Perspective with Ryan Bridge: Barbara Edmonds and Labour were wrong about the tariffs

Trump's tariff backdown proves that Nicola was right and Barbara was wrong.

Willis took the cool, calm, collected approach. Take advice, watch closely, don't react with haste, don't spook the horses even more. Trump's already doing that.

Barbara Edmonds and Labour were hitting the panic alarm - firing off a press release yesterday saying that this is a crisis and that we need to up spending. Borrow more. Bigger Government will save the day. Which is nuts. Premature and nuts.

Barbara came on this show last night and said Willis was sitting on her hands while the world crumbled around her.

Earlier in the week, Hipkins said we needed to stand up to Trump a bit more - how's that working out for China?

The last thing we need is self-serving politicians, or former politicians in the form of Phil Goff, grandstanding for their bash-the-bully-moment on television.

This is the time for quiet diplomacy. It's time for your Winstons' and Rosemary Banks types - she's our Ambassador to Washington - get them out there.

The bigger problem for Labour and the way they've reacted so far is that it reminds us why we didn't like them in the first place.

When Covid hit they doled out the cash. They couldn't give it away fast enough. Grant spent from the country's purse like a housewife on holiday.

And Barb - she wants her time with the Visa. Right when our Government debt is about to hit 46 percent of GDP - remember, it was 20 percent pre-Labour - and right when we're getting closer to at least balancing the Government books.

This is a timely reminder from Labour that their fundamentals haven't changed.

When a crisis comes, when storm clouds gather, their go-to plan is to make it rain cash.

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Episode Transcript

Speaker 1 (00:00):
Trump's tariff back down. If that's what you want to
call it, and I know there'll be many definitions, but
that's what I'm calling It proves that Nikola was right
and Barbara yesterday was wrong. Willis took the cool, calm,
collected approach. Take some advice. Watch closely, don't react with haste,
don't spook the horses even more. Trump's already doing that. Barbara,

(00:22):
Edmonds and Labor were hitting the panicol arm yesterday afternoon,
firing off a press release. This is a crisis. We
need to up spending, read between the lines, borrow more.
Bigger government will save the day, which is of course nuts,
premature and nuts. Barbara came on this show last night
and said Willis was sitting on her hands while basically

(00:43):
the world crumbled around her. Earlier in the week, Hipkins
said we needed to stand up to Trump a bit more.
How's that working out for China. The last thing we
need is self serving politicians or former politicians in the
form of Phil goth grand standing for their bash the
bully moment on television. This is the time for quiet diplomacy.

(01:05):
It's time for your Winston's and your Rosemary Banks she's
our ambassador to Washington. Get them out there. The bigger
problem for Labor and the way that they've so far reacted,
is that it reminds us why we didn't like them
in the first place. When COVID hit, they doled out
the cash, couldn't get it out the door fast enough.
You know, stay home, save lives, do yoga. We'll pay

(01:28):
for your yoga mat grants spent from the country's purse
like a housewife on holiday. And Barb she wants her
time with the visa. Right when our government dead is
about to hit forty six percent of GDP, remember it
was twenty pre labor, Right when we're getting closer to
at least balancing the government books. This is a timely

(01:49):
reminder from Labor that their fundamentals haven't changed. When a
crisis comes, when the storm clouds gather, their go to
plan is to make it rain. Cash for more from
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