{"id":2421853,"date":"2025-04-09T20:16:03","date_gmt":"2025-04-10T00:16:03","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/white-house-mocks-chris-matthewss-confusion-about-lumber-production-in-canada-trade-war-thats-the-idea-washington-examiner\/"},"modified":"2025-04-09T20:17:40","modified_gmt":"2025-04-10T00:17:40","slug":"white-house-mocks-chris-matthewss-confusion-about-lumber-production-in-canada-trade-war-thats-the-idea-washington-examiner","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/white-house-mocks-chris-matthewss-confusion-about-lumber-production-in-canada-trade-war-thats-the-idea-washington-examiner\/","title":{"rendered":"White House mocks Chris Matthews\u2019s confusion about lumber production in Canada trade war: \u2018That\u2019s the idea\u2019 &#8211; Washington Examiner"},"content":{"rendered":"<aside class=\"mashsb-container mashsb-main mashsb-stretched\"><div class=\"mashsb-box\"><div class=\"mashsb-count mash-medium\" style=\"float:left\"><div class=\"counts mashsbcount\">38<\/div><span class=\"mashsb-sharetext\">SHARES<\/span><\/div><div class=\"mashsb-buttons\"><a class=\"mashicon-facebook mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/sharer.php?u=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.conservativenewsdaily.net%2Fbreaking-news%2Fwhite-house-mocks-chris-matthewss-confusion-about-lumber-production-in-canada-trade-war-thats-the-idea-washington-examiner%2F\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Facebook<\/span><\/a><a class=\"mashicon-twitter mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/intent\/tweet?text=&amp;url=https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/?p=2421853&amp;via=ConservNewsDly\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Twitter<\/span><\/a><a class=\"mashicon-subscribe mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"#\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Subscribe<\/span><\/a><div class=\"onoffswitch2 mash-medium mashsb-noshadow\" style=\"display:none\"><\/div><\/div>\n            <\/div>\n                <div style=\"clear:both\"><\/div><\/aside>\n            <!-- Share buttons by mashshare.net - Version: 4.0.47--><p>The White House recently responded to former MSNBC host Chris Matthews after he expressed confusion over the implications of President Trump\u2019s tariffs on Canadian lumber. during an appearance on *Morning Joe*, Matthews questioned how the U.S. would address the lumber shortage that coudl result from these tariffs, asking whether domestic production could be increased. The White House swiftly rebutted his skepticism, stating, \u201cThat\u2019s the idea,\u201d indicating that boosting American lumber production is indeed the intention behind the policy. They referenced a <a href=\"https:\/\/amzn.to\/3YuVZYV\">prior <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/what-you-need-to-know-about-trumps-latest-drug-pricing-moves\/\" title=\"What You Need To Know About Trump\u2019s Latest Drug Pricing Moves\">executive action<\/a> aimed<\/a> at expanding timber production in the U.S. Matthews pointed out the critical reliance on Canadian lumber for the construction industry and expressed doubt about the feasibility of increasing domestic output. His comments led to significant discussion on social media regarding the U.S. lumber supply and trade policies.  <\/p>\n<p class=\"readmore\">\n    <button onclick=\"showReadMore()\" id=\"readmorebtn\">Read more&#8230;<\/button>\n<\/p>\n<hr id=\"line\">\n<span id=\"more\"><\/p>\n<p><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><\/p>\n<div class=\"tdb-block-inner td-fix-index\"><span class=\"tdb-mobile-menu-button\"><i class=\"tdb-mobile-menu-icon td-icon-mobile\"><\/i><\/span><\/div>\n<div class=\"tdb-block-inner td-fix-index\"><span class=\"tdb-header-search-button-mob dropdown-toggle\" data-toggle=\"dropdown\"><i class=\"tdb-mobile-search-icon td-icon-search\"><\/i><\/span><\/div>\n<div class=\"tdb-block-inner td-fix-index\"><\/div>\n<div class=\"tdb-block-inner td-fix-index\"><span class=\"tdb-mobile-menu-button\"><i class=\"tdb-mobile-menu-icon td-icon-mobile\"><\/i><\/span><\/div>\n<div class=\"tdb-block-inner td-fix-index\">\n<div class=\"tdb-drop-down-search\" aria-labelledby=\"td-header-search-button\">\n<div class=\"tdb-drop-down-search-inner\">\n<form method=\"get\" class=\"tdb-search-form\" action=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/\"><\/form>\n<div class=\"tdb-aj-search\"><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/#\" role=\"button\" aria-label=\"Search\" class=\"tdb-head-search-btn dropdown-toggle\" data-toggle=\"dropdown\"><i class=\"tdb-search-icon td-icon-search\"><\/i><\/a><\/div>\n<div class=\"tdb-block-inner td-fix-index\"><\/div>\n<div class=\"tdb-block-inner td-fix-index\">\n<h1 class=\"tdb-title-text\">White House mocks Chris Matthews&rsquo;s confusion about lumber production in Canada trade war: &lsquo;That&rsquo;s the idea&rsquo;<\/h1>\n<div><\/div>\n<div class=\"tdb-title-line\"><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"tdb-block-inner td-fix-index\"><\/div>\n<div class=\"tdb-block-inner td-fix-index\"><\/div>\n<div class=\"tdb-block-inner td-fix-index\">\n<div id=\"Brid_2075149\" class=\"tpd-featured-video bridtv\"><\/div>\n<p>The White House rebuked former MSNBC host Chris Matthews after he expressed confusion over how the United States would handle the loss of <a href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/tag\/canada\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\" title=\"Canadian\">Canadian<\/a> lumber imports due to President <a href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/tag\/donald-trump\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\" title=\"Donald Trump\">Donald Trump<\/a>&rsquo;s tariffs.<\/p>\n<p>Matthews, who appeared on <em>Morning Joe <\/em>on Wednesday, questioned how the U.S. would compensate for the <a href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/tag\/lumber-tariff\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\" title=\"lumber\">lumber<\/a> shortage resulting from the tariffs, asking, &ldquo;Are we going to make more wood in this country because of our trade deal?&rdquo;<\/p>\n<div class=\"recommended-stories\">\n<h2>Recommended Stories<\/h2>\n<ul>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/news\/white-house\/3375076\/trump-gretchen-whitmer-michigan-white-house\/\">Trump praises Gretchen Whitmer during Oval Office signing ceremony<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/news\/white-house\/3375594\/kash-patel-removed-acting-director-atf\/\">Kash Patel removed as acting director of ATF<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/news\/3374924\/watch-live-bessent-speaks-after-trump-pauses-tariffs-dozens-of-countries\/\">WATCH LIVE: Bessent speaks after Trump pauses tariffs against dozens of countries<\/a><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"article-paywall\">\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\">\n<p lang=\"en\" dir=\"ltr\">That&rsquo;s the idea <a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/XiWPAfWyeD\">https:\/\/t.co\/XiWPAfWyeD<\/a> <a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/K5wtirWlpy\">pic.twitter.com\/K5wtirWlpy<\/a><\/p>\n<p>&mdash; Rapid Response 47 (@RapidResponse47) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/RapidResponse47\/status\/1909983848609329222?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">April 9, 2025<\/a><\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p> <script data-cfasync=\"false\" src=\"http:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/cdn-cgi\/scripts\/5c5dd728\/cloudflare-static\/email-decode.min.js\"><\/script><script async src=\"https:\/\/platform.twitter.com\/widgets.js\" charset=\"utf-8\"><\/script>    <\/p>\n<p>Matthews argued that the U.S. heavily relies on Canadian lumber, which is essential to the construction industry.<\/p>\n<p>He further expressed skepticism about the possibility of <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/biden-unveils-historic-green-initiatives-for-industrial-sector\/\" title=\"Biden Unveils \u2018Historic\u2019 Green Initiatives For Industrial Sector\">increasing domestic production<\/a>, saying, &ldquo;What are we going to do? Have more lumber made in the United States now? We&rsquo;re going to create more wood? Is that it? I don&rsquo;t think so.&rdquo;<\/p>\n<p>The former <em>Hardball <\/em>host&rsquo;s comments sparked backlash on social media.<\/p>\n<p>In a swift response, the White House&rsquo;s Rapid Response team took to social media.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/news\/white-house\/3375307\/trump-pauses-tariffs-90-days-china-exports-125\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\"><strong>TRUMP PAUSES TARIFFS FOR 90 DAYS ON DOZENS OF COUNTRIES, RAISES RATE ON CHINA to 125%<\/strong><\/a><\/p>\n<p>&ldquo;That&rsquo;s the idea,&rdquo; the Rapid Response X account responded, confirming that more wood would be produced in the United States.<\/p>\n<p>The X post by the White House team also referenced an executive action from March 1, which aimed to kickstart the &ldquo;immediate expansion of American timber production.&rdquo;<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<p> <script>!function(){var g=window;g.googletag=g.googletag||{},g.googletag.cmd=g.googletag.cmd||[],g.googletag.cmd.push(function(){g.googletag.pubads().setTargeting(\"has-featured-video\",\"true\")})}();<\/script><script>var _bp=_bp||[];_bp.push({\"div\":\"Brid_2075149\",\"obj\":{\"id\":\"27789\",\"width\":\"1280\",\"height\":\"720\",\"stickyDirection\":\"below\",\"video\":\"2075149\"}});<\/script><script defer src=\"https:\/\/services.brid.tv\/player\/build\/brid.min.js\"><\/script><\/div>\n<div class=\"tdb-block-inner td-fix-index\"><\/div>\n<div class=\"tdb-block-inner td-fix-index\"><\/div>\n<p><\/span><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>White House mocks Chris Matthews over lumber production confusion: \u2018That\u2019s the idea\u2019<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2678,"featured_media":2421854,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_mo_disable_npp":"","fifu_image_url":"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/04\/Chris-Matthews.webp","fifu_image_alt":"","footnotes":""},"categories":[33651],"tags":[53160,53161,32403,32076,32127],"class_list":["post-2421853","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-the-western-journal","tag-chris-matthews","tag-lumber-production","tag-trade-war","tag-washington-examiner","tag-white-house"],"fifu_image_url":"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/04\/Chris-Matthews.webp","_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2421853","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2678"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=2421853"}],"version-history":[{"count":3,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2421853\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":2421857,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2421853\/revisions\/2421857"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/2421854"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=2421853"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=2421853"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=2421853"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}