Political Quotes

“this morning, I will take a little more than the usual time because I want to review what happened, over the past 8 days, with Trump's tariff tax so that it can be preserved in the Record and so that we as a nation can try to process the reckless, unnecessary damage President Trump has created. The past 8 days have been an absolute embarrassment for President Trump and for everyone who truly cares about this country. During these 8 days, the world saw the President of the United States reveal his total lack of understanding of international trade, macro- and microeconomics, and foreign relations. The world saw the American President issue a tariff ultimatum so ill-conceived and so flawed that it was mocked from here to the Heard and McDonald Islands. This whole episode is so ridiculous that even the writers of ``Veep'' and ``House of Cards'' would have shredded their drafts. Yet it was real. It had real effects, lasting effects on real people. Donald Trump's tariff fiasco caused real damage to the confidence other nations have in America. It had real effects on the uncertainty we feel every day that Donald Trump sits in the Oval Office. It had real effects on people's retirements. Let's start with his announcement on April 2 that that would be ``Liberation Day,'' a day of massive worldwide tariffs.…”