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Robert Lighthizer

๐Ÿ‘ค Speaker
711 total appearances

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The Tucker Carlson Show
Bob Lighthizer: Why Trump's Tariffs are the Only Way to Save the Middle Class

No, I didn't. I went away to school outside of Cleveland. I went to a Catholic boys' school outside of Cleveland called Gilmore Catholic High School.

The Tucker Carlson Show
Bob Lighthizer: Why Trump's Tariffs are the Only Way to Save the Middle Class

No, I didn't. I went away to school outside of Cleveland. I went to a Catholic boys' school outside of Cleveland called Gilmore Catholic High School.

The Tucker Carlson Show
Bob Lighthizer: Why Trump's Tariffs are the Only Way to Save the Middle Class

Yeah, there are some. Not a lot, but there are some. It's a โ€“ It's a different world. And as I say, if it was just Ashtabula, who would care? But it's not just Ashtabula.

The Tucker Carlson Show
Bob Lighthizer: Why Trump's Tariffs are the Only Way to Save the Middle Class

Yeah, there are some. Not a lot, but there are some. It's a โ€“ It's a different world. And as I say, if it was just Ashtabula, who would care? But it's not just Ashtabula.

The Tucker Carlson Show
Bob Lighthizer: Why Trump's Tariffs are the Only Way to Save the Middle Class

Yeah, there are some. Not a lot, but there are some. It's a โ€“ It's a different world. And as I say, if it was just Ashtabula, who would care? But it's not just Ashtabula.

The Tucker Carlson Show
Bob Lighthizer: Why Trump's Tariffs are the Only Way to Save the Middle Class

It's across the country. It's like this. You go to Cleveland. You can't go to these major cities. It's Chicago. It's Omaha. You go to these cities and you say โ€“ It shouldn't be like this. And the kind of notion, Tucker, was that we were sort of taught at a period โ€“ well, it's โ€“ you know, the people were lazy or they were in unions and that was bad or that the managers were bad.

The Tucker Carlson Show
Bob Lighthizer: Why Trump's Tariffs are the Only Way to Save the Middle Class

It's across the country. It's like this. You go to Cleveland. You can't go to these major cities. It's Chicago. It's Omaha. You go to these cities and you say โ€“ It shouldn't be like this. And the kind of notion, Tucker, was that we were sort of taught at a period โ€“ well, it's โ€“ you know, the people were lazy or they were in unions and that was bad or that the managers were bad.

The Tucker Carlson Show
Bob Lighthizer: Why Trump's Tariffs are the Only Way to Save the Middle Class

It's across the country. It's like this. You go to Cleveland. You can't go to these major cities. It's Chicago. It's Omaha. You go to these cities and you say โ€“ It shouldn't be like this. And the kind of notion, Tucker, was that we were sort of taught at a period โ€“ well, it's โ€“ you know, the people were lazy or they were in unions and that was bad or that the managers were bad.

The Tucker Carlson Show
Bob Lighthizer: Why Trump's Tariffs are the Only Way to Save the Middle Class

And none of those were true. It was the result of an economic policy โ€“ largely in other countries and a defenseless kind of foolish notion of benign neglect in America. And all of these bad outcomes are the result of this and other things. I don't want to simplify it too much. It's a sad thing. And we now have a chance to turn it around. And is that going to create disruption?

The Tucker Carlson Show
Bob Lighthizer: Why Trump's Tariffs are the Only Way to Save the Middle Class

And none of those were true. It was the result of an economic policy โ€“ largely in other countries and a defenseless kind of foolish notion of benign neglect in America. And all of these bad outcomes are the result of this and other things. I don't want to simplify it too much. It's a sad thing. And we now have a chance to turn it around. And is that going to create disruption?

The Tucker Carlson Show
Bob Lighthizer: Why Trump's Tariffs are the Only Way to Save the Middle Class

And none of those were true. It was the result of an economic policy โ€“ largely in other countries and a defenseless kind of foolish notion of benign neglect in America. And all of these bad outcomes are the result of this and other things. I don't want to simplify it too much. It's a sad thing. And we now have a chance to turn it around. And is that going to create disruption?

The Tucker Carlson Show
Bob Lighthizer: Why Trump's Tariffs are the Only Way to Save the Middle Class

Of course it's going to create disruption. There's never been great change that didn't create disruption. But the price, which I don't think will be great, will be dwarfed by the benefit if we have โ€“ People working class people in the middle class again and hopeful and dignified and staying married and innovating and doing the kinds of things that America needs.

The Tucker Carlson Show
Bob Lighthizer: Why Trump's Tariffs are the Only Way to Save the Middle Class

Of course it's going to create disruption. There's never been great change that didn't create disruption. But the price, which I don't think will be great, will be dwarfed by the benefit if we have โ€“ People working class people in the middle class again and hopeful and dignified and staying married and innovating and doing the kinds of things that America needs.

The Tucker Carlson Show
Bob Lighthizer: Why Trump's Tariffs are the Only Way to Save the Middle Class

Of course it's going to create disruption. There's never been great change that didn't create disruption. But the price, which I don't think will be great, will be dwarfed by the benefit if we have โ€“ People working class people in the middle class again and hopeful and dignified and staying married and innovating and doing the kinds of things that America needs.

The Tucker Carlson Show
Bob Lighthizer: Why Trump's Tariffs are the Only Way to Save the Middle Class

In some cases, it's a combination. And then I want to get back to this question about economists. At some point, it's a combination of that. And corporations funding it. Well, of course.

The Tucker Carlson Show
Bob Lighthizer: Why Trump's Tariffs are the Only Way to Save the Middle Class

In some cases, it's a combination. And then I want to get back to this question about economists. At some point, it's a combination of that. And corporations funding it. Well, of course.

The Tucker Carlson Show
Bob Lighthizer: Why Trump's Tariffs are the Only Way to Save the Middle Class

In some cases, it's a combination. And then I want to get back to this question about economists. At some point, it's a combination of that. And corporations funding it. Well, of course.

The Tucker Carlson Show
Bob Lighthizer: Why Trump's Tariffs are the Only Way to Save the Middle Class

Who literally benefit from it. And you're like, holy cow, why won't โ€“ and then you have to try to chase that through the political system. And so you end up with the Chamber of Commerce of the United States in favor of these things that are quite harmful to the people that I care about and that the president cares about. And they're not against these things because they help those people.

The Tucker Carlson Show
Bob Lighthizer: Why Trump's Tariffs are the Only Way to Save the Middle Class

Who literally benefit from it. And you're like, holy cow, why won't โ€“ and then you have to try to chase that through the political system. And so you end up with the Chamber of Commerce of the United States in favor of these things that are quite harmful to the people that I care about and that the president cares about. And they're not against these things because they help those people.

The Tucker Carlson Show
Bob Lighthizer: Why Trump's Tariffs are the Only Way to Save the Middle Class

Who literally benefit from it. And you're like, holy cow, why won't โ€“ and then you have to try to chase that through the political system. And so you end up with the Chamber of Commerce of the United States in favor of these things that are quite harmful to the people that I care about and that the president cares about. And they're not against these things because they help those people.