Late-night hosts discussed Donald Trump’s unconvincing “A+++++” grade for the economy and his rambling speech in Pennsylvania
Late-night hosts recapped Donald Trump’s attempts to reassure Americans on the economy as the private sector sheds jobs and grocery prices keep rising.
Seth Meyers devoted his main segment on Wednesday’s Late Night to the US economy, which has seen better days. “Costs of everything, from food to electricity, are soaring while employers are shedding jobs,” he explained. “This is when a president needs to show empathy and demonstrate that he knows the plight of hardworking Americans, and – oh no, as I’m saying this I’m remembering who I’m talking about and realizing that there’s no fucking way he’s going to do that.”
Instead the president, in an interview with Politico this week, gave the economy the grade of “A+++++”.
“Now I know that sounds tone-deaf, but in fairness, it’s possible Trump was just glitching,” Meyers joked. And “it won’t surprise you to learn that Trump’s assessment of the economy is very much at odds with how pretty much everyone else feels about it”.
