Economic Growth In The US (12/23)
The John Kobylt Show
Premiere Networks
4.3 • 799 Ratings
🗓️ 24 December 2025
⏱️ 34 minutes
🧾️ Download transcript
Summary
The John Kobylt Show Hour 1 (12/23) - Lou Penrose fills in for John. Ashleigh Fields comes on the show to talk Pres. Trump crediting tariffs for economic growth in the US. More on economic growth in the US. The storm is coming.
See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.
Transcript
Click on a timestamp to play from that location
| 0:00.0 | This is an I-Heart podcast. |
| 0:02.6 | Guaranteed Human. |
| 0:04.7 | KFI AM-640. |
| 0:06.5 | You're listening to the John Cobalt podcast on the I-Hart Radio app. |
| 0:10.4 | It's the John Cobalt show. |
| 0:12.1 | Lou Penrose in for John Cobalt today. |
| 0:14.3 | Good to have you along with us. |
| 0:16.4 | Blowing past expectations. |
| 0:18.5 | That's the headline from the announcement today of the GDP report. Blowing past expectations. That's the headline from the announcement today of the GDP report. |
| 0:23.2 | Blowing past expectations. |
| 0:25.8 | The gross domestic product of the United States grew a lot more than was expected. |
| 0:32.1 | Ashley Fields writes for the Hill. |
| 0:34.1 | The headline in the Hill, Trump credits tariffs for surprising robust economic growth. |
| 0:38.7 | Ashley, thanks for spending time with us. |
| 0:41.3 | The numbers are surprisingly larger than what was expected, and like nobody was even close. |
| 0:48.2 | So there's no way to spin this away from a huge Trump Christmas present. |
| 0:55.0 | Right. Well, thank you so much for having me. As you mentioned, the economy grew. |
| 0:59.4 | It grew by 4.3% with an increase in exports and consumer spending ahead of the holiday season, |
| 1:05.1 | according to the Commerce Department. And this is something the president said is due to new trade rates. |
| 1:10.7 | So a lot of people, I'm a long time protectionist. |
| 1:14.9 | I have been a huge fan of tariffs in the past, and I was very alone in the Republican Party. |
| 1:20.5 | It was probably just me, a couple of protectionist Democrats from the Midwest. |
... |
Please login to see the full transcript.
Disclaimer: The podcast and artwork embedded on this page are from Premiere Networks, and are the property of its owner and not affiliated with or endorsed by Tapesearch.
Generated transcripts are the property of Premiere Networks and are distributed freely under the Fair Use doctrine. Transcripts generated by Tapesearch are not guaranteed to be accurate.
Copyright © Tapesearch 2026.