Overview

• In a viral podcast appearance with Nicolle Wallace, Daniels said he hopes Trump supporters “are losing tons of money” due to the president’s second-term policies.
• He warned that tariffs imposed by the administration will raise everyday prices and ultimately undermine Trump politically.
• Daniels labeled the president a “snake oil salesman” and lamented a nationwide erosion of decency, civility and the rule of law under Trump.
• Drawing on Abraham Lincoln’s “team of rivals,” he praised Kamala Harris’s bipartisan leanings and criticized Mitch McConnell’s decades-long court-packing strategy.
• White House spokesman Kush Desai characterized Daniels as an “out-of-touch left-wing Hollywood clown” and highlighted stock market rallies, rising real wages and easing inflation as economic achievements.