Fox host dismisses small businesses struggling with tariffs: “It's projected pain”
Brian Kilmeade: “We are talking about something that happened four days ago”
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From the April 15, 2025, edition of Fox News' Fox & Friends
STEVE DOOCY (CO-HOST): In talking, Lawrence, you made a good point. There is going to be some pain because of a variety of reasons. But we know big multinational companies like Boeing, and the car companies, they've got plans to weather it. The New York Post today, their cover story is “Mr. Trump, save my business.” And what it talks about is how many mom and pop shops across the United States, are in really big trouble. Small businesses account for one-third of all American imports. All the stuff comes into the country goes to small businesses. And right now, a lot of the small businesses are having to either lay off people, or hike their prices, or close. And they are just not equipped. So the Post highlights a bunch of small businesses that are on the verge of going under. And it —
BRIAN KILMEADE (CO-HOST): After a week?
DOOCY: Well, after a while. The New York Post, the editorial says, “Mr. President, be careful, because you are well insulated from the financial shocks. They have no clue about how the surcharges are clobbering small business charges and patrons.” So while a big company has big pockets, it's the people living paycheck to paycheck as a small business operator that are really feeling the pain. A lot of them voted for Trump, a lot of them want the tariffs to work, but right now it just hurts.
KILMEADE: But it's projected pain, because we are talking about something that happened four days ago. You know, one week ago. Or, you know, depending on, as the president phases other things in. The other thing is the president is doing exactly what he said he was going to do. He said he's going to reconfigure all these relationships, he said 10 came in with strong deals yesterday. Also that big story about Nvidia, Lawrence, with the chipmaker announced it would produce super computers for artificial intelligence entirely in the U.S. That might be the No. 1 company in the world.