Capehart: Trump Doesn’t Quite Understand The People In The Country That He Is Running
PBS NEWSHOUR: David Brooks of The Atlantic and Jonathan Capehart of MS NOW join Amna Nawaz to discuss the week in politics, including the political debate over the war in Iran, reaction to President Trump’s address on the conflict, Trump’s economic policies and the latest No Kings protests.
AMNA NAWAZ, PBS NEWSHOUR: And, Jonathan, there is so much frustration out there, right, on the economy, on a lot of other issues. We saw a lot of that in the streets, in those massive No Kings protests that took place just a few days ago, larger attendance this time than even last time they were held. The frustration is there. Are Democrats doing enough to tap into it, to mobilize that? JONATHAN CAPEHART, MS NOW: I would think so. I mean, I don’t know for sure. They better be. I think this is the fourth No Kings rally. And, as you pointed out, each rally has been bigger than the one that preceded it. This last one was the largest of all of them. Put aside whether Democrats are taking advantage of all this. What we’re seeing on the streets of America are people who are angry and frustrated. Most of them are probably Democrats. But I wouldn’t be surprised if there were some Republicans, if there were some people who voted for Trump who are not happy with the way he is conducting the economy, the war, the country. I mean, we’re talking about an administration — a president who doesn’t have any economic knowledge or his economic knowledge sort of sits firmly in the 1980s. But you also have an administration that’s filled with very rich people, billionaires, people who are saying — one Cabinet secretary said that all people needed to have was a piece of chicken, a piece of broccoli, a tortilla and something else. You had the commerce secretary, who is a billionaire, say, if my mother-in-law didn’t get her Medicaid check or a Social Security check, she wouldn’t complain. She would just wait. I’m sorry, you are living in a completely different world than the rest of America. And I think the president, by saying what he said there, doesn’t quite understand the people in the country that he is running.
