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Rhiannon12866

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Tue Apr 22, 2025, 07:21 PM Apr 2025

'May be on track to be a 21st century Herbert Hoover': Nicolle Wallace on risks of Trump's trade war - Deadline - MSNBC



Steve Liesman, CNBC Senior Economics Reporter, joins Nicolle Wallace on Deadline: White House with the latest developments on fluctuation of Donald Trump’s economy which got a boost today only because investors felt more confident about Fed Chair Jay Powell’s short term job security and Scott Bessent reportedly admitting that a trade war with China is unsustainable for the United States. - Aired on 04/22/2025.
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'May be on track to be a 21st century Herbert Hoover': Nicolle Wallace on risks of Trump's trade war - Deadline - MSNBC (Original Post) Rhiannon12866 Apr 2025 OP
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I never in my life expected to be defending Hoover soldierant Apr 2025 #2
Same here - he made a lot of mistakes, but he didn't turn over the government for it to be dismantled Rhiannon12866 Apr 2025 #3

soldierant

(9,372 posts)
2. I never in my life expected to be defending Hoover
Tue Apr 22, 2025, 09:36 PM
Apr 2025

but I assure you he did not deserve to be compared to Trump**, despite signing Smoot-Hawley. He may jave been an exocomic idiot, but he he was not a person whpose greed sucked up anythimg and everything (like the vacuum the other Hoover invented.)

Rhiannon12866

(258,922 posts)
3. Same here - he made a lot of mistakes, but he didn't turn over the government for it to be dismantled
Tue Apr 22, 2025, 09:43 PM
Apr 2025

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