Trump ripped for ‘wildly out of touch’ take on the economy

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00:00Trump ripped for wildly out-of-touch take on the economy.

00:04When Treasury Secretary Scott Besant called critics worries about rising costs a con job in defense of President Donald Trump,

00:11MSNBC's Nicole Wallace just laughed.

00:15The host then branded Trump and his secretary as wildly out-of-touch.

00:19On Deadline White House, Wallace quipped,

00:22Wow, this is what a $600 million Treasury secretary gets you, politically,

00:27before airing Besant's Morning Joe interview.

00:30There, Besant stood by Trump's con job comment, but also acknowledged that an affordability crisis remains,

00:37though he claimed the prior administration is responsible.

00:40I believe even this morning you had two people come on and say,

00:43Wow, I look at the price at the pump and I know costs are up.

00:46Well, gasoline is down, so that is a con job, Besant said.

00:50Trump has previously claimed the economy is strong, saying there's no inflation,

00:56and blaming Democrats for exaggerating cost concerns,

00:58calling their claims a con job.

01:01Anchor Willie Geist followed up by asking Besant whether he believes that voters who had raised concerns about affordability

01:07are just misperceiving what's happening in their lives.

01:11According to Besant, Trump's administration inherited an affordability crisis.

01:15We have slowed the price increases down, and they are going to continue to slow down.

01:21Real working class wages will go up, and that that will address the affordability issue, he continued.

01:26Laughing at Besant's defense, Wallace called the president and his secretary wildly out of touch.

01:31Does anyone think Scott Besant has ever pumped gas? Wallace asked.

01:37A wildly out-of-touch Donald Trump and cabinet trying and failing to gaslight the American people

01:42on the cost of living when it comes to his failure,

01:44after 10 months in addressing the rising cost of living is where we start today, she added.

01:50Let's pray.

02:04Let's pray.