During an interview with Fox Business on Tuesday, Donald Trump continued to boast about the state of the U.S. economy, telling host Larry Kudlow that under his leadership, “We have the greatest economy actually ever in history.”
However, it appears the American people disagree with Trump’s assessment. According to a recent poll from the Pew Research Center, only 28% of Americans say economic conditions in the country are excellent or good. Almost 4 in 10 Americans also believe the economy will be worse a year from now, the same poll found.
Sen. Bernie Sanders, an independent of Vermont, reacted to Trump’s comments on Tuesday’s “All In with Chris Hayes,” and pointed to the disparity between the president’s economic outlook and the reality faced by so many Americans.
“You wonder whether Trump is completely crazy and delusional or just a pathological liar,” Sanders said. “The idea that anybody would believe that this is a great economy when 60% of our people are living paycheck to paycheck, when the cost of the health care is going up, people can’t afford housing, people can’t afford their basic groceries, child care system is dysfunctional, people can’t afford to go to college.”
“If this is the greatest economy in the history of the world, God help us,” he added.
Sanders told Hayes that the real beneficiaries of the second Trump administration have been America’s wealthiest.
“The billionaire class has seen, since Trump’s second term began, an increase in wealth by over $1 trillion,” the Vermont senator said, referencing a new report from the political advocacy group Americans for Tax Fairness, based on data from Forbes.
He singled out Elon Musk, a Trump ally and former special governmental employee, who is “moving closer and closer” to becoming the world’s first trillionaire.








