CNN Anchor Confronts Trump Econ Chief With Searing Slam From Right-Wing Pundit

Tommy Christopher Aug 27th, 2025, 12:00 pm

CNN anchor John Berman confronted White House National Economic Council Director Kevin Hassett on Wednesday with a blistering slam from conservative pundit Bret Stephens .

Stephens is among a raft of conservative figures who have torched President Donald Trump over the federal government’s purchase of 10% of Intel and similar such plans. Trump has lashed out at critics of the deal as “stupid people.”

On Wednesday’s edition of CNN News Central , Berman read off a sampling of Stephens’s piece — entitled “ Donald Trump’s Assault on Capitalism ” — which Hassett called “a real overreaction”:

JOHN BERMAN: You know what the criticism is of all

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