Van Jones: “This Is The First Time That I Have Seen A Donald Trump I Am Not Afraid Of,” “He Sounded Scared”
CNN commentator Van Jones reacted to President Donald Trump’s address to the nation on Wednesday night.
KAITLAN COLLINS, CNN HOST: Van Jones? VAN JONES, CNN COMMENTATOR: I am not scared of that guy. I’m not. This is the first time I’ve seen a Donald Trump I’m not afraid of. He is exaggerating how bad things were. That’s okay. He’s exaggerating how good things are. That is great for us. That is fantastic. His big threat to Democrats is he was more in touch with ordinary people and everybody else. He had the Democratic elite sitting up here talking big fancy words and coming up with some new thing to be worried about every day. And he was right there with the everyday people. This is not how everyday people experience this economy. Or the country. People are scared. They are worried. They see a bunch of things that are happening that seem completely out of control. They’re seeing shootings happening all over the place. This reverse migration is happening because rather than going after the cartels, these ICE agents are going after nannies and stuff. So the Latin community is backing off. So this is the first time you’ve seen a Donald Trump. He sounded a little scared. He sounded a little nervous. I don’t know. Maybe he was just going too fast. I don’t want to read anything into that. But I think if you’re a Democrat who’s sitting here tonight biting your nails, is this guy going to kill us? Crush us? I think this is a beatable guy next year. And I think he proved it tonight.
