Charles Payne GOES OFF on media pearl clutching over tariffs: ‘This system is unsustainable!’

Fox Business Network financial journalist Charles Payne blasted the anti-Trump media for its biased coverage of tariffs, detailing the shortcomings of the current system that he insisted is “unsustainable.”

The host of Fox’s “Making Money with Charles Payne” reminded all that President Donald J. Trump is currently doing what he told voters he would do.

“President Trump ran on tariffs. What we just saw was a president who did what he said he was going to do,” Payne explained. “Every single day the media said Trump is running on tariffs, and people say we know that. Trump is running on bringing back manufacturing. People said we know that, and they went and pulled the lever for him.”

Charles Payne on Fox News just dropped a truth bomb so hot, it could melt a globalist’s snowflake heart! He’s fed up with other countries mooching off us while they stack their cash. I punched my ballot for Trump’s trade genius—dude’s out here keeping promises like a MAGA Santa… pic.twitter.com/e7E8QGfA82

— GABRIEL (@TheGabriel72) April 3, 2025

“This is mind-boggling to me that the media is focused on pain, pain, pain. Listen to me, I heard someone earlier today on another network say that countries send us wine, cheese, and Mercedes, and we give them a piece of paper as if like we’re getting the better end of the bargain,” he said. “People sweat, they work hard, they sacrifice families. Families are broken up. People commit crimes for this piece of paper. It represents an investment, our life, our energy.

“It represents a lot. So we send it over and we get all this plastic crap on this table. You know how that money comes back to this country? They buy this building. They buy our farms,” Payne continued. “This system is unsustainable. It’s unsustainable. We have to figure it out.”

Dwelling on the imbalance, Payne detailed the consequences for Americans under the guise of patriotism.

“And unfortunately, I hear on our network and a lot of networks that somehow we all want a good GDP,” he said. “We all want a good economy, but does it have to come at the expense — is it patriotic to always stay in debt? Is it patriotic to spend my entire paycheck so that the economy is good? Is it patriotic so my kids can’t afford to go to college?”

“I don’t have a retirement. I don’t have a decent home. Is that patriotic?” Payne concluded. “Is our patriotism tied to Wall Street or should it be tied to our own personal ability to achieve the American dream? We need to rethink all of this.”

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