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Letters from an American

March 30, 2025

Letters from an American

Heather Cox Richardson

Politics, News, History

53.8K Ratings

🗓️ 31 March 2025

⏱️ 14 minutes

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March 30th, 2025.

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On the Fox News Channel this morning, Director of the National Economic Council, Kevin Hassett, said,

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President Trump has a long-run vision of a golden age of America,

0:21.3

and we're working really, really hard to get it out there in time.

0:24.8

But I can't give you any forward-looking guidance on what's going to happen this week.

0:29.8

The president has got a heck of a lot of analysis before him,

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and he's going to make the right choice, I'm sure.

0:37.0

The National Economic Council is the primary

0:39.9

group the president uses to develop domestic and international economic policy. So the fact

0:46.1

that HACET appears to have no idea what's coming is concerning. Trump has declared April 2nd

0:53.5

Liberation Day because he will announce big new tariffs,

0:57.6

posting on his social media site on March 21st. For decades, we have been ripped off and abused by

1:04.4

every nation in the world, both friend and foe. Now it is finally time for the good old USA to get some of that money and respect back.

1:14.5

God bless America. Other Trump regime officials appear similarly uninformed about Trump's plans.

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When Fox News Channel personality Shannon Breem asked Peter Navarro, Trump's senior counselor for

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trade and manufacturing, what to say to consumers who worry that tariffs are going to raise prices,

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he answered, trust in Trump. He then claimed that tariffs are tax cuts, which makes sense only

1:43.2

if he means that tariffs, which raise prices on consumers,

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might provide enough revenue for the government to enable Republicans to justify tax cuts on the

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wealthy corporations. Trump campaigned on the promise to immediately bring prices down, starting on day one,

2:02.5

but his tariffs have already helped push inflation upward.

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Josh Dawsey and Ryan Felton of the Wall Street Journal reported on Thursday

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