Trump continues spat with ‘loser’ Karl Rove – Washington Examiner
The article discusses a public disagreement between President Donald Trump and political analyst Karl Rove. The conflict arose after Rove criticized Trump’s handling of tariffs, suggesting that Trump’s comments about possibly reducing consumer choices echoed the character of Ebenezer Scrooge, prompting public concern. Trump retaliated by dismissing Rove as a “total loser” and asserted that he didn’t need Rove’s advice.
rove’s critique came following reports on Trump’s declining approval ratings, notably concerning economic issues. He noted that while Trump receives positive feedback on immigration policies, his overall performance, especially regarding the economy, is viewed unfavorably. this exchange is occurring against the backdrop of escalating trade tensions with China,which has imposed punitive tariffs and recently filed a lawsuit against the U.S. at the World Trade organization in response to the tariffs. The article also mentions that goods exported from the U.S. to China are subject to a 125% tariff, illustrating the complexities of the ongoing trade disputes.
Trump continues spat with ‘loser’ Karl Rove over ‘Scrooge’ nickname
President Donald Trump took issue with comments made by Karl Rove over the weekend, after he resorted to name-calling regarding Trump’s tariff battle.
China remains the outlier among foreign countries facing tariffs with its 145% tariff. Additionally, Trump’s executive order announcing the tariffs removed a customs exemption that allowed foreign packages to avoid tariffs for goods worth less than $800. Trump suggested that a likely result would be that “the children will have two dolls instead of 30, and maybe the two dolls will cost a couple of bucks more than they would normally.”
Rove criticized Trump’s comments, claiming they were “problematic” while on Fox News’s Sunday Night in America with Trey Gowdy.
“It sounds like Mr. Scrooge,” Rove said. “The ordinary American is like, ‘Wait a minute, I thought you were on my side, I didn’t think you’re on the side of I need to do with less. You’ve got plenty of money, and I got to make mine stretch as far as I can.’”
The likeness to Ebenezer Scrooge, Charles Dickens’s shrewd businessman from A Christmas Carol, prompted an online response from the president in the hours after it aired.
“I don’t need to have Karl Rove of FoxNews to tell me what to do,” Trump wrote late Sunday on Truth Social. “The guy’s a total Loser who’s been wrong about almost everything!”
These latest comments from Rove followed his reporting on Trump’s approval rating last week. Rove pointed out that the president “gets reasonably good marks on immigration and handling of deportations, but even those he’s upside down on,” Rove said of the polling.
“When it gets to the economy, he is in very bad shape. And it’s not only that he’s in the short term in bad shape, there’s also evidence in the poll that no matter — even if he gets his way on certain things like tariffs, that he’s not good in the long run,” Rove said on Fox News’s Journal Editorial Report. In that case as well, Trump called the results “FAKE POLLS FROM FAKE NEWS ORGANIZATIONS.”
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The Chinese Communist Party filed a lawsuit against the United States with the World Trade Organization over its initial 10% tariff. In an additional move to pressure the U.S., China issued tariffs against Canada. Most recently, China opted to halt the exports of critical minerals to the U.S.
U.S. goods in China are also under a 125% tariff.
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