Video: Ex-TDS Victim Goes Off on Tariffs, Leaves Piers Morgan and Liberals Stunned

By: Kathy Sullivan, Political Correspondent

April 3, 2025

London, UK – Journalist Batya Ungar-Sargon, a self-described “MAGA lefty,” left Piers Morgan and his liberal panelists visibly stunned during a fiery monologue on Piers Morgan Uncensored Wednesday night, delivering a passionate defense of President Donald Trump’s tariff policies that’s now making waves across conservative circles. Ungar-Sargon, who admitted to once suffering from Trump Derangement Syndrome (TDS)—even avoiding her local bar in 2016 because of Trump voters—has undergone a dramatic conversion, and her latest appearance is a testament to her newfound allegiance to the working class over the elite.

The clip, shared on X by Ungar-Sargon herself (@bungarsargon) and viewed over 300,000 times, captures her unloading on the hypocrisy of the left’s tariff criticism while championing Trump’s economic nationalism. “We all agree on the problem,” she began, her voice brimming with conviction. “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.” She pointed to the unfair tariffs imposed on U.S. goods by other nations, a burden she argued the American middle class has borne for too long.

Ungar-Sargon then zeroed in on Trump’s reciprocal tariffs, set to take effect on April 2, 2025, which match the rates other countries charge the U.S. She defended the policy’s focus on Canada and Mexico, noting their failure to curb the fentanyl crisis and their role in siphoning manufacturing jobs from the U.S. “We have already seen these tariffs work, Piers,” she declared. “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.”

Her most blistering moment came when she turned her fire on Wall Street, a frequent target of Trump’s populist rhetoric. “How long is Wall Street gonna keep trying to punish this president for standing for the American working class?” she demanded. “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.” She noted Wall Street’s consistent support for Democrats over the past three election cycles, framing Trump as a lone warrior against the financial elite.

The panel, including liberal “Young Turks” host Cenk Uygur, sat in stunned silence as Ungar-Sargon spoke—a rarity for the typically contentious show. Piers Morgan himself appeared transfixed, refraining from his usual interruptions. On X, conservatives hailed her as a truth-teller. “Batya just spoke for every working American tired of being screwed over,” wrote @MAGAvoice2024. Another user, @PatriotPulse, added, “This is what real conversion looks like—someone who saw through the left’s lies and now fights for us.”

Video below:

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

Ungar-Sargon’s journey from TDS to MAGA is a powerful narrative for Trump supporters, who see her as proof that even progressives can be won over by the president’s America First agenda. Her takedown of Wall Street and defense of tariffs have given conservatives a new hero—and liberals a wake-up call they didn’t see coming.