{"id":1055730,"date":"2025-08-24T11:55:00","date_gmt":"2025-08-24T15:55:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/democrats.org\/?p=1055730"},"modified":"2025-08-24T23:06:02","modified_gmt":"2025-08-25T03:06:02","slug":"trump-his-circus-monkeys-clown-around-while-his-economy-implodes","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/democrats.org\/news\/trump-his-circus-monkeys-clown-around-while-his-economy-implodes\/","title":{"rendered":"Trump &amp; His Circus Monkeys Clown Around While His Economy Implodes"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" height=\"449\" width=\"1024\" src=\"https:\/\/democrats.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/01\/Black-Logo-White-Fill-For-Email.png?w=1024\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-1050776\" srcset=\"https:\/\/democrats.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/01\/Black-Logo-White-Fill-For-Email.png 1101w, https:\/\/democrats.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/01\/Black-Logo-White-Fill-For-Email.png?resize=300,132 300w, https:\/\/democrats.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/01\/Black-Logo-White-Fill-For-Email.png?resize=768,337 768w, https:\/\/democrats.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/01\/Black-Logo-White-Fill-For-Email.png?resize=1024,449 1024w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 1024px) 100vw, 1024px\" \/><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p>Donald Trump and his Clown Car Cabinet have been fooling around all week \u2014 from photo ops to pull-up challenges to DJ sessions in the Rose Garden \u2014 while working Americans struggle to make ends meet. Trump\u2019s reckless policies are jacking up costs on everything from <a href=\"https:\/\/www.cnn.com\/2025\/08\/21\/business\/prices-economy-back-to-school-tariffs\">school supplies <\/a>to <a href=\"https:\/\/www.cbsnews.com\/news\/rising-energy-prices-voting-issue-2025-elections\/\">electricity bills<\/a>. Meanwhile, it\u2019s become even more difficult to <a href=\"https:\/\/www.bloomberg.com\/news\/articles\/2025-08-21\/us-jobless-claims-rise-continuing-filings-highest-since-2021\">find a job<\/a>, and <a href=\"https:\/\/www.redfin.com\/news\/home-purchase-cancellations-july-2025\/\">buying a home<\/a> is near impossible.&nbsp;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>In response, <strong>DNC Rapid Response Director Kendall Witmer released the following statement:<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>\u201cThe Trump administration is a complete clown show \u2014 fooling around while Americans struggle with higher costs from inflation and a terrible job market under Trump\u2019s disastrous economic agenda. Instead of focusing on bringing costs down, Trump\u2019s Cabinet members are jetting off to exotic locations and showing off how many pull-ups they can, and can\u2019t, do. Donald Trump promised again and again that he would lower costs on Day One, but instead, he and his clowns have been screwing around on the taxpayers\u2019 dime while working families get hung out to dry.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/lh7-rt.googleusercontent.com\/docsz\/AD_4nXdNDlwNle0HkS94WzR4_uNSu6ioqrCNrrhlAYAnFrIMGkXNZYlHi6KWSqwaYqHHMaLCler4Em7Cxop4nMgM0zxCy3yjfnKgxckD9R1HMvy7uQDSl7GO1dFJKKGu2oTmwxMwPHd4?key=5B5wlOABTqmv-ecjmxhA1g\" alt=\"\"\/><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p>This week alone has been a total circus at the White House:<\/p>\n\n\n\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\">\n<li>Trump said he was set to patrol the streets of D.C. for what would surely be another photo op \u2014 <a href=\"https:\/\/www.msnbc.com\/rachel-maddow-show\/maddowblog\/trump-washington-dc-ride-along-patrol-rcna226515\">until he didn\u2019t<\/a>. Instead, he rambled on about everything from grass, to his own fraud case, to his new White House ballroom.\u00a0<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/watch?v=MosB5dY45HA\">HHS Secretary RFK Jr. and Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth<\/a> created and promoted a workout challenge\u2026 and displayed questionable form.\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\">\n<li>Transportation Secretary <a href=\"https:\/\/x.com\/factpostnews\/status\/1958519000012308558\">Sean Duffy<\/a> needed a lot of help to complete the pull-up portion.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.dailymail.co.uk\/news\/article-15015819\/donald-trump-test-outdoor-speaker-system.html\">Trump<\/a> played DJ in the Rose Garden for a group of reporters.<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Trump <a href=\"https:\/\/www.nytimes.com\/athletic\/6569842\/2025\/08\/22\/world-cup-draw-kennedy-center-trump-infantino\/\">teased<\/a> a big announcement, only for it to be that the Kennedy Center will host the 2026 World Cup draw.<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>JD Vance returned from his two-week vacation summering in the U.K.<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>The White House suspended its public tours so that construction could begin on <a href=\"https:\/\/www.nbcnews.com\/politics\/white-house\/white-house-suspends-tours-ballroom-construction-rcna226259\">Trump\u2019s ballroom<\/a>.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n\n\n\n<p>It\u2019s crystal clear that Trump\u2019s White House has become a playground for his inner circle and the most rich and powerful \u2014 while working families get left behind.&nbsp;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Donald Trump and his Clown Car Cabinet have been fooling around all week \u2014 from photo ops to pull-up challenges to DJ sessions in the Rose Garden \u2014 while working Americans struggle to make ends meet. Trump\u2019s reckless policies are jacking up costs on everything from school supplies to electricity bills. 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