Sean Hannity questions the “stomach” of caller to his radio show scared about the economy
Hannity: “If you don't have the stomach to be in the stock market, I would recommend when it goes back up, and it will, you probably should pull your money out”
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Sean Hannity questions the "stomach" of caller to his radio show scared about the economy
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From the April 7, 2025, edition of Premiere Radio Networks' The Sean Hannity Show
CALLER: I have invested in the stock market pretty heavily. I live off the proceeds. That's how I've been able to afford the lifestyle that I have, which I don't go on a lot of vacations. And I have, as I mentioned, lived below my means for many, many years so that I could do this. Now, this issue with tariffs, in my opinion, it's not the what that I disagree with. It's the how.
In my opinion, what Trump has done, he's -- it's been, in my opinion, sloppy. Taking the tariffs, the percentage rates of all these companies, having it, and then implementing it -- the night before he was announcing it, he did let all of us know that it was going to be great news for us, it was going to create a lot of wealth for all of us, he was going to be nicer than what he initially had planned. And then, all of a sudden, this happens, and completely wiped out a very large portion of our investments. Enough, frankly, and I feel fortunate in a way, but enough to -- I could pay cash with what I lost for a brand new lakefront home, and I'm not happy about that. I'm not happy not because of the what, but the how. To let Americans know this is going to be great news, that it's going to create wealth for you as Americans, I'm going to be nicer than planned.
So, I'm thinking, fat, dumb, and happy, that I'm not going lose my shirt the next day and then continue to lose other clothing items through the week because that's exactly what happened. I think that Trump has been unfortunately disingenuous. He's not going say on the campaign trail, "Vote for me and you're going to lose your shirt." I would never expect him to say that. But frankly, the way the tariff process was implemented and how he communicated it, what it did is it took people like me off guard where I could not effectively plan so that I could manage through the implications of the tariffs. That's my concern.
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SEAN HANNITY (HOST): Here's my prediction, and let's see if I turn out to be right, is that we have over 50 countries according to Scott Bessent and others in the Trump administration that now want to negotiate with this country for free and fair trade. Why don't we let this play out for a couple of months and let's see? Let's let it play out a year and let's see.
Now, if you don't have the stomach to be in the stock market, I would recommend when it goes back up, and it will, you probably should pull your money out and put it in treasuries because this is what the stock market does. It goes up and it goes down. It goes boom. It goes bust. It goes bull. It goes bear, and I definitely have sympathy for people. However, it's either that or institutionalized getting ripped off, and Donald Trump decided to rip off the Band-Aid and make changes that I think in the end are going to be proven to be well thought out and beneficial for American workers and the American consumer.
But we'll find out. I'm sorry that some people like you are going through a little bit of pain now, but anybody that puts money in the stock market, know you're taking a risk. I appreciate your call.