‘Come On, Jessica’: Fox Panelists Tear Into Dem Over Trump’s Tariffs, Say They’ll Benefit Americans

“The Five” Fox panelists Jesse Watters and Judge Jeanine Pirro stopped Democratic strategist Jessica Tarlov Tuesday evening and said that President Donald Trump’s tariffs on Canada will benefit Americans after Tarlov said they are “destroying” America.

Trump took to Truth Social Tuesday to announce a new wave of tariffs against Canada, doubling the previously announced 25% Canadian tariff on steel and aluminum, set to take effect Wednesday. On “The Five,” Tarlov argued against the tariffs, saying the Republican spending bill will add “$7 trillion to the deficit.”

“Even the strongest allies of the president don’t like these tariffs. They might think it’s possible to use them, smaller levels, 5%, 10%, but the tariff whiplash is destroying us. You look at the market tanking. I thought Peter Doocy had a great point earlier on today, our very own Peter Doocy, where he said, ‘They want federal workers to take the buyout,’” Tarlov said. “They want them to retire, but they’re sinking their retirement accounts.”

On Wednesday, as Tarlov said, an Associated Press reporter asked White House Press Secretary Karoline Leavitt if she had “ever paid a tariff” before.

“Then she went Trumpian. She goes, ‘I think it’s insulting that you’re trying to test my knowledge on economics.’ I’ll test your knowledge on economics, Jesse . Are tariffs a tax on the American consumer?” Tarlov asked.

“If you have a tariff on a product, Jessica, what that does is it makes American workers richer because then you buy American,” Watters said. “You bring American plants back to this country. That’s the point, and every president has done it. It’s usually resulted in bringing jobs back.”