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Kellyanne Conway Delivers Message To ‘Free Market Friends’ Who Said ‘Sky Was Falling’ Over Trump Tariffs

Kellyanne Conway Delivers Message To 'Free Market Friends' Who Said 'Sky Was Falling' Over Trump Tariffs (Screenshot/Fox Business)

Kellyanne Conway delivered a message on Fox Business Tuesday to Trump-aligned business elites and free-market conservatives who warned his tariff policies would tank the economy.

Treasury Secretary Scott Bessent said Sunday that the United States has made significant headway in its talks with China, marking the first round of discussions since President Donald Trump imposed reciprocal tariffs on several nations in April. During an appearance on “Kudlow,” Conway blasted people who panicked over Trump’s trade wars and short-term market volatility.

“Part of his delegation just left Saudi to go to Turkey to try to get peace with Ukraine and Russia. He’s doing all things at once. And Larry, it wasn’t just the Democrats who pushed back on President Trump and predicted gloom and doom,” Conway told Larry Kudlow. “May I just say, a lot of those were free market friends. A lot of those were people who voted for Trump. A lot of those were people who gave a million dollars to, you know, cozy up to him at the inauguration.”

Trump is spending the week in the Middle East, aiming to secure a series of economic and business agreements as he works to strengthen ties with key Gulf allies early in his second term. The trip includes stops in Saudi Arabia, the United Arab Emirates, and Qatar, where Trump is expected to pursue major investments and strategic partnerships.

Conway contrasted the skepticism of the elite with the faith shown by working-class Americans who, she said, stood by Trump when it counted.

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“And all he said was ‘Be patient. There’s going to be a little bit of pain for long-term gain.’ You know who gave President Trump space and grace? The people. The welders, the carpenters, the mechanics, the hairdressers, the folks who manicure your nails and your lawns,” Conway said. “They said ‘You know what? He’s going to rebuild this economy so it works for all of us. And that’s going to take time because, let’s face it, it took decades of globalization and our wealth and our jobs being shipped legally overseas to get us into this mess.'”

Conway’s remarks come as Trump doubles down on his second-term economic agenda, using tariffs as leverage to bring manufacturing back home and recalibrate global trade.

“Here’s my message to all the chicken littles. The sky was falling and all the little chickens who couldn’t take a risk along with President Trump. And here’s the other thing that a lot of people will tell you, Larry, that we had inflation all four years of Biden-Harris, and we didn’t have these tariffs,” Conway said. “We had gas and groceries up, up, up all four years. That became a leading early indicator of the failure that was the Biden economy. And then you look at what they did with fossil fuels. Then you look at what they did with the border.”

Conway also blasted Democrats for continuing to attack Trump on immigration despite major drops in illegal border crossings under his policies.

“And why the Democrats, Larry, are now still attacking Donald Trump on the border. His signature top issue in everybody’s polling where the border is closed, the crossings are way down. And they insist on going to Newark and protesting instead of going to Newark Airport and doing what our Transportation Secretary Sean Duffy is doing and saying ‘Look in our backyard here in Newark. We want to make sure that it’s safe and efficient travel for all [and] that we have confidence in the competence of the system,'” Conway added.

Newark Liberty International Airport experienced another radar and communications outage early Friday, prompting renewed concerns about aviation safety and reliability. Duffy unveiled a plan to modernize the nation’s air traffic control system, aiming to reduce delays and enhance flight safety.

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