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(NewsNation) — During NewsNation’s municipality hall examining President Donald Trump’s archetypal 100 days of his 2nd term, the president defended his arguable tariff strategy, arguing the measures enactment America "in the catbird seat" for planetary commercialized negotiations contempt concerns astir their economical impact.
The system took halfway signifier during the town hallway hosted by Chris Cuomo, with panelists including Bill O'Reilly, Stephen A. Smith and governmental strategists from some parties.
Trump's medication is confronting worries astir a imaginable recession aft a first-quarter study showed a 0.3% driblet successful GDP. A NewsNation/DDHQ canvass found that a ample bulk of U.S. voters — 82% — are disquieted astir a imaginable recession nether the Trump administration.
"I'll beryllium capable to person radical however bully this is. This is what different countries person done to us. We person been ripped disconnected by different countries," Trump said erstwhile questioned astir imaginable economical fallout from the tariffs.
The president acknowledged the tariffs could impact Republican chances successful upcoming midterm elections but insisted helium was "willing to beryllium the 1 that has to" marque imperishable changes regarding U.S. commercialized policy.
When pressed by O'Reilly astir banal marketplace reactions to his commercialized policies, Trump was dismissive, saying the marketplace "can hold 2 weeks" and emphasized that different countries "need us" much than the reverse.
"We're successful a large presumption of strength," the president claimed, citing ongoing negotiations with South Korea, Japan and India.
Trump repeatedly emphasized flexibility successful his attack to tariffs, pointing to adjustments he's already made for car manufacturers who told him they couldn't instantly determination each accumulation to the United States: "You person to beryllium capable to dodge and determination and beryllium flexible."
Trump promises nary alteration to Social Security, Medicare and Medicaid
The president besides firmly denied immoderate plans to chopped Social Security, Medicare oregon Medicaid, stating, "We're doing perfectly thing to hurt" those program. He did, however, assertion galore immigrants successful the state are illegally benefiting from Medicaid.
Business perspectives astatine the municipality hallway were divided. Entrepreneur Patrick Bet-David supported Trump's attack to China, warning, "we tin ne'er suffer the level of paranoia with China." Meanwhile, podcast big Mark Mendenhall said helium was consenting to fto the president's commercialized strategies play retired contempt regular reports of adverse effects.
When asked astir the biggest mistake of his archetypal 100 days, Trump replied it was "the toughest question" due to the fact that "I bash not truly judge I person made immoderate mistakes."
RFK Jr. streamlining, recalibrating HHS’s trajectory
U.S. Health Secretary Robert F. Kennedy Jr. besides joined the municipality hall, saying that contempt the much than 800 measles cases successful the country, the United States has been doing amended with the illness than different countries. Kennedy has been criticized for talking retired of some sides of his rima regarding vaccines.
Kennedy says determination are different illnesses, too measles, that airs a menace to young Americans.
Smith asked however slashing 20,000 jobs successful his bureau volition help, Kennedy said HHS volition beryllium streamlined. The bureau was filled with redundancies, helium said.
Kennedy says that Americans got sicker aft the Biden medication grew the national bureau by 38%. After slashing jobs wrong the agency, Kennedy said the streamlined HHS volition absorption connected ending the nation's contented with chronic illness.
Strategists and politicians statement effectiveness of Trump's policies
Democratic strategist James Carville criticized Trump's rapid-fire claims during the municipality hall, saying the president was "speaking 200 words a infinitesimal with gusts up to 350 words a minute." Carville besides said that Trump had abandoned an inaugural for the U.S. to articulation Pacific nations that were economically unifying against China.
Former Trump strategist Steve Bannon, appearing remotely, defended the president's economical approach, arguing middle-class Americans would payment from Trump's commercialized initiatives portion accusing Democrats of catering to billionaires.
Ronna McDaniel, erstwhile RNC chair, and erstwhile New Hampshire Gov. Chris Sununu predicted Trump volition yet rise taxes connected the wealthiest Americans to supply alleviation to the mediate people that supported him successful the election.
Former Ohio authorities legislator Nina Turner said immoderate radical can’t hold for the results Trump promises.
U.S. Rep. Jake Auchincloss, D-Mass., and U.S. Rep. Rep. Rich McCormick, R-Ga., sparred implicit Trump’s handling of the economy.. Auchincloss hammered the medication implicit tariffs and banal marketplace turmoil portion McCormick encouraged Americans to springiness Trump time.
