Why Trump is suddenly fixated on how many dolls kids should have
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The president wants to make two things clear: His tariffs are the most important reordering of global trade the world has ever seen. And his tariffs are not that big of a deal, if you’re man enough.
The president wants to make two things clear: His tariffs are the most important reordering of global trade the world has ever seen. And his tariffs are not that big of a deal, if you’re man enough. It’s just one of the many manosphere-coded talking points coming out of the White House and its right-wing media fans to defend radical tariffs that Trump claims will revive rugged, traditionally male-dominated jobs in factories. Treasury Secretary Scott Bessent, between rounds of congressional testimony, went on Fox News — where hosts have spun Trump’s tariffs as the “ultimate testosterone boost” — to reiterate Trump’s suddenly very pronounced opinions about the appropriate number of toys children should have. Trump probably wasn’t supposed to admit on camera that his signature economic policy would cause prices to go up. But rather than spin it, Trump and Co. have doubled down. “All I’m saying is that a young lady, a 10-year-old girl, 9-year-old girl, 15-year-old girl, doesn’t need 37 dolls,” Trump told reporters aboard Air Force One on Sunday. Earlier, he told NBC News’ Kristen Welker: “I don’t think that a beautiful baby girl needs — that’s 11 years old — needs to have 30 dolls. I think they can have three dolls or four dolls because what we were doing with China was just unbelievable.” But the administration’s emphasis on toys for girls is no gaffe. It is an attempt at misdirection that’s squarely in line with the MAGA right’s obsession with traditional, binary gender expressions.
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