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00:00Former GOP senator calls Trump completely out of touch.
00:05Former Senator Jeff Flake slammed President Donald Trump on CNN, saying he is completely
00:09out of touch with everyday Americans.
00:12Flake told CNN's Erin Burnett that a great GOP migration away from Trump is already underway,
00:18citing his recent The Washington Post op-ed.
00:21He warned that the trend will only accelerate as we get closer to the midterms.
00:25The president may not want to talk about the affordability crisis, but he's going to have
00:29to.
00:30The notion that prices are down everywhere?
00:33They really aren't.
00:34And people know that.
00:35The Republican Party and the president seem completely out of touch with where the economy
00:39is, particularly the effect of tariffs, Flake continued.
00:44Tariffs are inflationary.
00:45That is a Republican article of faith.
00:48And you'll see a lot of Republicans starting to migrate back to the new, old ground where
00:52we used to reside.
00:53Breaking from tradition, Trump has relied on the International Emergency Economic Powers
00:57Act to raise tariffs.
00:59Earlier this year, he raised duties to 50 percent on countries like India and Brazil, while hitting
01:04Chinese imports with rates up to 145 percent.
01:08During a White House press briefing with Hungarian Prime Minister Viktor Orban, Trump celebrated
01:13that Walmart's 2025 Thanksgiving meal bundle is 25 percent cheaper than last year, framing
01:19it as a sign of affordability.
01:21However, fact-checks show the bundle includes fewer items than in 2024.
01:25Also, Walmart U.S. CEO John Ferner explained that the Thanksgiving meal promotion was reduced
01:32by an overall 25 percent to offer customers added value during a time of high prices.
01:38Pointing to Trump's lavish Great Gatsby-themed party at Mar-a-Lago and his White House renovations,
01:44Burnett made a final point.
01:47The CNN reporter added of the Gatsby bash, it's one of those things that you would think would
01:51be made up.
01:52But that actually happened.
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