You can watch Jake Tapper’s brow grow increasingly furrowed in real time as White House Economic Council Director, Kevin Hassett, smiles through the narratives and talks clearly about what is happening with President Trump’s tariff agenda.
This is a REALLY good interview. Kevin “quokka” Hassett just keeps outlining clear examples of what regional tariffs are happening and why there are distinctions. The interviewer Jake Tapper keeps trying to throw confusion at Hassett, who smiles and explains the reason why Tapper’s framework is silly. WATCH:
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CNN, Say no more.
The naysaying is not only coming from the Left. Listen to some of the so-called “alternative” and “right-of-center” voices. They’ve been as equally as trolling as the trolls on the Left.
And the Libertarians have been quite the nay-sayers.
Ah, they always are.
I wonder what annoyed Tapper more – that Hassett had an answer for every gotcha question, or that Hassett was so cheerful when he answered.
Furrowed brows expect uncertainty, hesitation, seriousness, etc.
Furrowed Brows…and Head Tilt throughout.
Reminded me of a dog trying to understand what his master is saying and just not getting it.
Couldn’t take my eyes off him for the whole 12 minutes.
Woe is Jake Tapper…
(As a side comment, I would really hate waking up to that face every single morning. Talk about starting your day on a downer….)
Performative Emoting.
Real Time PsyOps.
The MarxMerdia is a fully integrated element of the Derp State, which MUST be destroyed!!
Langley Begins The Road To London.
A direct road, Cariad.
No exits, straight through expressway.
No pausing for sacred cows.
If they are on that road it is to obfuscate slow and block our way.
Topple the Crown
Free the World
The Crown is toppling itself now in Sharia Britain.
A fast growing species, Mo.
Horrifyingly accurate.
During my many travels to France I saw this coming. I’m sure many others saw it too. Unfortunately, the French were too dumb or afraid to take note and now they are paying the price. Sad.
And the noose is much tighter!!
Didn’t PDJT receive an unprecedented second invitation to a Royal State reception from King C3, hand delivered by Starmer?
That is alarming!
Our President has a golf course in Scotland, birth country of his mother and golf, the game he so enjoys and promotes. He would be flattered and honored by the invite and the potential offer of some royal honor.
I’m praying the President has no time in his busy schedule to accommodate a visit to the evil epicenter of the globalist empire.
My dog would make that face! He looked like he was thinking/saying: Rrrrrr-ER?
Anyone who has owned and loved a dog can relate I’m sure 👍🏻
I’ve had dogs that could understand what Hassett was saying better than Tapper!
😂 😂 😂 😂 😂 !!!
Bet that’s the truth.
Lol. I once owned a dog that would tilt his head and lower his ears as if to say “huh, what??” He did it so much we coined the phrase “doing the Gomer” when people made that same Tapper face. 😂
Hahaha….thinking of a Basset hound now, sis. That hang dog look.
Fits I think.
Tapper, has that worn down look of a person, suffering from severe IBS. Tell me that’s not the face of someone puckering like his life depends on it.
I loved your dog analogy, Betsy but to me, he seemed more like a pig looking at a typewriter. I likely partially missed your point because my dog, Katie, is smarter than Jake.
Dogs are so smart, Old Dawg. In fact, from what I’ve been observing of late…so much of a public which I listen to mouth agape and Congressional Dems (also mouth agape)… I believe our beloved four footed friends are a lot smarter than far too many two legged ones.
We had a wonderful Jack Russell, Penny, for 14 years. She was such a love and so smart we miss her to this day two decades after we lost her…💔
Please give your sweet Katie some loving from me 💕
I hope another furry friend adopted you Betsy.
My lovable, smart and entertaining Pom, Cooper thinks I’m almost a perfectly trained pet.
I’ve no doubt you are, Lorraine….lucky little Cooper 💕
Thank you…
The longer Tapper works at CNN, the sadder he seems. But, he is NOT on the Left (hilarious!) Those on the left are always sad or mad about something.
I kept waiting for Hasset to ask if Tapper was rooting for calamity.
I’ll answer that.
Tapper and his fellow media propagandists and every single Democrat.
In Congress and within the entire party.
Stephen Miller would be the perfect one to ask it.
And I’d pay big money to see it.
Stephen Miller is my favorite of everyone in PDJT’s cabinet.
When he caught that George Clooney wanna be loser, Acosta from CNN in a racist conundrum back in 2019, I was super impressed.
