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Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez: “The White House's tariff shuffle here didn't have anything…”

Featuring: Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez, Democratic | U.S. House, New York, District 14

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Published | Video Starts at 10:39

They can't. You can't. And we saw this play out this week with Trump's corrupt and disastrous tariff scheme. I hope that we all see now that this, that The White House's tariff shuffle here didn't have anything to do with manufacturing like they claimed. It was about manipulating the markets. It was about hurting retirees and everyday people in the sell off so Trump could quietly enrich his friends who he nudged to buy the dip before reversing it all in the morning. (10:39–10:49)

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Asserts that the White House's tariff actions were about market manipulation, not manufacturing.

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