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highplainsdem

(54,776 posts)
Wed Mar 12, 2025, 11:09 AM Wednesday

'At Risk Of My Job': CNBC Reporter Sounds Alarm On 'Insane' Donald Trump Move

Source: HuffPost

-snip-

“I’m going to say this at risk of my job but what President Trump is doing is insane. It is absolutely insane,” Liesman said on Tuesday’s broadcast of “The Exchange.”

“And now he’s saying he’s putting 50% tariffs on Canada unless they agree to become the 51st state,” the journalist continued. “That is insane. There is just no other way of describing it.”

-snip-

“The other thing that’s not talked about,” he added, “is what’s going on within the administration in terms of how they’re treating the Constitution and laws.”

“I think all of that is bad for the attraction of capital,” Liesman argued. “We need massive amounts of capital if we want to fund our deficits, pay for the things we want to pay for, sell our bonds and have high stock prices. And it seems as if this administration is doing everything it can to chase foreign capital away.”

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Read more: https://www.huffpost.com/entry/cnbc-reporter-donald-trump-economy_n_67d12d53e4b02a1e69bdc4e1



This was a real "The emperor has no clothes" moment for CNBC. I haven't heard yet whether Trump is openly calling for Liesman to be fired, but I suspect that's already happened behind the scenes.

Video at the link. Liesman starts talking about 2:50 there, but that video cuts off a few seconds before the video Brian Tyler Cohen posted on Bluesky:

https://bsky.app/profile/briantylercohen.bsky.social/post/3lk5magb7vk2f

What the CNBC video cut off was Kelly Evans foolishly trying to suggest this is "insanity as a strategy" - which Liesman immediately interrupted: "Insanity's not a strategy."
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'At Risk Of My Job': CNBC Reporter Sounds Alarm On 'Insane' Donald Trump Move (Original Post) highplainsdem Wednesday OP
I actually just heard that on talk radio underpants Wednesday #1
Seems to have nailed it. republianmushroom Wednesday #2
Rule of law as it relates to the dollar Strelnikov_ Wednesday #3
Yea, typical sanewashing by the cohost "but is this a strategy" Strelnikov_ Wednesday #4
Ty Good to see someone on that kind of channel speak out. electric_blue68 Wednesday #5
The convicted felon's "Golden Age" BS is the same BS as Justice matters. Wednesday #6
Joe Kernon Beachnutt Wednesday #7
Citizen's arrest for violating the oath of office? dchill Wednesday #8
Kick. N/T Upthevibe Wednesday #9
K&R orangecrush Wednesday #10
The last time CNBC got this honest was during the moniss Wednesday #11
Liesman will be attacked by POTUS with an uncreative schoolboy pejorative a la Schiff and Newsome. Marcuse Wednesday #12
It's all Lies man...so will the regime reply. BattleRow Wednesday #13
The idea that there is a "strategy" 617Blue Wednesday #14
"Insanity as a strategy" BrianTheEVGuy Wednesday #15
Speaking of new terms: DENVERPOPS Wednesday #16
Ashekenazi Jews have a word for this BrianTheEVGuy Wednesday #17
Heh. Never heard the first one, but having lived in a 2/3rds Jewish neighborhood (Conservative, Reform & Secular) I... electric_blue68 Wednesday #27
It was the very first Yiddish word I ever learned (putz) BrianTheEVGuy Wednesday #28
Oy, Ha! electric_blue68 Wednesday #29
Welllllll.... BrianTheEVGuy Thursday #34
Wait, you forgot Chinese Takeout, and a Movie on Xmas Day! 😄👍 electric_blue68 Thursday #35
Hey, I learned all the dirty words in Catholic school. calimary Thursday #31
Liesman immediately interrupted: "Insanity's not a strategy." LudwigPastorius Wednesday #18
Liesman is the token liberal on CNBC. Gary 50 Wednesday #19
It's not insane if it makes Putin smile. eom Festivito Wednesday #20
Yeah, it's what Putin wants...Mump is a devotee of Putin.. Strings Cha Wednesday #23
For Vlad Putin, Kraznov's actions are services rendered. Martin Eden Wednesday #21
My thoughts exactly. Sparkly Wednesday #24
If you view every word and every action through the lens of "Trump is a Russian asset run by Putin," sop Wednesday #22
Someone should outright call him a traitor and Soviet Asset. RhapsodyFav Wednesday #25
Liesman? He's actually a Truthman. BadgerMom Wednesday #26
Liesman Is Right: "Insanity's not a strategy"! Daleuhlmann Thursday #30
Kick SheltieLover Thursday #32
Almost as if Trump* and the rethuglicans are DELIBERATELY DESTROYING... Raster Thursday #33

underpants

(189,308 posts)
1. I actually just heard that on talk radio
Wed Mar 12, 2025, 11:20 AM
Wednesday

If you think Kilmeade sounds dumb on TV, without lines to read he’s even dumber.

He had some cohost on - message - it’s ALL opinion. Anything you hear (not on Fox) is aaaalll opinion based on politics
🙄

Strelnikov_

(7,944 posts)
3. Rule of law as it relates to the dollar
Wed Mar 12, 2025, 11:36 AM
Wednesday

Good to see someone actually mentioning this.

The dollar is done as the worlds reserve currency if there is no rule of law. Which means, we are done, debt default, Greatest ever Depression . .

“The other thing that’s not talked about is what’s going on within the administration in terms of how they’re treating the Constitution and laws.”

“I think all of that is bad for the attraction of capital. We need massive amounts of capital if we want to fund our deficits, pay for the things we want to pay for, sell our bonds and have high stock prices. And it seems as if this administration is doing everything it can to chase foreign capital away.”

