The political fallout from the Trump administration's tariff policies continues, and intra-party

fighting seems to be breaking out with both Democrats and Republicans.

For analysis, we are joined by Amy Walter of the Cook Political Report with Amy Walter and

Tamara Keith of NPR.

Welcome to you both.

Thank you.

Tam, sorry to not have you here in the room with us,

but you look great at the huge at the end of the table there. First question to you, I don't know

if you heard. We had David Wessel on the program earlier talking about the economic crater that

this has blown into the U.S. economy and how the future does not really seem all that clear.

What have the political repercussions been for the president and his administration?

I think that there are repercussions, even though the policy is a little bit unclear, or it seems like it changes every 48 hours or so.

And various Trump administration officials are delivering different messages,

depending on what show they're on, and then President Trump will come out on social media

and say something else.

For instance, his social media post saying there were no exceptions for electronics.

They're still being tariffed. And also, there might be more to come. What the consequences end up

being is that consumer sentiment is in a very bad place. And consumer sentiment also then

goes forward into sentiment about the president's performance

on the economy.

It is his weakest point.

It is of all of the things that are pulled in terms of the president's performance,

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