{"id":2422208,"date":"2025-04-10T16:03:50","date_gmt":"2025-04-10T20:03:50","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/jesse-watters-triggers-democrat-strategist-by-brushing-off-tariff-panic\/"},"modified":"2025-04-10T16:06:27","modified_gmt":"2025-04-10T20:06:27","slug":"jesse-watters-triggers-democrat-strategist-by-brushing-off-tariff-panic","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/jesse-watters-triggers-democrat-strategist-by-brushing-off-tariff-panic\/","title":{"rendered":"Jesse Watters Triggers Democrat Strategist by Brushing Off Tariff Panic"},"content":{"rendered":"<aside class=\"mashsb-container mashsb-main mashsb-stretched\"><div class=\"mashsb-box\"><div class=\"mashsb-count mash-medium\" style=\"&quot;\"><div class=\"counts mashsbcount\">20<\/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%2Fjesse-watters-triggers-democrat-strategist-by-brushing-off-tariff-panic%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=2422208&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>During a recent episode of &#8220;The Five,&#8221; Fox News host Jesse watters and Democratic strategist Jessica tarlov engaged in a heated debate regarding President Donald Trump&#8217;s tariffs. Tarlov expressed concern that Trump&#8217;s tariffs on approximately 60 countries, though paused for 90 days for most, would considerably raise prices and <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/revealed-biden-sec-chair-hid-meetings-with-george-soros-from-public-version-of-his-calendar\/\" title=\"Revealed:  Biden SEC Chair Hid Meetings With George Soros From Public Version of His Calendar\">negatively impact small businesses<\/a> and investors. She cited reactions from business leaders, including a GOP donor, who criticized the tariffs&#8217; effects.<\/p>\n<p>Watters countered her argument, telling Tarlov to remain calm and insisting that the situation would improve in the long run. He emphasized that Trump\u2019s actions, which included a <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/biden-backtracks-on-mask-guidance\/\" title=\"Biden backtracks on mask guidance\">recent executive order<\/a> for infrastructure support in Michigan, indicated proactive problem-solving that Democrats previously failed to achieve. The conversation highlighted a broader divide in perspectives on economic policies and their impacts on everyday Americans, with Tarlov concerned about immediate repercussions and Watters advocating for confidence in Trump&#8217;s strategy to yield future benefits.  <\/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\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?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<section> \t\t\t\t<script>console.log(\"ad slot (AC1)\")<\/script><script>console.log(\"ad slot (IC1)\")<\/script><script>console.log(\"ad slot (IC2)\")<\/script><script>console.log(\"ad slot (IC3)\")<\/script><\/p>\n<p>Fox News host Jesse Watters triggered Democratic strategist and fellow co-host Jessica Tarlov on Wednesday after telling her not to panic over tariffs and quoting President Donald Trump.<\/p>\n<p>Arguments over Trump&rsquo;s reciprocal tariffs against an estimated 60 countries broke out after he announced the &ldquo;<a href=\"https:\/\/www.westernjournal.com\/official-liberation-day-list-tariffs-maga-dream-come-true\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Liberation Day<\/a>&rdquo; move on April 2, causing the stock market to take a nosedive for two days straight. On &ldquo;The Five,&rdquo; Tarlov said that while Trump has put a <a href=\"https:\/\/www.westernjournal.com\/stock-market-erupts-trump-announces-tariff-pause-cracks-even-harder-china\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">90-day pause on the reciprocal tariffs<\/a>, except for China&rsquo;s, the baseline 10 percent tariffs will &ldquo;jack up prices.&rdquo;<\/p>\n<p>&ldquo;You have people from small business owners to huge investors that were backing <a href=\"https:\/\/www.westernjournal.com\/trump-undoes-ridiculous-obama-biden-rule-stroke-pen\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Donald Trump<\/a> in the election, very publicly coming out and saying that what he&rsquo;s doing is crazy,&rdquo; Tarlov said.