The US economy is not in recession – still. And hopefully, it will not happen. But according to Mark Zandi, the chief economist of Moody’s Analytics, the number of industries Cut back to headcount Is … Okay, related.
Meanwhile, Americans are struggling – are struggling with debt, rising cost of life, and a common meaning is that their dollar is not yet enough. And they are not only blaming the “economy” in abstraction. Six out of 10 Americans say that the Trump administration is increasing the cost of their lives according to a new one Morning consultation poll,
But there is a person who does not feel pinch. President Donald Trump is spending millions of dollars and accepting literal gold gifts, which feels out of huge contact with Americans everyday.
Last week, Donald Trump received a glass disc 24-Karat Gold Base From Apple CEO Tim Cook. Earlier this year, he accepted $ 400 million jet from Katri royal family, worth over 100 times more than all foreign gifts given jointly to joint presidents since 2001. And get it: It may cost up to $ 1 billion to rebuild it.
They have also rejected the oval office, Down it in goldFrom the stars around the president’s seal on the roof for idols on fireplace mental. And it emerged last week that Trump intends to make a huge $ 200 million ballroom For hosting official reception – one of the largest white house projects in more than a century. To keep an eye:
“So we will start in two months, perhaps two and a half months, and we will complete it in less than two years. It is a very incredible structure – it’s a lot of internal work, it’s going to be beautiful, because generally I can build a building in four, five months, but it is very complex, beautiful, beautiful – the best enemy.
And who is paying for this? White House officials said Trump and “Unspecified donors.”
If it is a gift, it can raise both moral and legal questions, potentially violating the foreign elements of the US Constitution or Foreign Gifts and Decorations Act, which exists to block this type of thing.
Democrats suspect. Senate Minority Leader Chak Shumar Said In a press briefing, “Listen, I am happy to eat my cheese on my desk. I don’t need $ 200 million ballroom to eat it. Okay?” And many Americans feel the same.
Sure, the White House upgrade may look impressive. And yes, gold gifts make for great photo opes. But when the Presidents are based in marble and chandeliers, millions of Americans are just trying to make rent, place grocery items on the table and pay your credit card.
When the person in the highest office is spending and getting with millions of people, while the rest of the country is tightening its belt, it is not just a bad optics – it is okay that our leaders can be far from the lives of those that they represent.
Lindsay Granger is a news nation contributor and co-mausoleum of Hill’s commentary show “Rising”. This column is an edited transcription of its on-air commentary.
