Donald Trump's director of the National Economic Council, Kevin Hassett, gave a word salad answer when CNBC host Joe Kernen told him that Trump had admitted his tariffs raised costs on US consumers.

Last week, the Trump administration said it would issue broad exemptions on Trump tariffs to try to combat the rising costs of food prices for the American people. This was after he claimed food prices were going down under his purview, a blatant lie the American people were not buying.

This is an admission that Trump's yo-yo tariffs are a tax on consumers.

Earlier today on CNBC, Kevin Hassett was asked this question, and, to dodge the issue, he responded with gobbledygook. Before he was confronted by reality with Trump supporting Joe Kernen, Hassett feigned surprise that Trump was being b

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