Miller is the MAN!!
Baffles ’em with facts and truth to counter their BS. Pure entertainment.
The right man for the times…
My fave as well…
Agree – he is my favorite too!
Getting dizzy from all the left wing spin. It would not be so bad if it was not so intentional to cause issues for the US just because they care more about their left wing views than what the people voted for. This is more like trying to send the message to all those paid protestors to be more outraged rather than bring an understanding of what is really happening.
Exactly.
Woman’s comment that she cannot run her small business not knowing the production costs in China .
The simple answer is stop relying on the communist Chinese.
The communists have been raping us on trade, an average $300 billion surplus over the last 20 years.
How is this possible? Simple, our markets are open to them. Theirs are largely closed to us.
The tables must turn.
Yeah, businesses need to adapt to survive. She was effectively profiting from what China was doing, getting her 10% cut.
On the one hand, its not her fault, like PDJT I blame his predescessors, she is just trying to navigate and run her business in a f”kd up system; if she had started out sourcing in America, she would have paid higher prices tgan her competitors and so gone out of business.
Theres gonne be some pain, some businesses going out of business, before this is over.
On the other hand, there should be all sorts of opportinities to make all the stuff we usedto buy from China.
Hahaha….getting her 10% cut. Who does she think she is….The Big Guy ???
“Woman’s comment that she cannot run her small business not knowing the production costs in China .”
Here in WNY, the local CBS affiliate seeks out examples of local businesses that can project a doom & gloom scenario as much as possible of what PDJT is doing.
Most likely that is occurring all across the fruited plain.
Mom likes seeing some of the local news. I change the channel when national news comes on.
I want the weather so I can plan my outdoor chore schedule.
I noticed the same thing watching the local news. They are trying to interject anything negative possible regarding the tariffs, whether it be uncertainty or short term negative impact.
Bottom line, long term, for our health and well being, we absolutely need a reset from the Chicoms.
The media is adept at trotting out victims.
And probably paying them with USAID $$ too.
Actually China never was a market for the US until globalism created class parity between the new Chinese and American middle classes by forcing a race to the wage bottom.
Funny, shutting down millions of small and even large businesses during COVID was OK!
They had an election to steal.
And it’s ok when they do it. Never anyone else.
Hellooooo. Those were NON-essential businesses. If you cannot tell the difference then I cannot waste my time telling you how the people in charge KNOW the difference. //////////
Essential businesses are um, you know, essential. That’s the difference.
Liquor stores and strip clubs in California. While the gym and churches were closed.
It would be interesting the hear the perspective from small business owners who make their products in the US. I can imagine them shrugging and saying, “It’s just business as usual.”
There is a reason she has a small (vs. big) business, and it’s not “China” (or Trump). Her business is small either because she chooses it to be small, or she doesn’t have the chops to make it any bigger.
She is an American running a Chinese business. Bring your country back to The USA, lady
It is time to own an American small business, not a Chinese small business.
She hasn’t encountered Chinese knockoffs yet. Her handbags will be undercut by the cheap Chinese copies.
Better to produce in USA to get the edge in the competition.
Only slightly less happier then usual.
Wealth does not get destroyed, Jake.
Wealth transfers from weaker hands…
To stronger hands…
And Jake…
We The People
Hold the Trump card…
It is not a very big step to take, Jake…
To
Get over yourself !!!
Your spirit of antichrist is no match…
For the Spirit of America…
To make America great again.
In God We Trust
{All others pay cash}
Trust God
Fear not
wtf
get a hold of yourself
And many false prophets will arise and lead many astray
Jean Shepherd. Don’t forget to drink your Ovaltine. A crummy commercial!
Moth and rust consume.
Wealth is created. An economy that does not create new wealth eventually consumes that which exists.
Luke 11:46 And He said, “Woe to you also, lawyers! For you load men with burdens hard to bear, and you yourselves do not touch the burdens with one of your fingers.
“It is the eternal struggle between these two principles — right and wrong — throughout the world. They are the two principles that have stood face to face from the beginning of time; and will ever continue to struggle. The one is the common right of humanity, and the other the divine right of kings. It is the same principle in whatever shape it develops itself. It is the same spirit that says, “You toil and work and earn bread, and I’ll eat it.” No matter in what shape it comes, whether from the mouth of a king who seeks to bestride the people of his own nation and live by the fruit of their labor, or from one race of men as an apology for enslaving another race, it is the same tyrannical principle.”
