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Yo_Mama_Been_Loggin

(121,672 posts)
Fri Apr 11, 2025, 09:42 PM Apr 11

MAGA Barbi Puts 'Laughable' Spin On Trump Tariffs Reversal, Sparks Mockery Online

White House press secretary Karoline Leavitt’s spin on President Donald Trump’s decision to pause/reverse his controversial tariffs drew mockery on social media.

Leavitt chided reporters on Wednesday when she appeared to argue that Trump’s decision to roll back most of the tariffs he announced last week — following days of sliding stock markets, fears of a global recession and criticism from even his most loyal backers — was actually part of his plan all along.

That’s despite Trump saying it was because he “thought that people were jumping a little bit out of line” and “were getting a little bit yippy, a little bit afraid.”

With an apparent nod to Trump’s 1980s memoir-business advice book “The Art Of The Deal,” Leavitt said:




https://www.yahoo.com/news/karoline-leavitt-puts-laughable-spin-065150703.html
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MAGA Barbi Puts 'Laughable' Spin On Trump Tariffs Reversal, Sparks Mockery Online (Original Post) Yo_Mama_Been_Loggin Apr 11 OP
The Art of the Moron (Moran) ha ha... wcmagumba Apr 11 #1
Baghdad Barbie is not good at her job. Ocelot II Apr 11 #2
Ain't she a badass lil whippersnapper BOSSHOG Apr 11 #5
A more honest title would have been The Art of the Steal. tanyev Apr 11 #3
Wasn't it Josh on West Wing subbing for CJ at the podium BOSSHOG Apr 11 #4
Does she know it was ghost written? milestogo Apr 11 #6

Ocelot II

(124,252 posts)
2. Baghdad Barbie is not good at her job.
Fri Apr 11, 2025, 09:48 PM
Apr 11

Lies need to be at least marginally convincing. Hers aren't.

BOSSHOG

(42,072 posts)
4. Wasn't it Josh on West Wing subbing for CJ at the podium
Fri Apr 11, 2025, 09:48 PM
Apr 11

Said that President Bartlett had a secret plan to beat inflation.

27 year old Blondie is stranger than fiction. Yes indeed, The Art of the Deal. Gotta Leavitt!

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