Laura Ingraham and Sean Hannity face flak for praising Trump's 'genius' reversal of high tariffs: 'Awful'
NEW YORK CITY, NEW YORK: Fox News hosts Laura Ingraham and Sean Hannity recently faced criticism for praising President Donald Trump's reversal of high tariffs and calling it a "genius" move during their respective shows on Wednesday, April 9.
Trump announced on Wednesday that he was pausing the reciprocal tariffs for 90 days for most countries with one notable exception, as he raised tariffs on China from 104 percent to 125 percent, per USA Today.
Laura Ingraham and Sean Hannity praise Donald Trump’s 'genius' reversal of high tariffs
During Fox News' 'The Ingraham Angle', the host praised Donald Trump’s "brilliant move" and said, "Trump announced a brilliant move to pause the higher tariffs on countries negotiating with us, but meanwhile to raise China’s tariffs to 125%, to wall off China by boxing them out, further weakening their economic power. It’s genius."
She added, "Trump has always been consistent about his ultimate goal. The ultimate goal is to raise living standards for all Americans. The tariffs were just one of his favorite tools to get there."
Similarly, on his podcast, 'The Sean Hannity Show' on Wednesday, Hannity slammed "stupid people" who criticized Trump’s recent tariffs that crashed the stock market.
He said during the podcast, "I’m just loving the reaction of stupid people. All of these people that have been trying to create in other people’s minds that Donald Trump does not know what he’s doing."
He continued, "The Treasury secretary, Bessent, just confirmed what I had pretty much understood because I know the guy so well."
"This was the plan all along. I’ve been saying this. He’s lining up all these nations, one after another after another, to the point where they’re begging to do a deal with us," Hannity added.
Meanwhile, many other supporters such as hedge fund manager Bill Ackman, House Speaker Mike Johnson, and ACT For America founder Brigitte Gabriel also praised Trump's "Art of the Deal", per Mediaite.
Moreover, White House deputy chief of staff Stephen Miller praised "Trump’s master strategy, bold statesmanship and brilliant tactical planning."
Donald Trump reverses course on high tariffs
The stock market started to rise on Wednesday after Donald Trump announced a 90-day pause on high tariffs for more than 75 countries that are in negotiation with the United States.
Interestingly, Trump raised tariffs on China from 104 percent to 125 percent, saying that the country would realize that "ripping off the USA is no longer sustainable or acceptable".
Trump's decision marked a dramatic reversal after he defended the reciprocal tariffs amid the economic and market upheaval.
Furthermore, Trump also mentioned that he is significantly lowering these tariffs to a 10 percent flat rate, matching the 10 percent baseline universal tariff that started on Saturday, per the outlet.
Interestingly, earlier imposed 25 percent tariffs on certain goods from Mexico and Canada, which were not part of the reciprocal tariff rollout, would remain in place.
Meanwhile, Trump and his economic advisers said they decided to pause the tariffs after more than 75 countries approached the US seeking trade deals in the days after he unveiled them, per the outlet.
Internet slams Laura Ingraham and Sean Hannity for praising Donald Trump
Several internet users slammed Fox News hosts as they praised Donald Trump's reversal of high tariffs and called it a "genius" move.
An online comment read, "So the plan was to tank the global markets, make America look really bad on the world stage, and then back down without getting anything in return?" while one added, "Yeah, the markets got real bad, before they got real good. Yeah, everything is awful."
A person also stated, "So all the stuff said about the necessity and benefits of tariffs were all just lies?" whereas another mentioned, "What a culture of weak, mindless kiss-a***s that Trump has created."
A user also wrote, "My god they want to be North Korea state media so bad," while one commented, "Maybe we should start listening to the economists and business leaders."
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