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groundloop

(13,796 posts)
Tue Mar 17, 2026, 12:01 PM Tuesday

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 Tuesday OP
LEAST. The phrase is LEAST of our concerns. maxsolomon Tuesday #1
We are on SS and cam not even afford hamburger. Trueblue1968 Tuesday #12
But the reality is it's the last Akakoji Tuesday #13
Ahead of schedule? GenThePerservering Tuesday #2
Listen pal, it's not up to you to tell Americans City Lights Tuesday #3
It gets me he claims it's ahead of schedule... Hugin Tuesday #6
Exactly! Infuriating! nt City Lights Tuesday #7
He made a valid point, (as insane as it is)... It would be good for Americans to understand what he said... liberalla Tuesday #15
That sappy bastid can't convince anyone about anything. oasis Tuesday #4
He's only speaking to an audience of one... Hugin Tuesday #8
Just goes to show you Jilly_in_VA Tuesday #5
I'll cut him some slack on this. LuvLoogie Tuesday #9
Then forgo your salary to help out, you slimeball! OldBaldy1701E Tuesday #10
Wait! Wait! Don't tell me... GiqueCee Tuesday #11
Suck it up Americans and do what the Fuhrer demands! Wonder Why Tuesday #14

maxsolomon

(38,613 posts)
1. LEAST. The phrase is LEAST of our concerns.
Tue Mar 17, 2026, 12:16 PM
Tuesday

Gaslighting ignoramus.

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

Trueblue1968

(19,230 posts)
12. We are on SS and cam not even afford hamburger.
Tue Mar 17, 2026, 03:29 PM
Tuesday

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

(3,285 posts)
2. Ahead of schedule?
Tue Mar 17, 2026, 12:36 PM
Tuesday

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

City Lights

(25,756 posts)
3. Listen pal, it's not up to you to tell Americans
Tue Mar 17, 2026, 12:51 PM
Tuesday

what is most, or least concerning to them.

Wipe that smug smirk off your face, Kev.

Hugin

(37,824 posts)
6. It gets me he claims it's ahead of schedule...
Tue Mar 17, 2026, 12:58 PM
Tuesday

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

Pathetic.

liberalla

(11,070 posts)
15. He made a valid point, (as insane as it is)... It would be good for Americans to understand what he said...
Tue Mar 17, 2026, 06:02 PM
Tuesday

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!

Jilly_in_VA

(14,316 posts)
5. Just goes to show you
Tue Mar 17, 2026, 12:56 PM
Tuesday

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

LuvLoogie

(8,793 posts)
9. I'll cut him some slack on this.
Tue Mar 17, 2026, 02:24 PM
Tuesday

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

(11,042 posts)
10. Then forgo your salary to help out, you slimeball!
Tue Mar 17, 2026, 02:40 PM
Tuesday

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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