Strelnikov_

(7,944 posts)
4. Yea, typical sanewashing by the cohost "but is this a strategy"
Wed Mar 12, 2025, 11:39 AM
Wednesday

Leading to the quote of the day

Justice matters.

(8,125 posts)
6. The convicted felon's "Golden Age" BS is the same BS as
Wed Mar 12, 2025, 11:50 AM
Wednesday

the B-movie actor's "Trickle Down" that never trickled down.

It only trickled up. Different words for the same insane BS.

moniss

(6,766 posts)
11. The last time CNBC got this honest was during the
Wed Mar 12, 2025, 12:09 PM
Wednesday

dot com mania when veteran business anchor Mark Haines called out his co-host Joe Kernen over the madness of of interviewing "companies" with no money, no assets, no customers and nothing but "dot com" as part of their name and then watching as soon as the interview ended and the stock of said company rising to the moon. Kernen defended it all and CNBC moved on to full "carnival barker" mode with Jim Cramer etc.

But I remember when Haines said it because the look on Kernen's face was priceless and you could tell the producers giving instructions to the other hosts through their earpieces must have crapped their pants because the quick banter normal for the show stopped and things began to go from silence to "umms" and "wells".

Marcuse

(8,217 posts)
12. Liesman will be attacked by POTUS with an uncreative schoolboy pejorative a la Schiff and Newsome.
Wed Mar 12, 2025, 12:19 PM
Wednesday

..3…2…1.

BrianTheEVGuy

(687 posts)
15. "Insanity as a strategy"
Wed Mar 12, 2025, 01:26 PM
Wednesday

Basically the newest term for the ridiculous “he isn’t an imbecile; he js playing amazing 4D chess that you commies don’t understand.”

Cathy Wood had some insane thesis about Trump causing “deflationary boom.” That’s like celebrating “weight loss to severe obesity.” Deflation happens in economic collapse due to mass defaults and destruction of the money supply.

Even their gurus are completely

DENVERPOPS

(11,332 posts)
16. Speaking of new terms:
Wed Mar 12, 2025, 01:40 PM
Wednesday

How about Musk calling his Rocket exploding: an "ENERGETIC DIS-ASSEMBLY"...........

Also, I love that the "Powers To Be", are now calling a PSYCHOPATH, a SOCIOPATH......seems so much more benign than reality......

BrianTheEVGuy

(687 posts)
17. Ashekenazi Jews have a word for this
Wed Mar 12, 2025, 01:45 PM
Wednesday

We call it “farpotschket,” which means “breaking something you’re trying to fix or change.”

Musk is a meshuggeneh putz. I will let you google that one.

electric_blue68

(20,307 posts)
27. Heh. Never heard the first one, but having lived in a 2/3rds Jewish neighborhood (Conservative, Reform & Secular) I...
Wed Mar 12, 2025, 07:38 PM
Wednesday

as a Catholic back then; know what the second one is.
👍 😄

BrianTheEVGuy

(687 posts)
34. Welllllll....
Thu Mar 13, 2025, 07:51 PM
Thursday

Hebrew, Yiddish, a good bargain, shopping at Ollie’s… they’re all legit Jewish traditions.

electric_blue68

(20,307 posts)
35. Wait, you forgot Chinese Takeout, and a Movie on Xmas Day! 😄👍
Thu Mar 13, 2025, 09:17 PM
Thursday

At least in the mid 60's to early 70's in NYC. 👍

calimary

(85,415 posts)
31. Hey, I learned all the dirty words in Catholic school.
Thu Mar 13, 2025, 05:33 AM
Thursday

They ran as though through an open faucet.

LudwigPastorius

(11,890 posts)
18. Liesman immediately interrupted: "Insanity's not a strategy."
Wed Mar 12, 2025, 01:50 PM
Wednesday

I like that so much, I just made it my signature line.

Gary 50

(430 posts)
19. Liesman is the token liberal on CNBC.
Wed Mar 12, 2025, 01:58 PM
Wednesday

Joe Kernan is a piece of dog shit. I love listening to Liesman. Can't stand the fucking nazi.

Martin Eden

(13,986 posts)
21. For Vlad Putin, Kraznov's actions are services rendered.
Wed Mar 12, 2025, 02:33 PM
Wednesday

The Orange POtuS is is a treasonous criminal. What's so difficult to understand?

Sparkly

(24,538 posts)
24. My thoughts exactly.
Wed Mar 12, 2025, 07:03 PM
Wednesday

If it's a strategy, it's the strategy of our enemy to weaken the country as quickly and thoroughly as possible.

sop

(13,094 posts)
22. If you view every word and every action through the lens of "Trump is a Russian asset run by Putin,"
Wed Mar 12, 2025, 03:22 PM
Wednesday

then everything he does and says makes complete sense, Mr. Liesman.

RhapsodyFav

(39 posts)
25. Someone should outright call him a traitor and Soviet Asset.
Wed Mar 12, 2025, 07:30 PM
Wednesday

No beating around the bush. He's taking orders from Putin to destroy this country.

BadgerMom

(3,141 posts)
26. Liesman? He's actually a Truthman.
Wed Mar 12, 2025, 07:35 PM
Wednesday

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I love that he pushed back on that attempt at sanewashing. It made me think I’d slipped into a 1970s timeline. I liked it.

Daleuhlmann

(464 posts)
30. Liesman Is Right: "Insanity's not a strategy"!
Thu Mar 13, 2025, 01:08 AM
Thursday

Liesman is "telling it like it is": Trump's economic policies ARE insane!

Raster

(21,000 posts)
33. Almost as if Trump* and the rethuglicans are DELIBERATELY DESTROYING...
Thu Mar 13, 2025, 10:28 AM
Thursday

… The United States of America.
#RepublicansAreTheProblem
#RepublicansAreDeliberatelyDestroyingAmerica

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