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The MeidasTouch Podcast

Congressman Garcia on Trump’s Harmful Tariffs

The MeidasTouch Podcast

MeidasTouch Network

Politics, News

4.812.9K Ratings

🗓️ 2 April 2025

⏱️ 10 minutes

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MeidasTouch host Ben Meiselas reports on MAGA Mike Johnson freaking out over Trump’s tariffs that are about to crush the United States even more. Ben interviews Congressman Robert Garcia on all the latest chaos in the GOP. 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

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0:00.0

You sure you wanted this job, Maga Mike Johnson?

0:03.9

Not sure you can handle this job, Maga Mike Johnson.

0:07.1

Not as easy as you thought it was going to be, or is this exactly what you wanted?

0:12.3

Just to be Donald Trump's lap dog, making a fool of yourself each and every day,

0:17.6

watching as the world sees how weak and pathetic you are, watching as you cause

0:24.6

disaster and havoc on this country. So Maga Mike held a press conference earlier in the day,

0:30.5

and he was asked about Trump's Liberation Day and Trump's tariffs, which are going to cause

0:35.3

further destruction on our economy, which he has already

0:38.7

wrecked. And here's what Mag and Mike Johnson had to say. Let's play it.

0:42.1

I think the president should move forward tomorrow with tariffs. He's made very clear that he's

0:49.9

doing this in the executive branch under his executive authority, and it doesn't involve Congress

0:56.2

in that way. Look, you have to trust the president's instincts on the economy, okay? Why? You don't,

1:03.4

this isn't blind faith. Remember what he accomplished in the first administration. Before COVID,

1:08.7

we had the greatest economy in the history of the world, not the U.S., all the whole world. Every demographic was doing better because we cut taxes,

1:15.8

we cut regulations, and we made a better economic environment for everybody to succeed. And

1:20.7

he is going about that same plan to bring that about. And tariffs is a component of that.

1:27.1

And we'll see how it all develops

1:29.6

i mean look isn't us uh we're not congress it's the executive branch trust trust the guy i'm just

1:37.3

going to make up things that actually didn't happen during his first term and i'm going to say

1:41.3

that it was the greatest when it was literally the worst,

1:48.3

and other than Herbert Hoover, Donald Trump being Herbert Hoover, is the only president to actually lose jobs.

1:49.1

But I was to say it was great.

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