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The Michael Steele Podcast

A Moment Of Clarity: Toy Trade War

The Michael Steele Podcast

The Bulwark

Politics, Government, History, News

4.83.1K Ratings

🗓️ 23 May 2025

⏱️ 2 minutes

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0:00.0

And now for a moment of clarity.

0:05.0

Donald Trump keeps saying children won't have as many dolls because of his tariffs.

0:11.0

Maybe the children will have two dolls instead of 30 dolls, you know?

0:16.0

And maybe the two dolls will cost a couple of bucks more than they would dole it.

0:20.0

I don't think a beautiful baby girl needs, that's 11 years old, needs to have 30 dolls.

0:27.1

I think they can have three dolls or four dolls.

0:29.6

All I'm saying is that you don't, that a young lady, a 10 year old girl, nine year old girl, 15 year old girl, doesn't need $37.

0:40.3

She can be very happy with two or three or four or five.

0:46.3

And new tonight is not just the dolls, with Mattel announcing its plans, it's making plans, actually, to increase the prices of its toys,

0:54.5

including Hot Wheels, because of Trump's trade war with China.

0:57.7

Nothing says, you ain't as young as you used to be talking about dolls, okay?

1:02.9

Look, my takeaway of this is hysterical.

1:06.1

For the Republicans out there, listen to what this man is.

1:09.9

The government is now telling you how many

1:11.9

dolls you can get for your kids for her birthday or Christmas or holidays. This is where we are.

1:17.5

I mean, first off, they tell us, everybody get pregnant and have children. Now we're going to

1:21.7

limit how many toys they can have. I mean, what? And they're not going to help you take care of the children.

1:26.4

They're going to take care of them. I don't They're not going to help you take care of the kids.

1:28.4

I don't get it.

1:29.1

Come on, Barbie.

1:30.1

There's no party.

1:35.3

You know, he wants to say the first quarter of this economy is Joe Biden's. He wants to say the second quarter of this economy is Joe Biden's.

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