Weekend Quotables: Trump changes his tune from 'we'll all be rich', to 'recession possible.'
Drawing huge crowds at anti-oligarchy rallies, Bernie takes leadership of the anti-Trump resistance. Democrats 'lay low.'
Just a few days ago, Trump was shouting the good news. His stop-and-start tariffs on Mexico, Canada, and China were already working and would “make America rich again.”
"All I know is this. We're going to take in hundreds of billions of dollars in tariffs, and we're going to become so rich you're not going to know where to spend all that money.” — Fox News
Great news, right? We’re all going to be rich. I was already making up my spending list. What will I do with all that money? Let me think…
On Saturday, Trump reposted an article by conservative activist Charlie Kirk, whose headline was “Shut Up About Egg Prices—Trump is Saving Consumers Millions.”
But then, yesterday, DT was already backtracking and sending out cryptic messages about a possible recession ahead amid the effects of a global trade war on markets.
When asked in a “Sunday Morning Futures” interview on Fox News if he was expecting a recession this year, Trump replied: “I hate to predict things like that. There is a period of transition because what we’re doing is very big.”
Quotables
Rep. Jasmine Crockett (D-Texas)
Asked by a reporter on the Capitol steps what she would say, speaking directly to Elon Musk? Crockett didn’t pull any punches and simply said what was on her mind: “Fuck off.” — Call to Activism
James Carville, Democratic strategist
He’s advising Dem leaders to adopt a "strategic political retreat" or "play dead" approach. Carville argued that Democrats should let Republicans "crumble beneath their own weight.” — Daily Mail
Shark Tank host, billionaire Mark Cuban
Cuban warned Americans to examine not only the number of cuts but also the knock-on effects of a massive surge in unemployment.
'This is a bigger issue than people realize. Not just jobs lost. But their families losing benefits,' he wrote on social media this week. “Landlords losing tenants. Cities and towns losing revenue. This is how recessions start.” — Daily Mail
Commerce Secretary Howard Lutnick
Sec. Lutnick said on Sunday that there were no plans to change the steel and aluminum tariffs — and unlike his boss, he dismissed concerns about a recession.
Trump is “going to win for the American people. That’s just the way it’s going to be. There’s going to be no recession in America,” he said. Lutnick added: “I would never bet on recession. No chance.”— NBC’s “Meet the Press” [I’m filing this one away for future use.]
New Canadian PM Mark Carney
"My government will keep tariffs on until the Americans show us some respect." — The Independent
Chinese Pres. Xi Jinping
"Whatever kind of war it is, a tariff war or a trade war, a cold war or a hot war, they should not be fought and cannot be won." — BRICS News
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Jake Tapper, on CNN, interviewed Florida Senator Rick Scott.
TAPPER: How can you look at experts in nuclear weapons being fired then rehired and think, 'Oh, this process is working exactly as it should be'?
RICK SCOTT: I'm a business guy. You do the best you can every day. What they're trying to do is rein in government. Are they gonna be perfect? No.
