As media-consuming stories go, Signalgate went out with nary a whimper- barely lasting a week. In its place, the media now caterwaul over the reciprocal tariffs imposed by President Donald Trump, as Treasury Secretary Scott Bessent discovered during his sit-down with NBC’s Kristen Welker on Meet the Depressed.
WATCH as Bessent dismantles Welker’s appeal to authority and takes her to school over the impacts of the tariffs Trump imposed in his first term:
KRISTEN WELKER: President Trump’s tariffs are being described as the biggest tax hike on Americans in decades. They could cost the average household thousands of dollars. Republican Senator Ted Cruz had this to say. I’m going to play it, get your reaction on the other side.
TED CRUZ: Tariffs are attacks on consumers. And I’m not a fan of jacking up taxes on American consumers.
WELKER: Do you acknowledge that President Trump’s…
