The last thing we need right now is more top-down economics.
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Some of you know when I was growing up, I didn't have a father in the house. But I did have people around me, stepfather, grandparents, teachers, coaches and most of all my mother, who tried to teach me the difference between right and wrong, who showed me what it meant to be honest and responsible to work hard, to treat other people the way I wanted to be treated.
Look, politics, it's not going to solve all your problems. No president is going to eliminate poverty in one term or eliminate racism because those problems are hard. It -- it takes steps, a little bit at a time.
Look, I don't think what we just witnessed in terms of economic policy and tariffs is going to be good for America.
Real strength is about working hard and taking responsibility and telling the truth even when it's inconvenient.





