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Girls Need to Be Told Having Fewer Dolls a Good Thing: White House
https://www.newsweek.com/bessent-girls-need-told-fewer-dolls-good-thing-2068956
Treasury Secretary Scott Bessent has defended President Donald Trump's comments that children may have fewer toys this Christmas, arguing that they should take solace in the administration's efforts to create a stronger economy in the long term.
"I would tell that young girl that you will have a better life than your parents," Bessent told Fox News on Tuesday. "That you and your family, thanks to President Trump, can now be confident again that you will have a better life than your parents, which working-class Americans had abandoned that idea."
As a result of Trump's tariffs on Chinese imports, transpacific shipments have declined in recent weeks, with port authorities warning this trend could affect shopping throughout the year and raise costs for consumers.
The toy industry in particular, given its outsize reliance on Chinese imports, has expressed concern that should the tariffs remain in place, shoppers could face significantly higher costs and product shortages as far off as Christmas.
https://www.newsweek.com/bessent-girls-need-told-fewer-dolls-good-thing-2068956
Treasury Secretary Scott Bessent has defended President Donald Trump's comments that children may have fewer toys this Christmas, arguing that they should take solace in the administration's efforts to create a stronger economy in the long term.
"I would tell that young girl that you will have a better life than your parents," Bessent told Fox News on Tuesday. "That you and your family, thanks to President Trump, can now be confident again that you will have a better life than your parents, which working-class Americans had abandoned that idea."
As a result of Trump's tariffs on Chinese imports, transpacific shipments have declined in recent weeks, with port authorities warning this trend could affect shopping throughout the year and raise costs for consumers.
The toy industry in particular, given its outsize reliance on Chinese imports, has expressed concern that should the tariffs remain in place, shoppers could face significantly higher costs and product shortages as far off as Christmas.
