I have to say that Donald Trump’s conversations occasionally make me nervous. I’m convinced it’s not even close to the emotions that the Harris-Walz plan feels when Kamala Harris does something spontaneous, but it’s still somewhat nervous.  ,
Advertisement
I’ve never been one to say that” Trump did great” for the sake of convincing others or myself. I did n’t think he did well at his Q&A session at the National Association of Black Journalists ( NABJ) convention, and he could have answered some questions more effectively.
But I wish the Trump who attended that had been on the campaign trail little sooner than his meeting with Bloomberg’s John Micklethwait at the Economic Club of Chicago on Tuesday.
Of course, the team invited Harris for her own meeting, but she declined.
Bloomberg News Editor-in-Chief John Micklethwait: Just for the record, The Economic Club of Chicago and Bloomberg invited Vice President Harris to a related meeting. She has declined. photograph. twitter.com/pREBYoHhFp— Trump War Room (@TrumpWarRoom ) October 15, 2024
It was amazing to witness Trump handle challenging questions with ease and respond to them much more effectively than he generally does. For instance, Micklethwait insisted that the “overall effect may be massive“ when pressed by Trump about the potential negative effects of taxes.
” I agree it’s gonna have a large effect”, Trump said, beaming with confidence, before adding, “positive influence”.
You could tell Micklethwait was prepared to debate this point because he kept interrupting Trump, to which Trump silenced him by saying,” I know how committed you are to this, and it must be difficult for you, you know, spend 25 years talking tariffs as being negative and then have someone explain to you that you’re completely wrong.”
Advertisement
Micklethwait responded by saying,” There’s 40 million jobs in America that rely on trade” . ,
Trump, unmoved, responded,” They’re all coming back”.
He praised his handling of John Deere, a well-known British company that had last year announced plans to construct flowers in Mexico.
” And you threatened them with tariffs, and they stopped”, Micklethwait admitted.
They merely announced yesterday that they are likely not going to construct the flowers. Okay? I kept the work around”, Trump replied.
Interviewer: You’re talking about 10-20 % tariffs on the rest of the world. That will have a significant impact on the rest of the market.
President Trump:” I agree it’s going to include a large effect — positive result… it must be difficult for you to spend 25 times talking … photograph. twitter.com/zyb1GfXCTi
— Trump War Room (@TrumpWarRoom ) October 15, 2024
Trump then stated that the more likely it is for the company to enter the country and set up a factory there so that it does n’t have to pay the tariff, the higher the tariff.
Trump repeatedly won over the market, including when he used his moniker for Gov. Gavin Newsom (D-Calif. ).
Republican:” Gavin Newscum. He’s the Governor of California.”
News:” Newsom.”
Republican:” Newscum, I call him.”
News:” There are Directors out here if they said things like that about a foe CEO…”
TRUMP:” They do n’t have to go through what I have to go through. “pic. twitter.com/UTuNzsXYNF
— Trump War Room (@TrumpWarRoom ) October 15, 2024
Advertisement
He also handled concerns about 2020 also, pointing out that Democrats continue to protest 2016.
Executive TRUMP:” You had a peaceful transfer of power.”
Interviewer:” It was by far the worst transfer of power in a long time.”
*Crowd boos* photograph. twitter.com/C9wFi2qBpE
— Trump War Room (@TrumpWarRoom ) October 15, 2024
You may see the whole thing. Trump was as good as I’ve actually seen him in an appointment, and he did so in a hostile way.
FULL: President Trump’s Interview with @Bloomberg at The Economic Club of Chicago photograph. twitter.com/Z8iVoKdDK3— Team Trump ( Text TRUMP to 88022 ) (@TeamTrump ) October 15, 2024