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Comedian Bill Maher poked fun at President Trump’s use of dolls to illustrate the need for families to avoid overconsumption as the administration navigates an uneven economic climate fueled by ...
When President Donald Trump mused that “maybe the children will have two dolls instead of 30 dolls, you know?” it wasn’t a deeply developed critique of late capitalism, or a sly nod to ...
Treasury Department Secretary Scott Bessent leaned into President Trump’s doll analogy in remarks about economic uncertainty Tuesday, arguing a young girl with fewer dolls this Christmas could ...
Last week the president explained the effects of the tariffs by using the price of dolls going up as an example: “Maybe the children will have two dolls instead of 30 dolls, you know?
With President Trump warning that his tariff policy may cause the price of toys to spike, a Barbie with swimsuit accessories that cost $10.49 on April 16 is now selling at Target for $14.99 ...
For more than a week, the issue of doll prices, doll shortages, and, most crucially, doll-ownership expectations has come up again and again. Are toy dolls some kind of universally applicable ...
Reporter Comedian Bill Maher tore into President Donald Trump over his remark that little girls can make do with “two dolls, instead of 30 dolls.” “Yes, that’s our dealmaker-in-chief ...
Lately, the president's wandering ire has found another rhetorical poster child: toy dolls. Trump asserted that children will be fine having two dolls — perhaps three or five — instead of 30 ...
WASHINGTON ― First it was fewer dolls. Now it's fewer pencils. President Donald Trump reiterated his view that American children don't need so many personal possessions ‒ pencils were his ...
President Donald Trump responded to this last week by saying girls will just have to learn to muddle through with two dolls instead of 30. I’m going to admit, this made me twitchy. When I was 9 ...