Former GOP senator calls Trump ‘completely out of touch’

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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

00:10out of touch with everyday Americans.

00:13With inflation still high and prices rising, Flake warned that Trump's disconnect could

00:17push a growing number of Republicans away.

00:20Flake told CNN's Aaron Burnett that a great GOP migration away from Trump is already underway,

00:26citing his recent The Washington Post op-ed.

00:29He warned that the trend will only accelerate as we get closer to the midterms.

00:33Flake said, the president may not want to talk about the affordability crisis, but he's

00:37going to have to.

00:38The notion that prices are down everywhere, they really aren't.

00:41And people know that.

00:43Flake also questioned the GOP's economic direction, calling out its tariff policies.

00:49The Republican Party and the president seem completely out of touch with where the economy

00:53is, particularly the effect of tariffs, Flake continued.

00:57Tariffs are inflationary.

00:59That is a Republican article of faith.

01:01And you'll see a lot of Republicans starting to migrate back to the new, old ground where

01:05we used to reside.

01:07Breaking from tradition, Trump has relied on the International Emergency Economic Powers

01:11Act to raise tariffs.

01:13Earlier this year, he raised duties to 50 percent on countries like India and Brazil, while hitting

01:18Chinese imports with rates up to 145 percent.

01:21During a White House press briefing with Hungarian Prime Minister Viktor Orban, Trump celebrated

01:26that Walmart's 2025 Thanksgiving meal bundle is 25 percent cheaper than last year, framing

01:33it as a sign of affordability.

01:34However, fact checks show the bundle includes fewer items than in 2024.

01:39Also, Walmart U.S. CEO John Ferner explained that the Thanksgiving meal promotion was reduced

01:45by an overall 25 percent to offer customers added value during a time of high prices.

01:51Pointing to Trump's lavish Great Gatsby-themed party at Mar-a-Lago and his White House renovations,

01:57Burnett made a final point.

01:59She emphasized that the president seems out of touch with the financial hardships facing

02:03everyday Americans.

02:05The CNN reporter added of the Gatsby bash, it's one of those things that you would think

02:09would be made up, but that actually happened.