Jessica Tarlov
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But it's really bad that he came out there swinging with the greatest hits, and there was not one moment of, I feel your pain, we have more work to do, et cetera.
And for swing voters, independents, left-leaning moderatesβ
moderate Republicans, etc., all the people that are bringing his approval rating down into the high 30s, they didn't get anything out of this.
There was very few new policies that he announced.
I mean, he went over the Trump savings account, which we already knew about, talking about, you know, Michael Dell's investment, etc.
He talked about Trump Rx.
which is not nearly what he says it is.
He had this new thing that I hadn't heard about with the retirement savings accounts, but that actually is a program that was implemented in 2022 that they're planning on just tweaking.
So there was no, you know, sorry, I should say no tax on tips was in there, no tax on, you know,
Social Security, but really that's just like a $6,000 credit for seniors that expires in 2028.
You know, the fine print obviously tells the details of all this.
Democrats, the DNC had the best fundraising day of the cycle, third best of all time with all digital ads created around the State of the Union.
I don't think
the state of play changes as a result of this.
But it is very clear that Donald Trump is not capable of listening to his strategists, which I think is a very good thing for Democrats.
I want to ask you about the market, because he talked about, you know, the Dow hitting 50,000, Pam Bondi's favorite line.
But the rest of the world, their market is doing better than...
Ours.
But we never talk about that.
It's just New Zealand and Denmark below us.