Rep. Jasmine Crockett Warns ‘It’s Time to Buckle Up, Buttercup’ Over This Trump Policy | EUROtoday

Rep. Jasmine Crockett (D-Texas) on Wednesday mentioned Americans ought to brace themselves for financial harm when President-elect Donald Trump returns to the White House and implements his proposed tariffs on imported items.

“We are going to be the ones that are suffering, and for those that thought inflation was bad, even though it has come down, even though that it is honestly cooled off here a lot quicker than it cooled off in the rest of the world, let me just tell you, it’s time to buckle up, buttercup, because it is about to be on and popping if he … gets half of this done,” Crockett advised MSNBC’s Chris Hayes.

“Right now, looking at the henchmen that he is trying to put into his administration, we are on track to see a lot of these negative things impact our economy,” the congresswoman added.

Mainstream economists, although, have warned that such tariffs — alongside Trump’s vow to deport hundreds of thousands of immigrants missing everlasting authorized standing — will make costs soar. Executives on the retailers Walmart and Lowe’s have additionally warned of potential value will increase at their shops.

Watch the MSNBC dialogue right here: