CNN’s Rampell: ‘The Best Thing Trump Could Do for the Economy Is Just Basically Nothing at All’

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RAMPELL: "So, as I have said before, I think the best thing Trump could do for the economy is just basically nothing at all. You know, be the hype man that this U.S. economy needs, because as I said, it has a lot going for it, even if consumers aren't yet recognizing it. The kinds of policy measures that you just mentioned, you mentioned tariffs on Canada, Mexico and China. Remember, Trump has threatened them on all imports from around the world. And a lot of that, yes, he can do unilaterally. Some of it will be challenged in court, but the president has a lot of discretion to levy tariffs, particularly if he uses excuses or pretexts like national security, which he used quite a lot in his first administration. And so I think it's quite likely that he will do something.”