Overview

• On Nicolle Wallace’s podcast, Jeff Daniels said he hopes Republicans who backed President Trump ‘‘are losing tons of money’’ and called the president a ‘‘snake oil salesman.’
• Daniels warned that Trump’s tariffs could push grocery bills up by about $180 and add roughly $8,000 to car costs, hitting everyday Americans.
• He criticized Mitch McConnell for beginning court-stacking two decades ago and lamented Kamala Harris’s 2024 defeat as a missed leadership opportunity.
• White House spokesman Kush Desai branded Daniels an ‘‘out-of-touch left-wing Hollywood clown’’ in response to his remarks.
• Desai asserted that under Trump bond and stock markets are rallying, inflation is tamed and real wages are climbing, countering Daniels’s economic critique.