‘Don’t Do It Scott!’ CNN Analyst Scolds Scott Jennings as He Complains ‘Everyone Yelling at Me’

CNN analyst Ashley Allison scolded fellow analyst Scott Jennings for complaining about everyone “yelling” at him during a discussion of President Donald Trump’s economic policies.

The stock market tanked after Trump’s tariffs took effect this week, leading to some whiplash-inducing shifts and setting the table for Friday’s jobs report — the first full month of employment data of Trump’s second term.

On Thursday’s edition of CNN NewsNight, Jennings was the focal point when he was asked about the vacillating and said “I trust the president to deal with Canada and Mexico.”

When Allison and Phillip followed up, he complained about being challenged in this fashion, and drew a flag from Allison:

PHILLIP: Maybe Thom Tillis is right. This was a retreat. I mean, he backed off. He absolutely backed off.

JENNINGS: There is no question that inside the Republican Party, there is some resistance to this. I mean, that’s just a fact. And there are issues particularly on trade issues where Trump is not an orthodox conservative. He didn’t run on it. He has been very open about it. Some of the party supports him. Some don’t. In my home state of Kentucky, both Mitch McConnell and Rand Paul, not often aligned on issues, are both against it. You hear this from some corners of the party, but I’m just — Donald Trump believes in this. And I suspect there is going to be some tariff strategy over the entire first term.

And the people —

PHILLIP: But, Scott, I hear what you’re saying Trump believes in, but do you think it’s a good idea?

ALLISON: Right? Yes, that’s my question.

JENNINGS: I trust the president to deal with Canada and Mexico.

PHILLIP: Okay. But do you think it’s a good idea to slap 25 percent tariffs on Canada and Mexico and then take them off and then put them back on and take them off?

ALLISON: And what happens in a year? What happens in a year? I’m curious from —

JENNINGS: Everybody yell at me! Then I’ll answer it.

ALLISON: Cut it out! Don’t do that to me!

JENNINGS: Everybody go and then I’ll answer.

ALLISON: Don’t do it, Scott! Don’t do it.

As your colleague and friend that we have these debates because we actually care about this country.

I am curious. Okay, if this is the strategy, but in six, we’ve been saying it’s only 40 days. What happens when it’s 40 months? Like what happens when the strategy hasn’t paid off? When is the intervention?

JENNINGS: That’s your prediction. Well, the interventions in American politics are elections. I mean, his whole economic strategy is not just tariffs. You’ve got the Congress working on the reconciliation package. You are going to try to see some cuts in federal spending, make permanent the tax cuts, changes in energy policy. In his mind, it all works together. And you know when you get a report card? At the next election.

Watch above via CNN NewsNight.