{"id":1052766,"date":"2025-05-04T22:16:27","date_gmt":"2025-05-05T02:16:27","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/democrats.org\/?p=1052766"},"modified":"2025-05-04T22:16:27","modified_gmt":"2025-05-05T02:16:27","slug":"donald-trump-says-a-recession-is-okay-and-doesnt-know-if-he-should-uphold-the-constitution","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/democrats.org\/news\/donald-trump-says-a-recession-is-okay-and-doesnt-know-if-he-should-uphold-the-constitution\/","title":{"rendered":"Donald Trump Says a Recession is \u201cOkay\u201d and Doesn\u2019t Know if He Should Uphold the Constitution\u00a0"},"content":{"rendered":"\n
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In response to Donald Trump\u2019s disastrous Meet the Press appearance, <\/em>DNC Chair Ken Martin released the following statement: <\/em><\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n

\u201cNot only is Donald Trump skyrocketing costs and bringing the economy to the brink of recession, he\u2019s also launching dangerous attacks on the rule of law. When asked if he needs to uphold the Constitution, Trump\u2019s answer should be a resounding yes \u2014 not \u2018I don\u2019t know\u2019 coupled with illegal plots to send American citizens to foreign prisons. Trump is hurting the American people, and Democrats are laser-focused on holding him accountable.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Donald Trump said he\u2019s \u201cokay\u201d with a recession and admitted prices will go up under his disastrous economic agenda.<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n

Kristen Welker, NBC News<\/a>: \u201cIs it okay in the short term to have a recession?\u201d<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n

Donald Trump: \u201cLook, yeah.<\/strong> Everything\u2019s okay.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n

\u2026<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Welker<\/a>: \u201cAre you saying that your tariffs will cause some prices to go up? \u2026 You said some dolls are going to cost more \u2014\u201d<\/strong>  <\/p>\n\n\n\n

Trump: \u201cSure \u2014 \u201d <\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n

Welker: \u201cIsn\u2019t that an acknowledgement that some prices will go up?\u201d<\/strong> <\/p>\n\n\n\n

\u2026 <\/strong> <\/p>\n\n\n\n

Welker: \u201cWhen you say they could have three dolls instead of thirty dolls are you saying Americans could see empty store shelves?\u201d <\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n

Trump \u201cdo[es]n\u2019t know\u201d if he has to uphold the Constitution or if Americans have a right to due process.<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n

Welker<\/a>: \u201cBut even given those numbers that you\u2019re talking about, don\u2019t you need to uphold the Constitution of the United States as president?\u201d<\/strong> <\/p>\n\n\n\n

Trump: \u201cI don\u2019t know.\u201d<\/strong> <\/p>\n\n\n\n

Welker<\/a>: \u201cYour Secretary of State says everyone who\u2019s here<\/strong> \u2014 citizens and non-citizens \u2014 deserve due process. Do you agree?\u201d<\/strong> <\/p>\n\n\n\n

Trump: \u201cI don\u2019t know.\u201d<\/strong> <\/p>\n\n\n\n

\u2026<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Welker: \u201cWell the Fifth Amendment says as much.\u201d <\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

In response to Donald Trump\u2019s disastrous Meet the Press appearance, DNC Chair Ken Martin released the following statement:  \u201cNot only is Donald Trump skyrocketing costs and bringing the economy to the brink of recession, he\u2019s also launching dangerous attacks on the rule of law. When asked if he needs to uphold the Constitution, Trump\u2019s answer […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":292,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paid_content":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[1],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-1052766","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-press-release"],"acf":[],"yoast_head":"\nDonald Trump Says a Recession is \u201cOkay\u201d and Doesn\u2019t Know if He Should Uphold the Constitution\u00a0 - Democrats<\/title>\n<meta name=\"robots\" content=\"index, follow, max-snippet:-1, max-image-preview:large, max-video-preview:-1\" \/>\n<link rel=\"canonical\" href=\"https:\/\/democrats.org\/news\/donald-trump-says-a-recession-is-okay-and-doesnt-know-if-he-should-uphold-the-constitution\/\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:locale\" content=\"en_US\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:type\" content=\"article\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:site_name\" content=\"Democrats\" \/>\n<meta property=\"article:published_time\" content=\"2025-05-05T02:16:27+00:00\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:image\" content=\"https:\/\/democrats.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/01\/Black-Logo-White-Fill-For-Email.png?w=1024\" \/>\n<meta name=\"author\" content=\"Adrianna Tomasello\" \/>\n<meta name=\"twitter:card\" content=\"summary_large_image\" \/>\n<meta name=\"twitter:label1\" content=\"Written by\" \/>\n\t<meta name=\"twitter:data1\" content=\"Adrianna Tomasello\" \/>\n\t<meta name=\"twitter:label2\" content=\"Est. reading time\" \/>\n\t<meta name=\"twitter:data2\" content=\"2 minutes\" \/>\n<script type=\"application\/ld+json\" class=\"yoast-schema-graph\">{\"@context\":\"https:\/\/schema.org\",\"@graph\":[{\"@type\":\"WebPage\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/democrats.org\/news\/donald-trump-says-a-recession-is-okay-and-doesnt-know-if-he-should-uphold-the-constitution\/\",\"url\":\"https:\/\/democrats.org\/news\/donald-trump-says-a-recession-is-okay-and-doesnt-know-if-he-should-uphold-the-constitution\/\",\"name\":\"Donald Trump Says a Recession is \u201cOkay\u201d and Doesn\u2019t Know if He Should Uphold the Constitution\u00a0 - 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