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National Economic Council Director Kevin Hassett Speaks to Jake Tapper about Trump's Tariffs, Apr. 13, 2025

April 13, 2025 · Forbes Breaking News · 0:12:36

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What happened

In the full interview carried by Forbes Breaking News, White House National Economic Council Director Kevin Hassett speaks to CNN’s Jake Tapper about President Trump’s tariff policies, according to the channel’s description of the Sunday appearance.

The interview places the administration’s tariff case before a Sunday-show audience through its National Economic Council director, in the weeks after the tariff program’s rollout, as the segment is framed. Hassett appears as the administration’s economic spokesman for the policy, answering Tapper’s questions on the tariffs’ rationale and effects, as the broadcast presents the exchange.

Why it matters

The appearance is part of the administration’s Sunday-show defense of the tariff program, carried by its top economic adviser rather than a trade official.

Sources: Forbes Breaking News, “National Economic Council Director Kevin Hassett Speaks to Jake Tapper about Trump’s Tariffs, Apr. 13, 2025”, 2025-04-13 (official upload, embedded above; published 2025-04-13). Transcript via Supadata (private research store, paraphrased and attributed, not republished). All figures and characterizations as stated by the speakers.