”
Trump introduced steep worldwide tariffs final month on all U.S. imports and imposed a 145% levy on Chinese language items. Economists warn the insurance policies might spark a recession, whereas Trump has justified his commerce warfare as a campaign to revive U.S. manufacturing.
Trump admitted final week that kids may begin with the ability to have solely “two dolls instead of 30” because of this, nevertheless, which actually flies within the face of previous assurances of financial freedom. He reiterated on “Meet the Press” Sunday that little ladies don’t want as many dolls as they’d like.
“That was something Donald Trump never admitted on the campaign trail when he lied about tariffs every time he spoke about them,” O’Donnell mentioned Monday. “And now, every time Donald Trump talks about tariffs, he sounds stupider than the time before.”
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The host reminded viewers that he dubbed Trump “Donny 2 Dolls” final week for saying “the stupidest thing any president of the United States has ever said about Christmas or dolls” — by merely dismissing fears of empty cabinets by arguing youngsters don’t “need” the toys.
Trump has additionally been defying the U.S. Supreme Courtroom by refusing to facilitate the return of Kilmar Abrego Garcia, a Maryland man who the Trump administration admitted was mistakenly deported, however the president was noncommittal when requested on “Meet the Press” if he has an obligation to uphold the Structure.
“I don’t know,” Trump mentioned Sunday, which O’Donnell appeared to search out most egregious of all.
“Only one president of the United States in American history could possibly have said, ‘I don’t know,’ to the question,” mentioned the MSNBC host, including: “Every president prior to Donald Trump knew the answer to that question … is one word: ‘Yes.’ Every one of them.”
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