Laura Ingraham mocks concerns about empty shelves due to Donald Trump’s tariff policy
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From the May 6, 2025, edition of Fox News' The Ingraham Angle
LAURA INGRAHAM (HOST): We have a question from a reporter to a commentator on this. We'll get it for you in a moment, but it was basically fearmongering that Christmas time is coming. There's going to be no toys for children. Trump is Grinch and you all are going to get blamed for this. Was the political pressure and the consumer pressure building to an extent that critics are saying forced your hand?
SCOTT BESSENT (GUEST): Again, Laura, that I think a lot of American businesses have prepositioned a lot of inventory, the trade deficit actually jumped because so many people bought in advance and the companies that I have talked to have done that. So, we are going to stick to our guns, but again, the U.S. and China have shared interest. They are the deficit country though. They sell us about four times more than we sell them, so it would be felt harder in China. But we don't want a decoupling. We don't want a decoupling.