Elizabeth Warren Schools CNBC Host With 1 ‘Great’ Trump Tariff Observation | EUROtoday

Sen. Elizabeth Warren (D-Mass.) clashed with CNBC’s Sara Eisen on Thursday after the host pressed her over her opposition to President Donald Trump’s on-again, off-again tariffs.

“What evidence are you pointing to that this is a corrupt policy?” Eisen requested Warren throughout her look on CNBC’s “Squawk on the Street.”

Warren — a top-ranking Democrat on the Senate Banking Committee — argued that Trump rolled out his tariffs with “no exceptions” solely to later exempt iPhones from his import taxes, noting that the president has acknowledged that he talked with Apple CEO Tim Cook and made a “great deal” accessible to him.

Eisen responded, “It’s a great deal for Americans who have to buy iPhones.”

Warren, who moments earlier had famous that Cook personally donated $1 million to Trump’s inaugural committee, shot again.

“No. It’s a great deal for one company,” Warren burdened.

On Thursday, Warren joined dozens of Democratic lawmakers in signing a letter to Commerce Secretary Howard Lutnick, Treasury Secretary Scott Bessent and Trade Representative Jamieson Greer that described the president’s tariffs as a part of a “corrupt scheme.”

Democrats declared that the tariffs additionally invited “corruption not only through quid-pro-quo arrangements but also through officials’ personal investments” as his lack of a concrete coverage “opens the door to rampant insider trading.”

Elsewhere on this system, Eisen informed Warren that Trump “ultimately” has the authority on tariffs, a declare that the senator tore aside.

“Well no, he does not. He does not have the authority if Congress does not let him keep this authority. We can take this away,” stated Warren, noting that Trump declared a nationwide emergency when he pushed his tariffs.

Later, after Warren spoke on the Trump administration freezing over $2 billion in funding to Harvard University, Eisen echoed pro-Trump arguments for the transfer by asking how the establishment could be held “accountable” for “failing” to guard Jewish college students earlier than broadly characterizing the political leanings of its school.

“You know what, instead of just mouthing off about what you think is happening, actually present some evidence,” stated Warren whereas advising the Trump administration to “go to court” with its claims.

“You don’t just get to lip off and say, ‘And therefore the king gets to wave his magic wand and say, off with your head.’ That is not how it works in a democracy.”