<\/p>\n<p>&ldquo;I can&rsquo;t use the expletive that [GOP megadonor] Ken Langone, for instance, used, but I think that he knows what&rsquo;s going to be good for Main Street when you have Walmart coming out and say they can&rsquo;t even do their normal economic forecasting because of the impact of these tariffs.&nbsp; And that&rsquo;s why it&rsquo;s so important to note the fact that he took off some of the retaliatory tariffs, but he still has this 10 percent baseline tariff, which will jack up prices,&rdquo; Tarlov added.<\/p>\n<p>Fellow co-host Judge Jeanine Pirro jumped in and pushed back against Tarlov. The Democratic strategist conceded that while the stock market was down, it had a &ldquo;rebound day&rdquo; on Tuesday. Pirro then pivoted to Watters, asking for his thoughts.<\/p>\n<p> <script type=\"text\/javascript\"> \t\t\tif ( getCookie( \"ff_subbed\" ) ) { \t\t\t\tdocument.getElementById(\"stnvideo\").remove() \t\t\t} else { \t\t\t\tdocument.addEventListener(\"DOMContentLoaded\", function() { \t\t\t\t\tfunction loadScript(src) { \t\t\t\t\t\tconst script=document.createElement(\"script\"); \t\t\t\t\t\tscript.src=src; \t\t\t\t\t\tscript.async=true; \t\t\t\t\t\tdocument.body.appendChild(script); \t\t\t\t\t} \t\t\t\t\tfunction findPreviousParagraph(selector, x) { \t\t\t\t\t\tconst targetElement=document.querySelector(selector); \t\t\t\t\t\tif (!targetElement) { \t\t\t\t\t\t\tconsole.warn(\"Target element not found.\"); \t\t\t\t\t\t\treturn null; \t\t\t\t\t\t}  \t\t\t\t\t\t\/\/ Get all <\/p>\n<p> elements in order as they appear in the document \t\t\t\t\t\tlet paragraphs=Array.from(document.querySelectorAll(\"p\"));  \t\t\t\t\t\t\/\/ Find the index of the last <\/p>\n<p> before the target element \t\t\t\t\t\tlet targetIndex=paragraphs.findIndex(p=> p.compareDocumentPosition(targetElement) & Node.DOCUMENT_POSITION_PRECEDING);  \t\t\t\t\t\tif (targetIndex===-1 || targetIndex <x) { \t\t\t\t\t\t\tconsole.warn(\"Not enough paragraphs before the target element.\"); \t\t\t\t\t\t\treturn null; \t\t\t\t\t\t}  \t\t\t\t\t\treturn paragraphs[targetIndex - x]; \t\t\t\t\t}  \t\t\t\t\t\/\/ Set up IntersectionObserver \t\t\t\t\tfunction observeElement(element) { \t\t\t\t\t\tif (!element) return;  \t\t\t\t\t\tconst observer=new IntersectionObserver( \t\t\t\t\t\t\t(entries)=> { \t\t\t\t\t\t\t\tentries.forEach(entry=> { \t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\tif (entry.isIntersecting) { \t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\tconsole.log(\"Paragraph is now visible:\", entry.target.textContent.trim()); \t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\tloadScript(\"https:\/\/embed.sendtonews.com\/player3\/embedcode.js?fk=s28Az7AY\"); \t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\tobserver.disconnect(); \t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t} \t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t}); \t\t\t\t\t\t\t}, \t\t\t\t\t\t\t{ threshold: 0.5 } \/\/ Adjust threshold as needed \t\t\t\t\t\t);  \t\t\t\t\t\tobserver.observe(element); \t\t\t\t\t}  \t\t\t\t\t\/\/ Find the 1st paragraph before #stnvideo and observe it \t\t\t\t\tlet paragraphToObserve=findPreviousParagraph(\"#stnvideo\", 2); \t\t\t\t\tobserveElement(paragraphToObserve); \t\t\t\t}); \t\t\t} \t\t<\/script> <\/p>\n<p>&ldquo;She&rsquo;s just a panicin&rsquo;. You heard what he said, &lsquo;Sit back and be cool,&rsquo; Jessica,&rdquo; Watters said. &ldquo;You can&rsquo;t get so freaked out.&rdquo;<\/p>\n<div class=\"firefly-embed\"> <iframe loading=\"lazy\" class=\"rumble\" src=\"https:\/\/rumble.com\/embed\/v6pp3af\/?pub=4\" width=\"640\" height=\"360\" frameborder=\"0\" allowfullscreen=\"allowfullscreen\"><\/iframe><\/div>\n<p>&ldquo;Do you know how obnoxious it is to tell a small business owner to &lsquo;be cool&rsquo;?&rdquo; Tarlov snapped back.