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AlterNet: McConnell schools Trump on 'America First' policy that helped 'move the Depression worldwide'
AlterNet - McConnell schools Trump on 'America First' policy that helped 'move the Depression worldwide'
Alex Henderson
April 24, 2025
Although Sen. Mitch McConnell (R-Kentucky) endorsed now-President Donald Trump in the 2024 election, it was a lukewarm endorsement.
The bad blood between Trump and McConnell remained, and MAGA Republicans were not happy when McConnell voted against confirming Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth.
Moreover, McConnell is a major critic of something Trump is enthusiastically promoting: tariffs.
Fox News' Chad Pergram, in an April 24 post on X, formerly Twitter, highlighted the reasons McConnell opposes Trump's steep new tariffs.
Pergram tweeted, "McConnell on tariffs: For those who pay close attention (it is) remarkably similar to what happened in the '30s, it's called the Smoot-Hawley tax bill, signed by Herbert Hoover before FDR came into office with his widely thought to help move the depression worldwide."
/snip
Alex Henderson
April 24, 2025
Although Sen. Mitch McConnell (R-Kentucky) endorsed now-President Donald Trump in the 2024 election, it was a lukewarm endorsement.
The bad blood between Trump and McConnell remained, and MAGA Republicans were not happy when McConnell voted against confirming Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth.
Moreover, McConnell is a major critic of something Trump is enthusiastically promoting: tariffs.
Fox News' Chad Pergram, in an April 24 post on X, formerly Twitter, highlighted the reasons McConnell opposes Trump's steep new tariffs.
Pergram tweeted, "McConnell on tariffs: For those who pay close attention (it is) remarkably similar to what happened in the '30s, it's called the Smoot-Hawley tax bill, signed by Herbert Hoover before FDR came into office with his widely thought to help move the depression worldwide."
/snip