Vaughn Hilliard
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And so there's a real question coming out of this is exactly
Where does all of this go in the case of George Soros, right?
We know that the vice president himself had suggested trying to remove the tax exempt status of the Open Society Foundations, the network that was created by George Soros here.
But now you are seeing an actual activity here in an attempt to investigate George Soros.
These were individuals
long targeted by the president in political terms.
Right.
In 2018, George Soros, his name was said by Donald Trump more than just about any candidates.
But now the question here is on the legal front.
Will he find U.S.
attorneys or potential acting U.S.
attorneys that can actually go forward and try to seek indictments or some other court of criminal action of similar capacity?
There's an inability to explain what the ultimate endgame is of this. And that is why it is so striking to see the likes of Chuck Grassley, Rand Paul, Susan Collins, even Ted Cruz, suggesting that he could potentially get on board with this 60-day requirement that ultimately Congress would have to approve these tariffs.
There's an inability to explain what the ultimate endgame is of this. And that is why it is so striking to see the likes of Chuck Grassley, Rand Paul, Susan Collins, even Ted Cruz, suggesting that he could potentially get on board with this 60-day requirement that ultimately Congress would have to approve these tariffs.
Because what you are looking at is an administration compared to the first one. that has not articulated over the last 24 hours what concessions they're even looking for from these litany of countries, right? In talking, I just got off a plane from the Midwest here where I was talking with some Republican farmers, ones that voted for Trump three times, absolutely.
Because what you are looking at is an administration compared to the first one. that has not articulated over the last 24 hours what concessions they're even looking for from these litany of countries, right? In talking, I just got off a plane from the Midwest here where I was talking with some Republican farmers, ones that voted for Trump three times, absolutely.
But even they said that the first go around, they were able to articulate, right? We want to renegotiate NAFTA, right? Or we're going to take the China. We want greater market access. We want them to stop, you know, putting money towards state Chinese subsidized companies, right? There was a lot of like actual tangibles.
But even they said that the first go around, they were able to articulate, right? We want to renegotiate NAFTA, right? Or we're going to take the China. We want greater market access. We want them to stop, you know, putting money towards state Chinese subsidized companies, right? There was a lot of like actual tangibles.
But whether it be Secretary Besant or Secretary Lutnick or the president himself, they have struggled to say and articulate to these members of Congress, but also the American people, what their goal is of this here at a time in which we're watching an American economy here question itself.
But whether it be Secretary Besant or Secretary Lutnick or the president himself, they have struggled to say and articulate to these members of Congress, but also the American people, what their goal is of this here at a time in which we're watching an American economy here question itself.