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Connecticut Governor Lamont responds to Trump Tariff Disaster
Thu, 03 Apr 2025
MeidasTouch host Ben Meiselas reports on Donald Trump’s aides like Howard Lutnick looking to spin the economic crash they have caused as a good thing and Meiselas interviews Connecticut Governor Ted Lamont about his response to Trump’s tariff disaster. Visit https://meidasplus.com for more! Remember to subscribe to ALL the MeidasTouch Network Podcasts: MeidasTouch: https://www.meidastouch.com/tag/meidastouch-podcast Legal AF: https://www.meidastouch.com/tag/legal-af MissTrial: https://meidasnews.com/tag/miss-trial The PoliticsGirl Podcast: https://www.meidastouch.com/tag/the-politicsgirl-podcast The Influence Continuum: https://www.meidastouch.com/tag/the-influence-continuum-with-dr-steven-hassan Mea Culpa with Michael Cohen: https://www.meidastouch.com/tag/mea-culpa-with-michael-cohen The Weekend Show: https://www.meidastouch.com/tag/the-weekend-show Burn the Boats: https://www.meidastouch.com/tag/burn-the-boats Majority 54: https://www.meidastouch.com/tag/majority-54 Political Beatdown: https://www.meidastouch.com/tag/political-beatdown On Democracy with FP Wellman: https://www.meidastouch.com/tag/on-democracy-with-fpwellman Uncovered: https://www.meidastouch.com/tag/maga-uncovered Coalition of the Sane: https://meidasnews.com/tag/coalition-of-the-sane Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices
What triggered the economic downturn discussed in this episode?
As the markets are crashing today as a result of Donald Trump's announcement of what he called Liberation Day, which feels more like Annihilation Day or Recession Day. Donald Trump is sending his surrogates on various media platforms, but it's definitely giving off that kind of Baghdad vibe.
bob kind of vibe or a pink dress lady kind of vibe from north korea i mean they're trying to claim that everything is absolutely great and things are amazing but the markets would tell you otherwise also getting very bad economic data as well today about the job cuts that are coming out some of the worst job cut numbers
that we've seen in a very very long time i mean really since the great recessions of 2008 the third highest monthly total on record i mean you take a look at what howard lutnick is saying though and he's telling you donald trump's commerce secretary this is great everything's amazing this is what a great day it's liberation here just just play this clip you're right in the long term but in the long term we're all dead so how long are we gonna have to wait for the benefits to come pouring in
Well, you started hearing it recently when Donald Trump yesterday said we have about five trillion dollars of committed investment to America. Five trillion dollars. That means people are going to start building factories right now. And that means all that construction work begins now. That starts to employ Americans today. You're going to see plants being built, factories remodeled. rebuilding.
All shifts are going to be running hot across America now. You're going to see employment leaping starting today.
The data would suggest otherwise. And also, factories don't get built in a 24-hour period as much as they'd like to weld that into existence. Let's bring in Connecticut Governor Ned Lamont. Governor, you have a business background, of course, everybody knows, before becoming the governor of Connecticut. What's your reaction just generally to what's going on today?
I think Howard Lutnick is whistling by the graveyard. I think that this incredible uncertainty is a real drag upon the economy. I think investors have spoken. You see that with the market reaction today. People don't know if they should invest or not because they don't know what tomorrow is going to bring.
The herky-jerky style with the tariffs is just symptomatic of this administration where every day is more incoming. And that's bad for the economy.
Let's talk about your plan. I mean, we can talk... We're probably, unfortunately, hours about the damage that Trump and Lutnick are causing almost every single day with just the chaos and it's just the new terrible announcement. But what are you doing? I mean, what should Democrats be doing? What's the plan?
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