President Donald Trump danced around the possibility that his tariffs cause a recession and minimize how bad it could be, telling NBC News that it would be part of a “transition period.”

The interview extracts were published on Friday before it was broadcast on “Meet The Press” on Sunday. The conversation began when host Kristen Welker asked Trump if he was “comfortable with the country potentially immersing himself in a recession for a period of time if he can achieve his long -term objectives.” The president avoided a direct response.

“Some people on Wall Street say that we are going to have the greatest economy in history. Why don’t you talk about them?” He said, repeating almost the same answer when Welker asked again. “There are many people on Wall Street who say this will be the greatest unexpected gain that has happened,” Trump replied.

When asked for the third time, Trump seemed to recognize that his tariffs could cause financial pain to Americans.

“Look, yes, it’s, everything is fine. What we are, I said, this is a transition period. I think we are going to do fantastically,” he said.

President Donald Trump sits with children, with whom he says he could have to go
President Donald Trump sits with children, who, according to him, could have to go with “two dolls instead of 30” under his tariff plan.

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“Anything can happen,” he continued, far from the promises he did in the campaign to “reduce prices immediately, starting the first day.”

As economists argue that Trump’s 145% tariff on China in particular represents a serious threat of a recession, the president has had to admit that a blow to the economy is a real possibility. At a cabinet meeting on Wednesday, he said that children can have to go with less toys under their policies.

“Maybe the children have two dolls instead of 30, and perhaps the two dolls will cost a couple more dollars than they would normally do,” he said when asked about the possibility that the stores have empty shelves.

Last month, he told journalists aboard Air Force One that tariffs were a bitter pill that Americans would have to swallow.

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