Abraham Lincoln, The Lincoln-Douglas Debates
Hassett is a treasure. He takes the questions and gives answers easily understood for the lay person.
Unfortunately Tapper doesn’t possess the intelligence of the average lay person.
Gotta Love the Happy Quokka 😁
We don’t know Trumps end game, but it sure drives Dems crazy.
“My revenge will be success.”
And, anything that drives dem crazy, HAS to be a good thing, right?
QUOKKARINES!!!
Furrows? They look like CANYONS!
Jakey has sads.
He looks constipated.
Jake has gas….
Interesting anecdotal story:
Since at least Friday, Temu has COMPLETELY disappeared from my Google searches for gizmos, gadgets, or trinkets. Used to be that the segment of sponsored ads you see at the top of a search page were 99.999 percent Temu no matter how far right you swiped along the sponsored ad section. Had to scroll down the page to hit even any Amazon product listings.
Now it’s mostly Amazon ads, with a few Shein and other assorted sites like Hobby Lobby or Etsy.
Was this a Temu decision or a Google smackdown? It was all Temu, all the time, just a few weeks ago.
Who is the person that depends on one supplier for absolute critical inventory
For example fast food business that must have certain cups for beverages will not have just one supplier but rather several, just in case scenario.
Sorry, if I depend solely on China and then is China is not available. This authenticates Trump position from a national perspective we must have guaranteed providers make our critical needs in the USA.
One may have multiple suppliers, but if the suppliers all have the same source…
“Jake Tapper keeps trying to throw confusion at Hassett, who smiles and explains the reason why Tapper’s framework is silly”
Jake Tapper & the other MSM “talking head pundits” are “one trick wonders”.
They have no answer for the truth and are flummoxed by the pure facts.
Their lies used to work when everyone on these shows used to ” play the game”.
The game is over and it is time for the truth to prevail.
Ephesians 5:13 KJV
But all things that are reproved are made manifest by the light: for whatsoever doth make manifest is light.
This is the crux of the matter: the influence of China in America
It is also the core issue in foreign relations with Canada and Mexico.
Both highly infiltrated by CCP
“NOBODY is getting “off the hook” for the unfair Trade Balances, and Non Monetary Tariff Barriers, that other Countries have used against us, especially not China which, by far, treats us the worst!
There was no Tariff “exception” announced on Friday.
These products are subject to the existing 20% Fentanyl Tariffs, and they are just moving to a different Tariff “bucket.”
The Fake News knows this, but refuses to report it. We are taking a look at Semiconductors and the WHOLE ELECTRONICS SUPPLY CHAIN in the upcoming National Security Tariff Investigations.
What has been exposed is that we need to make products in the United States, and that we will not be held hostage by other Countries, especially hostile trading Nations like China, which will do everything within its power to disrespect the American People.
We also cannot let them continue to abuse us on Trade, like they have for decades, THOSE DAYS ARE OVER!
The Golden Age of America, which includes the upcoming Tax and Regulation Cuts, a substantial amount of which was just approved by the House and Senate, will mean more and better paying Jobs, making products in our Nation, and treating other Countries, in particular China, the same way they have treated us.
The bottom line is that our Country will be bigger, better, and stronger than ever before.
We will, MAKE AMERICA GREAT AGAIN!”
https://truthsocial.com/@realDonaldTrump/114332337028519855
Have you seen this? Chinese guy saying that China got rich, but our leadership ripped us off. While he may be PLA there is truth in what he says. Nancy Pelosi and the Bidens got rich while I got poor…
https://x.com/theexecutloner_/status/1911112775054602546?s=46&t=rskTW1KzmOWo46yxBRtiTA
There is mostly truth, but also a big measure of CCP propaganda in there.
Mr. Hassett has a certain way, doesn’t he! LOL!
Hard to argue with a person that smiles the entire time he’s talking. Certainly a happy warrior.
Smiles can be very powerful indeed.
Can separate those who can deliver a good message from those who can deliver an impactful message.
Tapper, tried so hard not to make this appear confrontational, unfortunately the expression that stayed on Tapper’s face was one of watching your pet dog getting run over by a speeder in front of your home.
Fake news will never be credible, no two way dialogue’s, and no probing question’s, just the us and them mindset.
I was just wondering… is Tapper defending Tariffs now?. 😁.
