MSNBC
@msnow·9.6M subscribers·117.7K videos
Trump’s dismissive ‘doll’ talk is ‘gross’ and trivializes tariff pain for working families
Posted
May 10, 2025
Views
228,695
Likes
4,820
Comments
877
Engagement
2.49%
May 10, 2025
228,695
4,820
877
2.49%
Every word spoken in this episode is indexed. Type any phrase to jump straight to the moment it was said.
Type any word or phrase that may have been spoken. Click a result to seek the player to that exact moment.
Try a name, a topic, or a quoted line
13:17Now PlayingTrump’s remarks about Americans needing to purchase less dolls to fix an economic crisis he manufactured is “condescending,” says fmr. California Rep. Katie Porter, a single mom of three. The dismissive rhetoric is aimed at prepping Americans for austerity, a drastic measure typically reserved for real national emergencies. But in this case, Trump created the problem to justify tax breaks for the wealthy. “This is not a man who's going to be pushing a shopping cart with three kids in tow through a Target or a Walmart in August, when his tariffs are in full effect,” says Porter. “For him to talk this way to the American people is so dismissive of working people– and of what it's really like to be an American, while he sits [in] a gold-gilded office.”
For more context and news coverage of the most important stories of our day click here
» Subscribe to MSNBC
» Subscribe to MSNBC on TikTok
» Subscribe to MSNBC on Instagram
Download our new MSNBC app for the latest breaking news and daily headlines at a glance
Follow MSNBC Show Blogs
MSNBC delivers breaking news, in-depth analysis of political headlines, commentary and informed perspectives. Find video clips and segments from The Rachel Maddow Show, Inside with Jen Psaki, Morning Joe, The Beat, Deadline: White House, All In, The Last Word, The 11th Hour, and more.
Connect with MSNBC Online
Visit msnbc.com
Subscribe to the MSNBC Daily Newsletter
#trump #tariffs #economy
Sentinel Indexing in Progress
Metadata and chapters are available. Claim extraction for this episode is pending.
All video content is delivered via YouTube embedded players in accordance with the YouTube Terms of Service. Sentinel provides research tools that promote discovery and accountability across political media.
