{"id":68046,"date":"2025-07-14T16:47:32","date_gmt":"2025-07-14T16:47:32","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/pulsperry.com\/?p=68046"},"modified":"2025-07-14T16:47:32","modified_gmt":"2025-07-14T16:47:32","slug":"reporter-asks-trump","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/pulsperry.com\/?p=68046","title":{"rendered":"Reporter Asks Trump"},"content":{"rendered":"<article id=\"post-35196\" class=\"post-35196 post type-post status-publish format-standard has-post-thumbnail hentry category-home\">\n<div class=\"entry-content\">\n<p>At a recent press conference, Donald Trump called a reporter\u2019s inquiry \u201cthe best question I\u2019ve ever been asked\u201d after being asked about economist Torsten Sl\u00f8k\u2019s surprising reversal on Trump\u2019s tariff policies. Sl\u00f8k, who once warned Trump\u2019s tariffs could spark a recession, now says they may have been a smart, long-term strategy to reshape global trade\u2014suggesting the U.S. could benefit from $400 billion in annual revenue.<\/p>\n<div class=\"code-block code-block-2\">\n<div id=\"weverydaystories.com_responsive_1\"><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"code-block code-block-2\"><\/div>\n<p>Trump, clearly vindicated, touted increased tax revenue, strong markets, and \u201cno inflation,\u201d and said critics should \u201cgo back to business school.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>While many economists dispute some of his claims, Sl\u00f8k\u2019s shift has reignited debate over whether Trump\u2019s protectionist trade moves were more strategic than initially believed.<\/p>\n<div class=\"code-block code-block-1\">\n<div data-type=\"_mgwidget\" data-widget-id=\"1674217\"><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"code-block code-block-3\">\n<div id=\"weverydaystories.com_responsive_2\"><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"code-block code-block-2\"><\/div>\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-full is-resized\"><img fetchpriority=\"high\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"wp-image-8482\" src=\"https:\/\/lifepress.info\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/07\/resize.webp\" sizes=\"(max-width: 640px) 100vw, 640px\" srcset=\"https:\/\/lifepress.info\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/07\/resize.webp 640w, https:\/\/lifepress.info\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/07\/resize-300x201.webp 300w\" alt=\"\" width=\"640\" height=\"428\" \/><\/figure>\n<p>The moment served as a political boost for Trump, reinforcing his image as a disruptor willing to defy experts in pursuit of American strength.<\/p>\n<div class=\"code-block code-block-2\">\n<div data-type=\"_mgwidget\" data-widget-id=\"1620268\"><a href=\"https:\/\/pulsperry.com\/?p=67823\">also read&#8230;<\/a><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/article>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>At a recent press conference, Donald Trump called a reporter\u2019s inquiry \u201cthe best question I\u2019ve ever been asked\u201d after being asked about economist Torsten Sl\u00f8k\u2019s surprising reversal&#8230; <\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":68047,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_monsterinsights_skip_tracking":false,"_monsterinsights_sitenote_active":false,"_monsterinsights_sitenote_note":"","_monsterinsights_sitenote_category":0,"footnotes":""},"categories":[1],"tags":[],"aioseo_notices":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/pulsperry.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/68046"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/pulsperry.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/pulsperry.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/pulsperry.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/pulsperry.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=68046"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/pulsperry.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/68046\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":68048,"href":"https:\/\/pulsperry.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/68046\/revisions\/68048"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/pulsperry.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/media\/68047"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/pulsperry.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=68046"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/pulsperry.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=68046"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/pulsperry.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=68046"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}