If it weren’t for SD, I’d would never have known what a quokka is. I printed a copy of the photo SD provided with his first mention of Happy Kevin. I look at that photo and am immediately cheered up! No matter what.
Watch Tapper’s expressions throughout… what’s his real motivation?
https://x.com/directorblue/status/1911521400046883235
Why does Jake Tapper always look constipated?
<Why does Jake Tapper always look constipated?>
There’s a few possibilities…
Best way to determine is by process of elimination 🙂
🏆 lololol..
Oh, good one!!
LOLOL!!
He can’t fake reality, is my guess.
Why does Fake News Tapper always look like he’s on the verge of tears?
He must be tortured by the dishonest narrative he has to maintain.
It’s got to be exhausting.
Basically, China went down to 20% tariffs according to President Trump this afternoon which should calm the stock market…
Donald J. Trump
@realDonaldTrump
NOBODY is getting “off the hook” for the unfair Trade Balances, and Non Monetary Tariff Barriers, that other Countries have used against us, especially not China which, by far, treats us the worst! There was no Tariff “exception” announced on Friday. These products are subject to the existing 20% Fentanyl Tariffs, and they are just moving to a different Tariff “bucket.”
Does Jake Tapper sound defeated or what! As he says at the end “thanks so much for your time…
Beta male soy boi’s always sound that way.
All warfare is deception. Quokka is telling the Snake the fundamentals of the strategy, all Jake wants to do is say “You guys are fibbers or your incompetent “. F’ing hyperventilating over details….while PDJT and the Wild Bunch tame the World Trade Renegades. Of course we are going to tell you the truth…Just like Biden, Obama and the rest….
Mr. Hassett does have an infectious smille. It is as though he has a secret inside of him that makes him happy no what happens around him.
Making some adjustments is going to eventually turn out to be a good thing (I hope).
Trump’s tariffs, which I conceptually support, have excluded the interests of small business and e-commerce start ups. Here is how to change that!
Mid-term votes.
Not trying to change the subject but does anyone by chance know what time Pam Bondi will be on Fox News today? #76
From CNBC now…
Stock futures rose on Sunday as Wall Street looks to gauge President Donald Trump’s latest tariff moves.
S&P 500 futures
gained 0.7%, while Nasdaq-100 futures
moved 1.3% higher. Futures tied to the Dow Jones Industrial Average
climbed 207 points, or 0.5%.
Trump has exempted smartphones and computers as well as other devices and components like semiconductors from his new “reciprocal” tariffs, according to new U.S. Customs and Border Protection guidance issued late Friday. The president and his Commerce secretary, Howard Lutnick, then suggested Sunday that the exemptions aren’t permanent, stirring up more tariff uncertainty.
Trump said in a Truth Social post that these products are still “subject to the existing 20% Fentanyl Tariffs, and they are just moving to a different Tariff ‘bucket.’”
Is this cabinet member sabotaging PDJT by not following through on his orders? https://www.westernjournal.com/time-burgum-stop-defying-president-trumps-demand
Tapper is an insufferable douche. He has all these whiny little Marxist talking points, no understanding of economics and claims the sky is falling. I am sure all three of Tapper’s viewers were in a panic.
Some of us called it treason back when ChinaGate happened. The Council On Foreign Relations made sure that CFR member Speaker Newt Gingrich did not impeach him for it, and to deflect it with the Lewinsky psyop which also had an ulterior motive behind it. The CFR gave Gingrich the order to NOT impeach him for ChinaGate and to allow it to happen to begin with.
“However this collision plays out, the U.S. is paying the price for having adopted, decades ago, a policy of building up China in the hope and expectation that Beijing would evolve into a benign and friendly rival and competitor of the United States.
Granted most-favored-nation trade status by the U.S., which also ushered it into the World Trade Organization, China has moved, since the turn of the century, from a country with an economy smaller than Italy’s into a manufacturing monolith that is the rival of the United States.”
China: Pelosi Trip to Taiwan a Provocation
https://buchanan.org/blog/china-pelosi-trip-to-taiwan-a-provocation-159538
Fake Yapper
Poor Jake he must live a miserable life.
Quokkas have to be the happiest smiling animals on earth. Amazing how Kevin Hassett does possess this rare trait! Love the photo – best I’ve seen. Thank you SD!;-))
Despite Hassett’s clear and easy to follow explanation, the YouTube comment section is full of people claiming they’re confused and don’t understand what is happening. And the sad thing is, those people vote.
And breed!
Great minds think alike!
