Donald Trump Mocked Over Answer to Childcare Question: 'Towering Stupidity' [View all]
Source: Newsweek
Published Sep 06, 2024 at 2:41 AM EDT | Updated Sep 06, 2024 at 7:28 AM EDT
Donald Trump has been mocked online for giving a rambling answer on childcare during a campaign event in New York on Thursday, with one House Democrat calling the reply "towering stupidity." The former president was asked at the Economic Club of New York, "if you win in November can you commit to prioritizing legislation to make childcare affordable and if so what specific piece of legislation will you advance?"
Trump responded: "I would do that and we're sitting down. I was somebody we had Senator Marco Rubio and my daughter Ivanka was so impactful on that issue. It's a very important issue. "But I think when you talk about the kind of numbers that I'm talking about because childcare is childcare, you have to have it in this country, you have to have it. But when you talk about those numbers compared to the type of numbers I'm talking about by taxing foreign nations at levels that they're not used to, but they'll get used to it very quickly.
"And it's not going to stop them doing business with us, but they will have a very substantial tax when they send product into our country. Those numbers are so much bigger than any numbers that we're talking about including childcare. I look forward to having no deficits within a fairly short period of time coupled with the reductions that I told you about on waste and fraud."
Regarding childcare, the Republican presidential nominee went on to claim that "those numbers are small relative to the kind of economic numbers that I'm talking about including growth." He later added: "We're going to make this into an incredible country that can afford to take care of its people and then we'll worry about the rest of the world." A two-minute clip covering Trump's comments was shared on X by the "Acyn" account, which shares footage from American politics, where it went viral, picking up more than 10 million views.
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Towering stupidity. The people listening know it. The people around him know it. Word salad, not even pretending to have a single coherent idea. Vote for smart people.
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Donald Trump’s answer on how he will make childcare more affordable:
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10:21 PM · Sep 5, 2024
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