Trump's Selective Hearing: The Impact and the Outrage
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What are Trump's comments on deporting American citizens?
Okay, the first thing I should tell you tonight is that House Democratic Leader Hakeem Jeffries is standing by. I'm going to talk to him in just a few minutes. There's always a lot to talk with him about, but tonight the list is very, especially long. I mean, for starters, today Donald Trump made his most explicit comments yet about his openness to deporting American citizens. And yes, his intention is to scare you. And yeah, the things he's saying are scary. I'm not going to minimize that. But his comments are also a reminder that aspiring dictators, of which he is one, who threaten to deport their own citizens, are not speaking from a position of strength. They are speaking from a position of weakness. And the cracks are showing all over the place right now.
And so tonight, I actually wanted to start in one of the places where the cracks are the biggest and most obvious. And that's the economy, where Trump's on-again, off-again tariffs have everyone from conservative Republicans to Wall Street billionaires to even rural farmers saying, what in the world is that guy doing? And we're seeing that sentiment very clearly in the polls, too.
How are Trump's tariffs affecting the economy?
I mean, in a new CBS YouGov poll that was released just yesterday, a majority of Americans said the economy is getting worse. And a growing number of Americans say Trump's policies are making them financially worse off. You can see the chart on the screen right now and you can see it shows a seven point jump on that question from just last month. The majority of Americans are also against Trump's tariff and trade policy. But the news gets even worse for Trump. Get a load of this. When the people in this poll were asked who would benefit most from Trump's tariffs, three-quarters of Americans said the wealthy, and 71% said large corporations. I think everybody knows how popular the wealthy and large corporations are. Not very popular at all.
Just imagine how well it's going to sit with the majority of Americans when Congress returns in May, just in a couple weeks, and focuses all their time on cutting taxes for the wealthy and large corporations, which is what they're going to do. But the upshot is this. Trump is underwater. He's losing popularity faster than any new president has in recent history, other than, well, of course, Donald Trump in 2017. But it's really not a mystery as to why. I mean, weirdly, not much has changed since James Carville proclaimed that one of the core messages for a presidential campaign was, it's the economy, stupid. And right now, Trump's actions have created an enormous amount of confusion and instability in the economy. I mean, he single-handedly issued a decree that Chinese imports will get tariffs of 20%. Wait, no, 104%. No, 125. Hang on. Now it's 145%. Oh, but smartphones and computers are exempt, at least for now. You can't make plans around that. No one can.
Whether you're putting together a household budget or a business plan for a small business or a huge company. And some of the sectors that are being hit the hardest are the ones that elected him to begin with. Sectors like farmers in North Carolina. I mean, this was in the Washington Post this morning. Quote, midway through the spring planting season, farmers in a state whose electoral votes went to Trump in the past three elections are struggling with the unpredictability of his tariffs, which threaten their access to foreign markets and add a heavy dose of uncertainty to an already capricious undertaking. Should they plant more soybeans? Well, most of that crop gets sold to China. But maybe not now, I guess. Whenever you do to plant now, you have to hope Trump doesn't kill the foreign market for that crop before you harvest in a few months. That's how they have to plan, just like any business. It's that kind of uncertainty that has absolutely pounded the stock market, a huge number of industries, and also Americans' 401k accounts.
But here is another thing that stuck out to me about the complete mismanagement of all of this by the Trump administration. They seem to be a state in some sort of a state of aloof denial about the impact this chaos and uncertainty is having on real people. I mean, remember, according to Trump's treasury secretary, nobody's paying any attention out there.
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Chapters
8 chapters
1
What are Trump's comments on deporting American citizens?
0:09–1:14
2
How are Trump's tariffs affecting the economy?
1:14–9:40
3
What is the story of Kilmar Abrego Garcia?
9:40–10:53
4
How is the Supreme Court involved in Garcia's deportation?
10:53–23:23
5
What actions are Congress members taking regarding Garcia?
23:23
6
What are the implications of Trump's immigration policies?
19:57–30:41
7
How is the economy influencing public sentiment?
30:41–32:56
8
What are the Democrats' plans to protect Social Security?
32:56–42:06
Speakers
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