‘You Can’t Get So Freaked Out’: Jesse Watters Triggers Democrat Strategist By Telling Her Not To Panic On Tariffs

Fox News host Jesse Watters triggered Democrat strategist and fellow co-host Jessica Tarlov on Wednesday after telling her not to panic over tariffs and quoting President Donald Trump.

Arguments over Trump’s reciprocal tariffs against an estimated 60 countries broke out after he announced the “Liberation Day” move on April 2, causing the stock market to take a nosedive for two days straight. On “The Five,” Tarlov said that while Trump has put a 90-day pause on the reciprocal tariffs, except for China’s, the baseline 10% tariffs will “jack up prices.”

“You have people from small business owners to huge investors that were backing Donald Trump in the election, very publicly coming out and saying that what he’s doing is crazy,” Tarlov said.

“I can’t use the expletive that Ken Langone, for instance, used, but I think that he knows what’s going to be good for Main Street when you have Walmart coming out and say they can’t even do their normal economic forecasting because of the impact of these tariffs. That’s why it’s so important to note the fact that he took off some of the retaliatory tariffs, but he still has this 10% baseline tariff, which will jack up prices,” Tarlov added.

Fellow co-host Judge Jeanine Pirro jumped in and pushed back against Tarlov. The Democrat strategist conceded that while the stock market was down, it had a “rebound day” on Tuesday. Pirro then pivoted to Watters, asking for his thoughts.

“She’s just a panicin’. You heard what he said, ‘Sit back and be cool,’ Jessica,” Watters said. “You can’t get so freaked out.”

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