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TAPPER: You're imposing a 10% on the Heard and MccDonald islands. They have zero human inhabitants. Why are you putting tariffs on islands that are entirely populated by penguins?

BROOKE ROLLINS: C'mon Jake. Whatever. Listen, the people that are leading this are serious,… pic.twitter.com/QkUdyuzNRw

— Aaron Rupar (@atrupar) April 6, 2025

So, the President made that call?

WELKER: The markets lost more than $6 trillion in value. Was this disruption always part of the plan?

BESSENT: We had record volume on Friday and everything is working very smoothly. So the American people can take great comfort in that. pic.twitter.com/VH6gKcccaC

— Aaron Rupar (@atrupar) April 6, 2025

Volume? Now the stock market is a discount store? 

WELKER: Trump promised he was going to improve the economy starting on day one. What is your message to Americans who want to retire right now and have just seen their lifetime savings drop significantly?

BESSENT: Most Americans who have put away for years in their savings… pic.twitter.com/YEdrdx0qOi

— Aaron Rupar (@atrupar) April 6, 2025

BESSENT: Most Americans who have put away for years in their savings accounts don't look at the day to day fluctuations of what's happening

In less than 100 days he has a firmly established public record identifying himself as the stupidest Treasury Secretary in history and should be regarded as such by interviewers. https://t.co/zaxR7caJrH

— Lawrence O'Donnell (@Lawrence) April 6, 2025

Rivaled only by:

Peter Navarro: "You can't lose money unless you sell ... we will hit 50,000 on the Dow easily by the end of this term." pic.twitter.com/yDySRkKcbo

— Aaron Rupar (@atrupar) April 6, 2025

So Trump is going to lift the tariffs?

Peter Navarro claims that there's "cognitive dissonance between what the media is saying, wanting to push us into a recession, and what's actually happening." pic.twitter.com/zmxYJdrWJg

— Aaron Rupar (@atrupar) April 6, 2025

The policies cannot fail, they can only be failed.

Peter Navarro: "This is not a negotiation. This is national emergency." (Other administration officials have been on TV this morning suggesting it's a negotiation ... ) pic.twitter.com/yO6hWXbHSN

— Aaron Rupar (@atrupar) April 6, 2025

As long as the Administration speaks with one voice, we can be sure they know what they’re doing.

And Trump is still on the golf course.  ⛳️