WHAT the actual F*CK? Hassett equates people spending more on "EVERYTHING" with their "optimism about the future"

[Miles Archer]

Aaron Rupar

‪@atrupar.com‬
Hassett: "People are spending more on gas, but they're also spending more on everything else -- not just groceries, but restaurants and so on. I think that's a sign you see when people are optimistic about the future."

Hassett: "People are spending more on gas, but they're also spending more on everything else -- not just groceries, but restaurants and so on. I think that's a sign you see when people are optimistic about the future."

— Aaron Rupar (@atrupar.com) 2026-05-31T15:24:18.844Z

[no_hypocrisy]

1. Going into debt is pessimism.

[Ocelot II]

2. People are spending more on everything because everything costs more, you moron.

[Bettie]

3. Most of these guys are

devoid of common sense and basic reasoning.

[hermetic]

4. What an idiot.

He also said that the economic harm inflicted on American consumers from the Iran war was “the last of our concerns right now."

[Ritabert]

5. Of all the idiots in this administration this guy's right up there

[Intractable]

6. I don't know if Hassett is an actual idiot, but for sure, that's what he thinks of the Fox audience.