<\/p>\n<p>Trump on Tuesday <a href=\"https:\/\/truthsocial.com\/@realDonaldTrump\/posts\/114308258545250117\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">posted<\/a> on his  account, telling supporters to &ldquo;BE COOL! Everything is <a href=\"https:\/\/www.westernjournal.com\/richest-banker-america-just-gave-trumps-tariff-strategy-major-boost-opportunity-now\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">going to work out well<\/a>. The USA will be bigger and better than ever before!&rdquo;<\/p>\n<p>&ldquo;Jessica, I&rsquo;m telling you to be cool. I&rsquo;m telling these small business owners I&rsquo;ll be around Sunday, and I&rsquo;ll buy the whole place up,&rdquo; Watters said. &ldquo;Relax. He&rsquo;s doing something that needed to be done. It&rsquo;s a little bit crazy right now, but it&rsquo;ll end up good in the long run. We&rsquo;ve talked about this all week. You haven&rsquo;t been here.&rdquo;<\/p>\n<p>A handful of countries were hit on April 2 with a baseline 10 percent tariff, with some countries, like <a href=\"https:\/\/www.westernjournal.com\/revealed-finally-know-trumps-4d-tariff-chess-plan-will-crush-chinas-head-already-brought-europe-knees\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">China<\/a>, <a href=\"https:\/\/amzn.to\/3YuVZYV\">facing higher tariffs based<\/a> on their own tariffs against the U.S. Since the &ldquo;Liberation Day&rdquo; announcement, Trump said Wednesday that over 75 countries have contacted U.S. representatives, including &ldquo;the departments of Commerce, Treasury, and the USTR,&rdquo; to negotiate a deal with the U.S.<\/p>\n<p>Watters continued to point out how Michigan Democratic Gov. Gretchen Whitmer arrived at the White House on Wednesday, as Trump signed an executive order to <a href=\"https:\/\/www.fox2detroit.com\/news\/trump-joined-whitmer-speaker-hall-oval-office-promises-help-selfridge-asian-carp\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">help<\/a> her state with critical infrastructure updates.<\/p>\n<p>&ldquo;Biden didn&rsquo;t do it. Obama didn&rsquo;t do it. He did it. He spent the money, and he did it. And Big Gretch was there to thank him. You know why, Jessica?&rdquo; Watters asked. &ldquo;He&rsquo;s problem solving.&rdquo;<\/p>\n<p>&ldquo;That&rsquo;s the bottom line.&nbsp; And that&rsquo;s why young Democrats are mad at their old fogies, because they had power just a little while ago, and they squandered it. They spent trillions, and they have nothing to show for it,&rdquo; Watters said.<\/p>\n<div class=\"disclaimer\">\n<p><em>All content created by the Daily Caller News Foundation, an independent and nonpartisan newswire service, is available without charge to any <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/union-membership-plummets-to-record-low\/\" title=\"Union Membership Plummets to Record Low\">legitimate news publisher<\/a> that can provide a large audience. All republished articles must include our logo, our reporter&rsquo;s byline and their DCNF affiliation. 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The discussion arose after Trump revealed his &#8220;Liberation Day&#8221; initiative on April 2, which involved reciprocal tariffs affecting around 60 countries and led to a significant drop in the stock market for two consecutive days. Tarlov pointed out that although Trump has paused these tariffs for 90 days\u2014excluding China\u2014the baseline 10 percent tariffs would still increase prices. She noted that many business owners and investors who supported Trump are now expressing concerns about his actions, highlighting Walmart&#8217;s inability to conduct normal economic forecasts due to the tariff impacts. Judge Jeanine Pirro interjected, challenging Tarlov&#8217;s perspective. While acknowledging the stock market&#8217;s decline, Tarlov mentioned it had rebounded on Tuesday before Pirro turned to Watters for his opinion. Watters urged Tarlov to remain calm, referencing Trump&#8217;s message of reassurance on social media that everything would ultimately work out well for the U.S., asserting that necessary changes were being made despite current chaos. 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