'Americans love bananas': Dean highlights consumer costs of Trump’s trade plan, uses banana in heated exchange
Friday, 6 June 2025 () During a House Appropriations committee meeting, Representative Madeleine Dean challenged US commerce secretary Howard Lutnick's defense of President Trump's tariff proposals using a banana as an example. Dean highlighted the rising cost of bananas for American consumers due to tariffs, emphasizing that not all products can be produced domestically and stressing the importance of trade stability.
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