'Really big political problem for the White House': GOP pollster delivers stark warning to Trump

Republican pollster Kristen Soltis Anderson on Sunday warned President Donald Trump and his Republican allies about the impact of the president’s tariffs on the GOP, telling CNN’s Jake Tapper the White House could face a “really big political problem” if the president’s policies don’t pan out in the long term.

Tapper asked a “State of the Union” panel about the president being “OK” with a short term recession after Trump told NBC News’ Kristen Welker the U.S. is “in a transition period.”

“What would you advise talking to voters as you do?” Tapper asked Anderson.

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“I would advise keeping the focus on the benefits, and I really think that it's important for this White House to — whatever they're negotiating — land on something that short term pain is not going to be that painful," Anderson replied. "You know, people do want to see manufacturing come back to the U.S. They do want to see cost of living go down. They do want to see America make more things and make great things, and that's all fine.”

“Then keep the focus on that, because right now, in the short term, if we get to Christmas and kids have fewer toys, but the factory down the street hasn't reopened, that does create a really big political problem for the White House,” she added.

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