Scott Jennings Mocks Setmayer: DOGE Closing Diners? That’s a New One

BERMAN: “I just want to see where that was going to go. You‘re talking about the AP. The Wall Street Journal does have a poll where people gave their view on the economy. It‘s kind of a mixed bag, right? 47% say the economy is getting worse. That‘s up 9 points since inauguration day. Worth noting, in that same poll, the number of people say the economy is getting better is up from the same point in the inauguration. So there‘s a little bit of a mixed bag. A lot of people say it‘s getting worse.”
SETMAYER: “Depends on what income level you‘re at, right? That‘s the problem here. It‘s like, if you are in the upper percentile, then this is great for you. But if you are a working-class American where manufacturing jobs are getting — are being lost by the tens of thousands, where small businesses are closing because of Donald Trump‘s erratic tariff policy, where, you know, the diner waitress can‘t — her diner is closed because Donald Trump and DOGE came in and cut tens of thousands of jobs in their hometown — “
JENNINGS: “You’re saying DOGE cut diners?”
SETMAYER: “I‘m saying that DOGE cut the jobs, the federal jobs in areas where it trickles down — and you know this. So when you lose tens of thousands of jobs in an area, then that trickles down because then you don‘t have those workers going to the nail salons and to the diners.”
JENNINGS: “This is a new one. I‘ve never heard that DOGE cut the diners.”
SETMAYER: “Well, maybe you don‘t have anyone that works in a diner in your family, but I guarantee you — “
JENNINGS: “I never heard that. That‘s a new one. That‘s a new one. (Laughs)”
SETMAYER: “I‘m happy to educate you, Scott, about what happens when you cut thousands of jobs.”
JENNINGS: “DOGE cut the diners. (Laughs)”
SETMAYER: “That’s right.”