CNN conservative tells Donald Trump 'there's a better way'
A CNN conservative expressed confidence that Donald Trump's advisers would keep him from potentially wrecking the economy.
The former president has become even more enamored of tariffs, which he claims would cure the nation's economic problems – although virtually no mainstream economists agree – but CNN's Shermichael Singleton insisted that would be talked out of imposing policies that many studies show would reignite inflation.
"The Biden administration, they maintained some level of Trump-era tariffs, and I understand why," Singleton said. "There's an argument to make that tariffs in some capacity could be a good economic strategy. I think, writ large, if Donald Trump were to be re-elected, I would imagine his advisers would say, 'Mr. President, there's a better way if we want to level the playing field with China, or if you want to stop an American company from shipping manufacturing to a country like Mexico.'"
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Singleton conceded that the policies Trump has proposed could be improved, and he argued that the Republican nominee would most likely do that.
"What's a better way to incentivize that company to keep those jobs in a place like Ohio," Singleton said. "There's some different approaches there, and I think ultimately he would make that decision. But with that said, the guy is still ahead by about eight points, I believe, in our recent poll on this issue. I think the vice president is smart to provide a critique in a differentiator between herself and the former president. But the issue for her is about 30-plus percent of the American voters are saying we still want to know where you stand on making the economy better, providing a critique isn't enough. They need to hear more about solutions, which is why the former president is still strong."
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