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Trump speaks with 'Meet the Press' about tariffs raising prices, revenge prosecutions

Dec 08, 2024 View Original Article
  • Bias Rating

    50% Medium Conservative

  • Reliability

    75% ReliableGood

  • Policy Leaning

    50% Medium Conservative

  • Politician Portrayal

    -34% Negative

Bias Score Analysis

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Contributing sentiments towards policy:

57% : "All I want to do is I want to have a level, fast, but fair playing field," Trump said.
55% : Trump confirmed his plan to pardon supporters who were convicted for their roles in the riot, saying he would take that action on his first day in office.
40% : I can't guarantee tomorrow," Trump said, seeming to open the door to accepting the reality of how import levies typically work as goods reach the retail market.
38% : In the interview, Trump defended tariffs generally, saying that tariffs are "going to make us rich.
36% : As for the idea of revenge driving potential prosecutions, Trump said: "I have the absolute right.
36% : But at another point, Trump said he would leave the matter up to Pam Bondi, his pick as attorney general.
32% : Trump often mixed declarative statements with caveats, at one point cautioning "things do change.
26% : "Honestly, they should go to jail," Trump said of members of Congress who investigated the Capitol riot by his supporters who wanted him to remain in power.
22% : "A look at some of the issues covered:Trump has threatened broad trade penalties, but said he didn't believe economists' predictions that added costs on those imported goods for American companies would lead to higher domestic prices for consumers.
20% : "At the same time, Trump singled out lawmakers on a special House committee who had investigated the insurrection, citing Rep. Bennie Thompson, D-Miss., and former Rep. Liz Cheney, R-Wyo."Cheney was behind it ... so was Bennie Thompson and everybody on that committee," Trump said.
11% : Trump did seemingly back off his campaign rhetoric calling for Biden to be investigated, saying, "I'm not looking to go back into the past."

*Our bias meter rating uses data science including sentiment analysis, machine learning and our proprietary algorithm for determining biases in news articles. Bias scores are on a scale of -100% to 100% with higher negative scores being more liberal and higher positive scores being more conservative, and 0% being neutral. The rating is an independent analysis and is not affiliated nor sponsored by the news source or any other organization.

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