‘I can’t believe you just said that’: CNN host clashes with conservative podcaster on air

CNN anchor Abby Phillip repeatedly sparred Friday night with a conservative podcast host during a tense debate over presidential tariff powers following the White House’s devastating Supreme Court loss.

The argument ignited when Anthony Esposito, who co-hosts the “Policy & Profits” podcast, dismissed the court’s conclusion that tariffs function as taxes.

“The president has the constitutional right to tariff, not to tax,” Esposito said. “A tax and a tariff – that’s semantics.”

That’s when Phillip immediately pushed back.