Senator Sheldon Whitehouse

You know, I've been hearing all day yesterday from frightened Americans who've saved for their entire lives for retirement in the coming months, but now know they can't because in one fell swoop, Donald Trump has devastated their retirement counts, their 401Ks.

You know, I've been hearing all day yesterday from frightened Americans who've saved for their entire lives for retirement in the coming months, but now know they can't because in one fell swoop, Donald Trump has devastated their retirement counts, their 401Ks.

You know, I've been hearing all day yesterday from frightened Americans who've saved for their entire lives for retirement in the coming months, but now know they can't because in one fell swoop, Donald Trump has devastated their retirement counts, their 401Ks.

I know millions of Americans who are living paycheck to paycheck who already in their administration have seen rising prices, even though he promised they would go down, rising inflation, even though he promised it would go down. And now they're bracing themselves for seeing their monthly bills go up because of what this president did. And that will devastate them.

I know millions of Americans who are living paycheck to paycheck who already in their administration have seen rising prices, even though he promised they would go down, rising inflation, even though he promised it would go down. And now they're bracing themselves for seeing their monthly bills go up because of what this president did. And that will devastate them.

I know millions of Americans who are living paycheck to paycheck who already in their administration have seen rising prices, even though he promised they would go down, rising inflation, even though he promised it would go down. And now they're bracing themselves for seeing their monthly bills go up because of what this president did. And that will devastate them.

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Look, it was bad, really bad for Americans before these tariffs. Inflation was up. Costs of living was up. Consumer confidence was down. We saw all of these things that were already betraying what his promises were to a lot of people that put their faith in him that he would make their cost of living better.

Look, it was bad, really bad for Americans before these tariffs. Inflation was up. Costs of living was up. Consumer confidence was down. We saw all of these things that were already betraying what his promises were to a lot of people that put their faith in him that he would make their cost of living better.

Look, it was bad, really bad for Americans before these tariffs. Inflation was up. Costs of living was up. Consumer confidence was down. We saw all of these things that were already betraying what his promises were to a lot of people that put their faith in him that he would make their cost of living better.

But now it is a true just taking a battle axe to the economic well-being of Americans and, frankly, having an effect that's going across the globe. And so let's just start with the reality is that this is going to drive prices even higher. for Americans, thousands of dollars to the average American's annual cost of living.

But now it is a true just taking a battle axe to the economic well-being of Americans and, frankly, having an effect that's going across the globe. And so let's just start with the reality is that this is going to drive prices even higher. for Americans, thousands of dollars to the average American's annual cost of living.

But now it is a true just taking a battle axe to the economic well-being of Americans and, frankly, having an effect that's going across the globe. And so let's just start with the reality is that this is going to drive prices even higher. for Americans, thousands of dollars to the average American's annual cost of living.

For people that have 401 accounts, their retirement security, they've lost thousands and thousands. I've been hearing from people who had helped to retire this year after working for 25, 30, 35 years, but now don't think they have the money because he's taken $6 trillion overall out of the markets.

For people that have 401 accounts, their retirement security, they've lost thousands and thousands. I've been hearing from people who had helped to retire this year after working for 25, 30, 35 years, but now don't think they have the money because he's taken $6 trillion overall out of the markets.

For people that have 401 accounts, their retirement security, they've lost thousands and thousands. I've been hearing from people who had helped to retire this year after working for 25, 30, 35 years, but now don't think they have the money because he's taken $6 trillion overall out of the markets.

And then just to see all these big economic indicators start to project a recession, it just shows that this man, first of all, knows nothing.

And then just to see all these big economic indicators start to project a recession, it just shows that this man, first of all, knows nothing.