Batya Ungar-Sargon: It’s ‘Weird’ that Jerome Powell Is out There Opining on Tariffs, ‘His Job Is to Help Stabilize the Economy’

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UNGAR-SARGON: “It’s kind of weird that Jerome Powell is out there opining on the tariffs. Like his job is to help stabilize the economy.”
PHILLIP: “I don't think that's weird at all.”
UNGAR-SARGON: “It seems like he's not doing it because -- [crosstalk] -- why would that be weird?”
PHILLIP: “Why is that weird?”
UNGAR-SARGON: “Why is that weird?”
PHILLIP: “Yes.”
UNGAR-SARGON: “Because you would expect that a president who has a really good idea about how to restore the middle class and restore the dignity of the working class should have the support of the people who are, you know, have the power to help him enact that.”