Hassett says consumer pain over Iran war 'the last of our concerns right now'

[groundloop]

Source: The Hill

National Economic Council Director Kevin Hassett on Tuesday said that the economic toll that American consumers are feeling as a result of the U.S.-Israeli conflict with Iran is “the last of our concerns right now.”

“The fact is that the U.S. economy is fundamentally sound and that if it were to be extended, it wouldn’t really disrupt the U.S. economy very much at all,” Hassett told CNBC’s Becky Quick on “Squawk Box.”

“It would hurt consumers and we’d have to think about if that continued what we would have to do about that,” he continued. “But that’s the like, really the last of our concerns right now because we’re very confident that this thing is going ahead of schedule.”

Hassett’s remarks come amid a spike in prices on goods ranging from oil and gas to fertilizer following the closure of the Strait of Hormuz. The national average for gas prices in the U.S. reached $3.79 as of Tuesday morning, an 11-cent hike from Saturday morning, according to data from AAA.

Read more: https://thehill.com/homenews/administration/5787473-kevin-hassett-iran-war-consumer-pain/

[maxsolomon]

1. LEAST. The phrase is LEAST of our concerns.

Gaslighting ignoramus.

Trotting out economic apparatchiks to comment on the military status of a conflict. It should be Generals, Admirals...

[Trueblue1968]

12. We are on SS and cam not even afford hamburger.

I hate that man !!!!! Evil POS politicians !!!!! Deport GOPigs to the moon. DonOLD Rump can be king of the moon. That is if the aliens will let him !!!

[Akakoji]

13. But the reality is it's the last

Thing they actually care about.

[GenThePerservering]

2. Ahead of schedule?

WHAT schedule? Trump is begging for anyone else to bail him out of this quagmire.

[City Lights]

3. Listen pal, it's not up to you to tell Americans

what is most, or least concerning to them.

Wipe that smug smirk off your face, Kev.

[Hugin]

6. It gets me he claims it's ahead of schedule...

Which implies that there's a plan. When clearly there has never been a plan.

Pathetic.

[City Lights]

7. Exactly! Infuriating! nt

[liberalla]

15. He made a valid point, (as insane as it is)... It would be good for Americans to understand what he said...

He openly admitted financial pain to customers Is the last of their concern... but it's not the least of our concern.

The administration's priorities or concerns, are cloaked in secrecy.

It would be beneficial to understand what they view as their top concern ** since the cost to consumers is their last, or lowest concern.

( !!! )





...
I admit there could possibly be a priority more important than cost, but FFS -- tell us what it is!

[oasis]

4. That sappy bastid can't convince anyone about anything.

[Hugin]

8. He's only speaking to an audience of one...

Telling him what a good boy he is.

[Jilly_in_VA]

5. Just goes to show you

that RepubliKKKans don't give a flying fuck about YOU, the ordinary person in the street or the grocery store.....

[LuvLoogie]

9. I'll cut him some slack on this.

He could be thinking in relation to their upcoming trials at The Hague. Or the Vortex of Depravity that is trump's mental state. Or the Epstein Files.

[OldBaldy1701E]

10. Then forgo your salary to help out, you slimeball!

You don't need it. Neither does anyone else in your wealth-bloated administration.

Since it is the least of our concerns, I mean...

Spoiled, narcissistic, rich people are such assholes.

[GiqueCee]

11. Wait! Wait! Don't tell me...

... he's a Republican, right? I fuckin' knew it!

[Wonder Why]

14. Suck it up Americans and do what the Fuhrer demands!