Trump shut down Bloomberg editor John Micklethwait in front of a cheering audience in deep blue Chicago, reducing his combative interviewer to a bumbling and stuttering as he tried to regain control of the exchange.
Breitbart News reports:
The British journalist interviewed Trump onstage Tuesday at the Economic Club of Chicago. Trump used the event to promote his America First agenda, with much of the interview focusing on trade and economic policy.
Micklethwait, who adopted an adversarial posture during much of the interview, pressed Trump whether his strategy of using and threatening tariffs on global trade competitors to promote American manufacturing would drive up inflation.
He insisted on pressing Trump on predictions from “the experts” on the turmoil his economic plan would elicit, ignoring that “experts” made similar predictions about his first term. But despite their grim warnings, none of what they forecasted came true, and on the contrary, he led the United States into an era of growth and prosperity none of them predicted.
Micklethwait asked, “People are betting that your policies are going to drive up debt, they’re going to drive up inflation, they’re going to drive up…interest rates, are the investors wrong?”
Trump shot back, “I had four years no inflation…and then they started spending money like drunken sailors.”
Micklethwait attempted to press forward, “There are 14 million jobs in America that rely on trade –“
Trump interrupted him, saying, “John Deere — great company — they announced about a year ago they’re gonna build big plants outside of the United States…I said if John Deere builds those plants they’re not selling anything into the United States. They just announced yesterday they’re probably not gonna build the plants. I kept the jobs here.”
“People at the Wall Street Journal — which is hardly a communist organization — they have criticized you on [tariffs] as well. You are running up enormous debt…You’re also talking about 10, 20% tariffs on the rest of the world. That is going to have a serious affect on the overall economy, and yes, you’re going to find some people who will gain from individual tariffs, but the overall effect could be massive.”
Trump cut in, “I agree it’s going to have a massive effect — positive effect…I know how committed you are to this, it must be hard for you to spend 25 years talking about tariffs as being negative and then have somebody explain to you that you’re totally wrong.”
The audience erupted in applause.
“What does the Wall Street Journal know? I’m meeting with them tomorrow. They’ve been wrong about everything. So have you, by the way. You’ve been wrong about everything.”
The audience broke out again in thunderous applause.
The interviewer stammered, “You’re trying to turn this…you’re trying to turn this into a debate…there are business people –“
“You’ve been wrong all your life on this stuff.”
Though she was invited, Kamala declined to participate in the event. She also declined to participate in the Al Smith dinner, customary for presidential candidates. Harris has been criticized for her economic plan (or lack thereof) throughout the campaign as well as her avoidance of public appearances, and many political commentators say that by refusing these invitations, she only played into those perceptions.
Trump received a standing ovation at the end of his Bloomberg interviewer, defying the “elites,” their media allies and the hyperbolic claims they make about the implications of a second Trump term.
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Too bad these kinds of attacks are not thrown back in the face of the woke, liberal, lying.misguided MEDIA WING of the democrat party.
Maybe Trump should send Micklethwait a copy of ‘Art Of The Deal’.