Rep. Goldman: This Is a ‘Get Rich Quick and Get Out of Jail Free’ Presidency

Wallace: “And it feels like that isn’t lost on the American people. And the second Trump presidency seems so distinct from the first in the indifference to the suffering of all Americans. I was talking to Basil Smikle in the last conversation about Trump’s at least pretend efforts to buffer his own, who he perceived to be his people or his voters, from his policies and practices. In the second Trump presidency, his policies almost indiscriminately target the kinds of people he pretended to speak directly to throughout his entire political ascent. Why do you think that is?”

Goldman: “Because he’s not running again. He lied to the American people. He promised the American people that he was going to help middle class Americans. He was going to lower the price of eggs. He was going to lower costs. Since he came in six weeks ago, all he has done is hiked costs. Eggs are up 15 percent. Inflation is up. Gas is up. And now he’s putting tariffs on our allies, our close trading partners, which is going to increase prices even more. Prescription drug prices. He undid all of the benefits that President Biden and the Democrats implemented to lower prescription drug prices. He is now cutting, disdainfully and cruelly, to your point, federal employees all over the place who are hard-working patriots that are doing the essential work to provide essential services to Americans. He lied on the campaign, pure and simple, and what he is doing now is pure corruption and revenge. Those are the two things that he is focused on. It’s a ‘get rich quick and get out of jail free’ presidency.”