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groundloop

(13,791 posts)
Tue Mar 17, 2026, 12:01 PM 5 hrs ago

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

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/

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Hassett says consumer pain over Iran war 'the last of our concerns right now' (Original Post) groundloop 5 hrs ago OP
LEAST. The phrase is LEAST of our concerns. maxsolomon 4 hrs ago #1
We are on SS and cam not even afford hamburger. Trueblue1968 1 hr ago #12
Ahead of schedule? GenThePerservering 4 hrs ago #2
Listen pal, it's not up to you to tell Americans City Lights 4 hrs ago #3
It gets me he claims it's ahead of schedule... Hugin 4 hrs ago #6
Exactly! Infuriating! nt City Lights 4 hrs ago #7
That sappy bastid can't convince anyone about anything. oasis 4 hrs ago #4
He's only speaking to an audience of one... Hugin 4 hrs ago #8
Just goes to show you Jilly_in_VA 4 hrs ago #5
I'll cut him some slack on this. LuvLoogie 2 hrs ago #9
Then forgo your salary to help out, you slimeball! OldBaldy1701E 2 hrs ago #10
Wait! Wait! Don't tell me... GiqueCee 2 hrs ago #11

maxsolomon

(38,605 posts)
1. LEAST. The phrase is LEAST of our concerns.
Tue Mar 17, 2026, 12:16 PM
4 hrs ago

Gaslighting ignoramus.

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

Trueblue1968

(19,227 posts)
12. We are on SS and cam not even afford hamburger.
Tue Mar 17, 2026, 03:29 PM
1 hr ago

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 !!!

GenThePerservering

(3,284 posts)
2. Ahead of schedule?
Tue Mar 17, 2026, 12:36 PM
4 hrs ago

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

City Lights

(25,749 posts)
3. Listen pal, it's not up to you to tell Americans
Tue Mar 17, 2026, 12:51 PM
4 hrs ago

what is most, or least concerning to them.

Wipe that smug smirk off your face, Kev.

Hugin

(37,815 posts)
6. It gets me he claims it's ahead of schedule...
Tue Mar 17, 2026, 12:58 PM
4 hrs ago

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

Pathetic.

Jilly_in_VA

(14,311 posts)
5. Just goes to show you
Tue Mar 17, 2026, 12:56 PM
4 hrs ago

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

LuvLoogie

(8,786 posts)
9. I'll cut him some slack on this.
Tue Mar 17, 2026, 02:24 PM
2 hrs ago

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

(11,029 posts)
10. Then forgo your salary to help out, you slimeball!
Tue Mar 17, 2026, 02:40 PM
2 hrs ago

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.

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