Trump's press secretary makes fool of herself at briefing - Brian Tyler Cohen

[TexasTowelie]

Transcript:

just a quick followup um is the
president okay with this bill adding to
the deficit this bill does not add to
the deficit in fact uh according to the
Council of Economic Adviserss this bill
will save
$1.6 trillion and the president
absolutely understands and hears the
concerns of fiscal conservatives and of
Americans who want to get our fiscal
house in order that's what the intention
of this bill is there's $1.6 trillion
worth of savings in this bill that's the
largest savings for any legislation that
has ever passed Capitol Hill in our
nation's history the next bill that even
comes close was $800 billion that's less
than half of the savings that we see in
the one big beautiful bill and so uh the
the goal of this bill is to produce
economic growth to cut taxes and to get
our fiscal house in order and this is
the right step in the right direction
towards doing that ah to be unburdened
by any semblance of truth or reality
here's Donald Trump's press secretary
Caroline Levit pretending that the
Republican party's budget bill doesn't
add to the deficit which would come as a
surprise to um math considering it
absolutely adds to the deficit according
to the Nonpartisan Joint Committee on
Taxation the bill as written would
increase deficits by $3.8 trillion
through 2034 or 1.1% of GDP if all of
its expiring policies are extended
permanently we estimate it would add 5.3
trillion to the deficit or 1.5% of GDP
and that's in line with the
Congressional Budget Office the
nonpartisan agency whose entire job is
to assess the fiscal impact of
legislation which estimates that Trump's
tax package will increase the federal
deficit by approximately 4.8 trillion
over the next decade in fact every
single credible economic analysis of
this bill shows that it will add
trillions to the deficit and yet that
didn't stop Caroline Levit from claiming
that far from increasing the deficit
this bill will actually somehow save us
money and not just a little money either
$1.6 trillion that is so far beyond
misleading that we have entered some
alternate universe where math and our
shared reality simply don't exist
anymore and let's talk about this
mysterious Council of Economic Advisors
report that she's citing i have looked
everywhere and there is simply no
publicly available CEA analysis that
shows Trump's tax bill saving $1.6
trillion none zero the CE hasn't even
published any major analysis of the
bill's overall fiscal impact if this
report exists which let's be honest it
likely does not then why isn't the White
House blasting it everywhere why isn't
every Republican Congress waving it
around over their heads the answer is
obvious it does not exist and Levit
isn't just denying this reality she is
inverting it completely she's not saying
the benefits outweigh the cost or the
economic growth will eventually offset
the deficit which would at least be
somewhat defensible positions no she's
claiming that there is no deficit impact
at all and instead there are savings
it's like being asked if you're
concerned about gaining weight from
eating an entire chocolate cake and
responding that actually eating the cake
will make you lose 20 lb and the fact
that there are people who believe Donald
Trump and his goons when they say stuff
like this is exactly how Donald Trump is
able to make millions of dollars
settling shitty watches and shoes and
hats and NFTTS to a gullible base and
then as if that wasn't bad enough Levid
goes on to claim that this is the
largest savings for any legislation that
has ever passed Capitol Hill in our
nation's history very uh Sean Spicer
this is the biggest crowd we've ever
seen i mean do I even need to explain
how ridiculous this is she is literally
claiming that this tax cut bill which
every serious economist agrees will cost
trillions is actually the most fiscally
responsible bill in American history
which actually kind of makes sense in
that Republicans spend every single day
beating their chest as these fiscal
conservatives and then vote for
legislation every single time that
explodes the deficit back when Trump had
unified control of government in 2017
their budget bill added $7.8 trillion to
the debt and then these people parade
themselves around like they did
something on the deficit it is
gaslighting so brazen so divorced from
factual reality that it leaves you
wondering if they think the American
people are complete idiots or if they've
simply given up on the concept of truth
entirely and notice how she keeps using
the phrase "Get our fiscal house in
order." Again this from an
administration that has overseen one of
the fastest increases in the national
debt in history the federal deficit has
exploded under Trump's watch even before
this latest tax bill and yet here's his
press secretary with a straight face
claiming that they are fiscal
conservatives concerned about deficits
this is the equivalent of someone maxing
out their credit cards taking out a home