If I had read your comment before reflexively posting mine, I would have just Hit “Like” on your comment.
Kudos!
And they Breed!
These type conversations never happened during the Biden administration except that climate change was the biggest threat to our future and the boarder are secure and we need to continue supporting Ukraine.
The Left-Wing Communist Globalists do not want tariffs successful. The success of tariffs would go a long way in destroying the Democrats as well as Rino’s. It would be a big win for MAGA and the American Patriots.
The necessary indictments for draining the swamp would have an easier path. More people will be behind President Trump and the Left-Wing communist Globalist will be operating in a head-wind.
Hahaha,,, Fake looks constipated!! 🙃
A natural result of being full of **** 24/7/365
Swat…
There goes Jake’s stupid question. Replaced with real information about what President Trump is doing with his economic plan.
Swat
Swat
Jake, there is a pattern forming here. 🤣🤣🤣
If I could bottle and sell the genuine happy enthusiasm coupled with brilliance, that Mr. Hassett routinely exhibits,
I’d be a gozillionaire. 🤣❤️❤️❤️
Jake Tapper is way out of his depth and that’s why his brow creases and his questions appear to be aimed at throwing off Kevin Hassett. Tapper is confounded and confused.
Jake should take two economic courses: Macro and Micro.
He should also take a Civics Course.
Then he might be able to ask an intelligent question of the White House Economic Council Director Hassett.
Jake came off as a doofus.
i wonder what hassetts ‘s reply would be if one of the leftist he has to deal with called him a dirty —— —–. he may smile and say that may be true but you are still losing.
China is at it again…
Fake Tapper is a certifiable moron.
Tapper looked like he was sick to his stomach almost the entire interview. His face and frown seemed to be saying, “I am sick to my stomach….I think I’m going throw up….I am sick to my stomach….I think I’m going to throw up….I am sick to my stomach….I think I’m going throw up.” It must be very sicking for the lying media to be fed the truth since it gets harder and harder to swallow that Donald J. Trump is President, that he is successful, and that he is not part of the corrupt and incompetent Democrat Party.
If Hassett can keep a smile on his face while explaining facts to the likes of Jake Tapper, he really isn’t being paid enough.
J
I really like our Happy Warrior 😁😁👏👏
Not as good as Sundance …but close.
Most were thinking Consumer- I thought—Military!.
Cannons and cannonballs! 💃💃 yes!👍
I tried earlier to explain…..he did it a lot better!
Most of our Military has techno in it.
Even the drones need a laptop, tablet to operate them
Until we get up and running with our techno manufacturing
we are vulnerable. 😉we are not self sufficient enough in providing
that technology.
I don’t believe President Trump “caved” to the Techno Bros…
I believe someone in the MIC said…psssst…We need this techno
stuff- and we don’t produce it 😳
Great article, the last paragraph about the F-47 is…interesting.
I also agree with the thought that too much technology makes
equipment….fragile.
Bombshell Reports: “German Weapons Not Made for War”
A good example….
EU Ursula Fond of Lyon was screeching in a
speech about— Russia was taking chips out
of Washing Machines to put in their military
equipment.🤣 She was lying as usual, but it
still highlights the use of technology in
military equipment so they can operate.
💁♀️ 🤷♀️
What is a “quokka”, and what’s with the chipmunk picture?
Oh, Liz – Quokkas are little marsupials that live on Rottnest Island, off the coast of Western Australia.
If you let your fingers do the walking and you search, you will most likely find a photo and description. Although I’ve never seen a chipmunk, I don’t think they have the cheeky grin of a Quokka (as in SDs pic).
But what’s it got to so with this here?
Sundance (and most of us here) see a likeness between the smiling face of the quokka and the smiling face of Kevin Hassett. He also has a calm and pleasant demeanor.
I was wondering if that might be it. Thank you for the answer.
Turn that frown upside down Jakey, Martha and the rest of you MSM Sunday morning news hacks.
I can hardly watch you propagandist idiots anymore.
Even if it is to make fun of you, which is quite simple to do.
Right. Hassett is always smiley. Tapper always looks as though he’s constipated – and has been for weeks.
It should be illegal to be as cute as quokkas are. It’s too much of an unfair advantage. The biggest danger they face on Rottnest is the horseflies, who attack with kamikaze-like disregard for life and danger. I must have killed 50 of them while I was there.
Is Rottnest Island the rottenest island off the coast of Western Australia ??