Barack Obama Attacks Trump's Policies on Inflation, Iran, Tariffs and Government Ethics — AC1Z

[0:00] have been killed. Hundreds of Americans have been wounded. We have run down our stock of [0:07] missiles. And Iran now has veto power over the Strait of Hormuz where oil goes through [0:16] to the world market. This is the reason why the price of oil is up. Nobody disputes that. [0:25] This is the reason the price of diesel is up. This is the reason why the price of just [0:32] about everything is up. Meanwhile, you got the defense secretary who's who's squarely focused. [0:42] Wait, wait, don't move. Wait, wait, wait. No, no, no. He's very focused on important matters [0:50] like the jawlines and testosterone levels of our troops and live streaming executions [0:59] because that's how he thinks you cultivate that manly warrior spirit. How much time do [1:08] you think this defense secretary spends looking at himself in the mirror in the morning? I [1:18] mean, he's, you know, he's, you know, he's working his hair because that's how warriors [1:23] look. These are not serious people. Not serious people. And the problem is you end up having [1:34] to pay the price for their lack of seriousness. Prices aren't the only reason prices keep going [1:43] up. There's also this whole tariff business. Our current president loves tariffs. Loves them. [1:50] Tariffs. He was warned at the time when you impose tariffs, consumers pay the tab because it's not [2:03] just the goods that you use directly that have been imported from someplace else. It's also the [2:08] car you build here in America. They might need to park from somewhere else. And now suddenly there's [2:11] a tariff on it. So the prices go up. He was warned about that. No, no, no. That's not what's [2:17] going to happen. This is going to be great. Everything's going to turn out great. No, that's not [2:22] what happened. In fact, tariffs helped contribute to rising prices. And the big trade war he's [2:32] starting now is with that well-known evil empire. Canada. Canada. These are the people who gave us [2:45] maple syrup. And Martin Short. These are the Canadians. They're the nicest people. They're so [2:57] nice. They're like our friendly neighbors to the north. And he's like picking a fight with them. [3:05] And instead of bringing down deficits, like he said with these tariffs, we're now running [3:13] a debt to the tune of $40 trillion. $40 trillion. Now, you would think that with all this going on, [3:28] our current president must have at least passed some legislation to bring down prices. You would [3:34] think. But the only bill they passed of any significance in the last two years was a trillion [3:48] dollar tax break that mostly benefited the richest Americans. Don't. What did I say? What did I say? [3:58] Don't boom. Boom. I've heard the argument the president's done some things folks wanted to do, [4:10] like tightening up the border. And you know what? I believe that we do need to make sure that our [4:17] border is orderly and secure. And that people who want to come here do so lawfully. And in fact, [4:24] when I was president, I got criticized by some close Democratic allies for tightening up enforcement [4:32] at the border. But I don't recall anybody campaigning on sending masked agents running through our [4:42] streets. I don't recall anybody talking about law-abiding citizens being arrested, detained, [4:48] or shot. We did not ask for that. That's not what we have to do to get our borders under control. [4:55] So when you go through all this, the tally of promises, things have not worked out the way [5:15] we might have expected. Although I must say I did expect it. And let's be honest, does anybody [5:25] really think this guy in the White House right now is spending all that time thinking about these [5:30] issues? I mean, I don't know if you've noticed, but he seems very focused on home renovations. [5:39] He should be on HGTV. Guys building a ballroom that's bigger than the White House. It's paved [5:51] over the Rose Garden, put a helicopter pad on the South Lawn, and there's gold everywhere. What's up [5:58] with the gold? Everything, more gold. He's got the White House looking like Saddam Hussein opened a [6:07] cheesecake factory. There's gold everywhere. Clearly not focused on lowering prices for you. He does seem [6:26] to focus on in addition to home renovation. And that is how to enrich himself and his family and [6:32] his clones. Look at the last couple of weeks. We've got a U.S. United States ambassador shaking [6:41] down a donor to pay off a $100,000 credit card bill. Then we learn there's a Venezuelan billionaire [6:50] who wanted a pardon, paid one of Trump's personal lawyers $50 million to be general counsel at a company [6:59] nobody knows anything about. And lo and behold, he gets the pardon, falls out of the sky, and this [7:08] culture is set at the top. We have never seen a president excel so wildly and just straight up [7:18] grifting on your dime. Never seen a president so intent on selling favors and shaking folks down. [7:28] We have lost count of all the deals he and his family have done, from meme coins to taxpayer-funded [7:39] contracts for his kids' companies. And this is someone who has become billions of dollars wealthier in [7:49] office. And by the way, this is not disputed. I'm not making this up. It's all there. And not a single [7:58] Republican in Congress has done anything to stop him. Not John Houston, not any of the Republicans on the ballot [8:12] here in Ohio. Most of them have supported him every step of the way. So you remember that old thing about [8:19] drain the swamp? The only thing that got drained was the reflecting pool in the National Mall after some no-bid contract [8:28] got it, got it all messed up. And then they tried to blame a three-time Olympian and say he vandalized it. [8:35] All right. I mean, the list could go on. And here's the tough part, all right? Like it or not, so I want a little [8:49] reality check. Two more years of this administration. Wait, wait. I mean, wait. Hold up. I mean, I'm just, that's how our [9:02] system of government works. But you know what? You know what we're not stuck with? We're not stuck with a spineless [9:12] Congress and Republican governors who are enabling lawlessness and carelessness and cruelty and [9:23] indifference for working people. We don't, we're not stuck with that. We're not stuck with folks who are [9:30] enabling policies that take more and more out of your paycheck and cut your...