Former TDS Survivor Goes on Epic Rant About Tariffs on 'Piers Morgan,' Leaves Lefties Shellshocked

Journalist and author Batya Ungar-Sargon admits that she once succumbed to TDS—Trump Derangement Syndrome—and even stopped going to her local bar in 2016 because people there voted for Trump. But now, she’s had a conversion and describes herself as a "MAGA lefty."

I’m not one who refuses to accept those that have seen the light—there’s a plethora of progressives who are coming to the belated realization that the Democrats and the mainstream media have been gaslighting and brainwashing them for decades—and we should welcome them, not shun them (with caution, of course, because some of them are just sailing with the prevailing winds and have no core values whatsoever).

Ungar-Sargon delivered an epic monologue on Piers Morgan’s “Uncensored” show Wednesday night where she left liberal “Young Turks” host Cenk Uygur looking shell-shocked and speechless.

Watch:

Here's the truth about tariffs: For 60 years they destroyed the American working class to funnel money upwards into the pockets of the rich. Donald Trump is the first president in generations to tell Wall Street to screw itself—he's for the working men and women of this country. pic.twitter.com/sCZRFeITYh
— Batya Ungar-Sargon (@bungarsargon) April 3, 2025

The clip is long, but I encourage you to watch it all. Her passion is contagious, and I'll try to sum up some of the key moments. Piers Morgan and the other guests didn’t even interrupt her fiery speech because they looked absolutely transfixed:

But what I find so frustrating about the conversation around tariffs is that we all agree on the problem. We all agree that the de-industrialization of America led to the downward mobility of the American working class, depths of despair, people working multiple jobs and not being able to afford the American dream…
We all agree that it is deeply unfair for the American middle class to be bearing the burden of unfair tariffs from other countries...

But what's the point of these tariffs, and why are we coming down on our neighbors like Canada and Mexico? Because they're not stepping up to the plate on the fentanyl crisis and they're happily taking crucial manufacturing out of the U.S., she argued:

We have already seen these tariffs work, Piers; the number of people crossing the southern border is at zero. Fentanyl is at record lows... We have already seen $1.2 trillion in manufacturing invested in this country since January 21st. So they have already worked.

Then she unloaded on Wall St.:

Now, how long is Wall Street gonna keep trying to punish this president for standing for the American working class? I don't know, but I can tell you that the view from the street is people cannot believe that there is a president who is working for them, who is putting them first and telling Wall Street to go screw itself. Wall Street, which picked the Democrats for the last three election cycles in a row.

Bill Maher Asks Batya Ungar-Sargon If She Regrets Supporting Trump—She Levels Him in Response

Senior Advisor for the U.S. Agency for Global Media and fellow panelist Kari Lake liked what she saw:

Brava, Batya!
— Kari Lake (@KariLake) April 3, 2025

My favorite part of the whole exchange was watching the other panelists (not including Lake, who seemed appreciative of the hot take) glaze over as they realized they had no response.

Trump’s tariffs are a complicated issue, and much is unknown about the effect they will have. Ungar-Sargon, however, laid out one of the best arguments I have seen on the matter. She may be a former leftist, but she’s breathing “MAGA lefty” fire now.

Trump is fighting for America, and even formerly TDS-infected libs are taking notice.

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