Kevin Hassett, Trump’s top economic adviser, shrugged off credit card delinquencies by saying people are ‘spending more’—the same tone-deaf elitism Trump built his entire career attacking. Families are drowning in debt because everything costs more, not because they’re thriving. So much for draining the swamp of out-of-touch bureaucrats. Source: https://www.motherjones.com/politics/2026/05/trump-economic-adviser-kevin-hassert-american-families-struggling-credit-card-debt-spending-optimistic/
Republicans spent years attacking Obama’s spending and lecturing about fiscal responsibility—now they’re trying to force Americans to bankroll a billion-dollar Trump ballroom while wages stagnate and inflation crushes working families. The same party screaming about government waste wants to build Trump a golden palace while cutting healthcare, education, and food assistance. Socialism for billionaires, austerity…
Trump claimed to fight for working people against predatory elites, yet he just pardoned a nursing home owner who stiffed a grieving family out of nearly $19 million in a civil judgment. The pardon erases any accountability for negligence that apparently killed someone’s loved one. This is what “draining the swamp” actually means: using presidential…
Trump built his entire brand on fighting for working-class Americans exploited by corrupt institutions, but his DOJ just settled a predatory lending case without compensating a single victim. The Colony Ridge, Texas deal is pure corporate favoritism masquerading as justice. This is what “draining the swamp” actually looks like when the swamp drains the people…