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Jon Ossoff: “He announces the tariffs on April 2nd of last year. The…”

Featuring: Jon Ossoff, Democratic | U.S. Senate Georgia

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Published | Video Starts at 06:31

You remember that? He called it Liberation Day and it crashed the markets. But because it was clown policy. You remember that? Okay, so follow me through on this. He announces the tariffs on April 2nd of last year. The markets tank non stop for like a week. because it's a disastrous trade policy. And six days into the crash, April 8, Trump buys millions in stock. I'm talking Amazon, Nvidia, Apple, Microsoft, Berkshire Hathaway. (06:31–06:40)

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Asserts that the announcement of tariffs on April 2nd led to a week-long market decline.

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