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On the recordMarch 31, 2025
I will. So you and I both know that in 72 days now--it is the next day--that of the 72 days that Trump has been in office, he has caused havoc on the American economy, especially given the economy he inherited. Inflation is up. Prices are up. Consumer confidence is down. The stock market and people's 401(k)s--their retirement plans--are down. He continues to do things to rattle confidence, to raise prices, and to hurt not the billionaires--the people who can afford these things--but to hurt average Americans, who find housing prices too high and difficult to make ends meet. Every time--and I have looked at the tariffs throughout history. In fact, one of my friends sent me this really funny clip I hope somebody will put up for me from, I think it was ``Ferris Bueller's Day Off'' where he was talking about tariffs and was like ``Bueller! Bueller!''-- or maybe it was another movie. I am mixing it up. It shows my--
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Cory Booker
Democratic · New Jersey

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