equity loan to pay for a luxury vacation
and then claiming they're really focused
on their household budget and financial
discipline but perhaps the most telling
part of this whole exchange is that
phrase she used one big beautiful bill
those are Donald Trump's words coming
straight out of Levit's mouth she is
just regurgitating his exact talking
points verbatim no matter how divorced
from reality they might be when I say
that Donald Trump puts these people in
positions of power based solely on their
willingness to shamelessly and
unapologetically channel him and his
lies this is what I mean if you are
willing to sacrifice every shred of
dignity and integrity and honesty then
good news there is a place in Trump's
White House for you too and to that
point while we're already trafficking in
abject illusion why not just continue on
president Trump and his top economic
aids have repeatedly said that Americans
will not pay the cost of tariffs in fact
last week Letic said people have to drop
the quote silly arguments that consumers
would pay um the cost but over the
weekend as you know the president posted
that Walmart should eat the tariffs and
not charge the value customer anything
i'll be watching and so will your
customers so um does he acknowledge that
if companies don't absorb the full cost
Americans will have to pay well first of
all the CEO of Walmart made those
comments about the tariffs on an ear
earnings call where CEOs I believe are
legally obligated to give the most dire
warnings and forecasts to their uh
investors and stakeholders the reality
is as the president has always
maintained Chinese producers will be
absorbing the cost of these tariffs and
that is why China was so quick to hustle
to the negotiating table with the United
States of America they need our markets
sure why not just claim that China's
going to absorb the cost of these
tariffs even though it was Donald Trump
himself who just days ago wrote on Truth
Social "Walmart should stop trying to
blame tariffs as the reason for raising
prices throughout the chain walmart made
billions of dollars last year far more
than expected between Walmart and China
they should as is said eat the tariffs
and not charge valued customers anything
i'll be watching and so will your
customers and so armed with the apparent
fact that tariffs are attacks on foreign
countries why in the world would Walmart
need to quote eat the tariffs if they're
not being paid for by Walmart or any
American company but rather by China or
some other country the answer per usual
is that Trump is lying and that he knows
full well that our companies pay the
tariffs and then they pass those costs
onto our consumers but he is trafficking
in delusion because he's already potcom
committed and so the goal here is for
Trump to manipulate his supporters into
believing his lies and of course when he
issues the Clarion call his minions like
Caroline Levit get the message and lie
for their boss the truly dangerous thing
here isn't just that Levit is lying
about the numbers it is that this
administration has created an
environment where truth itself has
become irrelevant where you can say
literally anything no matter how
demonstrably false as long as it serves
the preferred narrative this isn't
normal this isn't how a functioning
democracy is supposed to work and we
can't let this become the new standard
for political discourse in America so
the next time you hear this
administration claim that they're fiscal
conservatives who are getting our fiscal
house in order remember this moment
remember the fact that the definition of
fiscal responsibility apparently
includes adding trillions to the deficit
while claiming you're actually reducing
it remember that in Trump's America up
is down black is white and massive tax
breaks for the wealthy somehow save
money for the rest of us and most
importantly remember that no matter how
confidently they assert these lies no
matter how many times they repeat them
it doesn't make them true reality still
exists math still works and the American
people deserve a White House that at
least operates in the same universe as
the rest of
[Music]
us before you go if you enjoyed this
content and you want to see more and
support independent media please
subscribe to this channel the subscribe
button will be right here on the screen
but second the reality is that we are
now in a political environment where
this administration can lean on any of
the social media platforms to suppress
certain voices if they don't like
critical coverage that means my
longevity here is in the hands of a few
tech billionaires who are already making
it clear that they are willing to cater
to this administration to that end
signing up for my newsletter is a way
for me to reach you directly if that
ever becomes necessary i'll put the link
right here on the screen as well so
please sign up it's free but there's
also an option to do a paid subscription
if you'd like to support me and my team
i really appreciate it thanks so much
for watching