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Peter Welch: “Today it is all self inflicted.”

Featuring: Peter Welch, Democratic | U.S. Senate, Vermont

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President Trump throws something at a dartboard and that's the new tariff policy of the day.

Published | Video Starts at 01:13

You know what has Donald Trump said? The stock markets are literally crashing. There was no reason for this. All self inflicted. He said that in 2022. He's right. Today it is all self inflicted. (01:13–01:17)

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Asserts that the current economic issues are self-inflicted.

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