David Plouffe

So couldn't be scarier, even though it seems like it comes out of like a Veep episode.

Listen, the foreign policy, defense, geopolitical implications of this are important and should be talked about.

To the extent that I think Democrats and others are talking to real voters, they need to center this around the economy, I think.

This is dangerous for the world, so that's not good, but it's obviously dangerous for our economy.

What's interesting about Trump is,

I think in part because he's frustrated by his polling and frustrated by the view of the American people on the economy.

And the thing I've learned in politics as a view, which is the one thing you can never tell anybody is how they should think the economy is doing.

They're their own judge of that.

And they're judging it very negatively right now.

But Trump is obsessed with volatility.

He's obsessed with kind of dominating the news.

And as you said today, we get another verdict from those who want stability, who want the economy to be quieter, who want the world to be quieter.

So if anything, as you look at the rest of this year, what's most important is that Americans are going to experience more economic pain and harm.

To them, which is far more important than the politics.

But I think the politics are going to get worse and worse for Republicans because it's hard to believe that Trump's not going to continue to do things that cause real pain to the economy.

And the challenge for Democrats, I think, is since he's not on the ballot.

You've got to make each Republican running for office responsible for all of this, either because they're supporting it or they're not stopping it.

Like that to me is really, really important piece of the puzzle right here.

And I'm concerned that's not happening to the degree we need to happen, which is there should be no daylight between Trump and these House Republicans and Senate Republicans.

They are as responsible for everything that's happening as he is.