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Colbert Slams Trump’s Tariffs as Economic Disaster

4/4/2025

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Stephen Colbert took aim at President Trump's new tariffs, labeling them a threat to the economy and a recipe for rising prices on imported goods. With sharp wit, he highlighted that these tariffs are the harshest since the 1930s, raising alarms about a looming recession while poking fun at Trump's management of the crisis during his April 3 monologue.

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Stephen Colbert took aim at President Trump's new tariffs, labeling them a threat to the economy and a recipe for rising prices on imported goods. With sharp wit, he highlighted that these tariffs are the harshest since the 1930s, raising alarms about a looming recession while poking fun at Trump's management of the crisis during his April 3 monologue.