Trump Admits His Tariffs Might Raise Prices, Says He'll Deport U.S. Citizens: A Closer Look

Seth takes a closer look at Trump stating he would deport American citizens and admitting he cannot guarantee that Americans won't pay higher prices in his first major sit-down interview since the election.


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Trump Admits His Tariffs Might Raise Prices, Says He'll Deport U.S. Citizens: A Closer Look - Late Night with Seth Meyers

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[seffishestopal]

I'm still trying to understand how and why millions of Americans did not know what a tariff was beforehand.

[jeffDwyer]

Tariffs will increase costs of finished goods and components used throughout US manufacturing. This will be an immediate and huge hike in inflation. To fight inflation the Fed will have to hike interest rates which will be wonderful for the billionaires but possibly take away the middle class. Inflation is so high that consumers are literally taking debt for basic life necessities. Collapse has indeed begun..

[topcat]

"ignorance is the worst pandemic this Planet has been hit with."

[bmiller]

The next 4 years will be hell. The plethora of material for Seth's writers, will be incredible and sorely needed.

[georgelabottum]

Don’t tell me Donald was lying to us about those beautiful tariffs. Hilarious how all of a sudden, he can’t guarantee anything.

[slothachunk]

Once tariffs make food unaffordable, eat the rich won't be just an expression.

[jspres]

"I can't guarantee tomorrow."
Well...bases covered. Now when prices go up all the Trump voters can say "He said he couldn't guarantee tomorrow. What else could he do?"

[Keep]

Wait so eggs won’t be a dollar cheaper now!?

So many people are in shambles from this revelation!

[ensabahnur]

Groceries is such a foreign concept to him that "they called it groceries."

[ericahouston]

I bet DT was one of the Americans who searched "what are tariffs" after he won the election.

[shirleyturner]

A criminal talking about obeying rules and regulations!

[I_LoveBeans]

I feel very lucky to have watched this show in person, great monologue, and I really enjoyed how Seth interacted with the audience before the show and in between the shows, I understood how much work goes into these, makes it look very effortless

[civil_villain]

Trump's own wife and kid's citizenship should be questioned.

[franken-pattern]

He's still a month away from taking office and Drupmf is making cheap excuses of why he's already FAILING 😑

[DavidAnderson-mc]

They're eating the bacon. They're eating the lettuce. They're eating the tomatoes of the people of Springfield.

[kazza]

I got absurdly excited about the french trump impression. I was not disappointed 😂

[Tarantulisimo]

"They call it 'groceries' -- nobody ever thought to call the food you buy in stores by that name before, I created it a long time ago & thanks to me we're gonna bring that back along with another phrase I created 'Merry Christmas' "

[josephgomes]

Isn't it disgusting that HE says "You have to have rules and regulations"....so that he can ignore them!

[donaldkelly]

"I can't guarantee tomorrow."?

We're screwed!

[Toywins]

Thinking he discovered what "groceries" are for the rest of us is BEYOND ridiculous.