Scott Bessent defends Trump's tariffs by asking Kristen Welker how much her arm weighs. THINK I'M KIDDING?

[Miles Archer]

https://www.thedailybeast.com/trump-goon-derails-interview-with-bizarre-question-about-journalists-arm-weight/

When journalist Kristen Welker asked Bessent, 63, “Isn’t the fact that you’re rolling back tariffs an admission that they ultimately do drive up prices?” he quickly interjected: “Kristen, how much does your arm weigh?”

The journalist chuckled, replying: “I do not know, exactly.”

“But you know how much you weigh, and you get on the scale every morning,” Bessent continued. “Inflation is a composite number and we look at everything so we are trying to push down the things we can control.”

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“I think we’re gonna see these other prices come down and again, many of these goods were part of trade deals with countries that have been in the works for months,” he said.

[spooky3]

1. What an idiot. Terrible analogy. And a lie. Nt

[ColoringFool]

2. IOW: "Yes." ("...the things we can control.") N/T

[UpInArms]

3. The correct answer would have been

I have no idea how much it weighs, but I am pretty sure it has about 30 pounds of slap pressure against your smug face.

[ProfessorGAC]

4. If They're Trying To Push Down...

...on the things they can control, & annualized inflation is higher now than it was 6 months ago, and aggregate inflation is higher than in 2024, they are doing a pretty bad job of it.
It was a stupid answer, the analogy was blindingly dumb, and it was an admission that they don't know what they're doing & that sweeping tariffs are a negative to inflation.
How'd that idiot get through college?

[LudwigPastorius]

5. Then he asked her what's a henway and what's a Greek earn.