Overview

• On MSNBC’s The Best People podcast, Daniels said he hopes Trump voters “are losing tons of money” for backing the president
• He warned that tariffs have driven grocery bills up by about $180 and added roughly $8,000 to the price of a new car
• Daniels called Trump a “snake oil salesman” and lamented that America has lost decency, civility and respect for the rule of law under his second term
• He criticized Mitch McConnell’s court-stacking campaign over the past 25 years as a threat to judicial independence and institutional norms
• White House spokesman Kush Desai dismissed Daniels as a “washed up, out-of-touch left-wing Hollywood clown” and touted rallying markets and rising real wages under Trump