00:00So I want to ask you, Secretary Besant, do you agree with President Trump
00:03that you also do not care about Americans' financial situations?
00:09Congresswoman, who was the president during World War I?
00:15Can you...
00:17Are you refusing to answer my question?
00:18No, I'm asking, who was the president during World War I?
00:23I don't know, but clearly you are not answering my question.
00:25So you don't know who the president during World War I was.
00:27But let me tell you...
00:28You're clearly getting the idea that you do not want to answer...
00:31Why do you agree with President Trump that you do not care about Americans' financial situations?
00:35President Trump does care about Americans' financial situations.
00:38Well, he actually said that he doesn't.
00:39No, that is a truncated thing, like everything is, that he is future-proofing,
00:45because I can tell you, Americans' financial situations would be devastated
00:51if Iran got a nuclear weapon and there was a permanent shutdown
00:57of the flow of energy out of the Middle East.
01:00Well, then let me ask you, was your prediction...
01:02And I promise you that President Woodrow...
01:04I'm taking my time back.
01:05It was your prediction...
01:06I will promise you that President Woodrow Wilson,
01:08who was president during World War I,
01:10that the Germans did not attack us,
01:13that he got into that...
01:15Well, you're not answering the question, so let me ask this.
01:17And I guarantee you, President Woodrow Wilson...
01:20Only 50 days of temporary elevated prices wrong.
01:25You said that Americans would face only 50 days of temporary elevated prices.
01:30Was that wrong, since actually, of course, we're at 100 days now?
01:34How much of gasoline prices come down from the peak?
01:387%.
01:39Crude prices are down more than 20, and gasoline prices follow crude prices.
01:43Well, then, reclaiming my time...
01:44Because those are inconvenient facts.
01:47Reclaiming my time, gas prices are up by 50% since Trump war started,
01:52and up nearly 30% from last year.
01:55Diesel and jet fuel prices have risen even faster
01:58because refining markets are strained.
02:00Utility costs have soared due to higher natural gas and fuel input costs.
02:06And that means commutes, homemade heating and electricity,
02:11airline tickets and delivery fees are all more expensive.
02:15And how about grocery prices?
02:17They jumped more in April than they did in nearly four years
02:21since when Biden was president.
02:23Beef is up by 15%.
02:26Tomatoes are up by 40%.
02:28Bread and milk are up 8% and 5% compared to three months ago.
02:34And it's those lower-income households that are hardest hit by Trumpflation.
02:38They're forced to cut back on spending...
02:40I know it's an inconvenient...
02:41Excuse me, it's my time, but...
02:42I know it's an inconvenient fact, but...
02:43I know that it'd be hard for a billionaire like you to imagine
02:46how these lower-income households would be hit by inflation.
02:50In fact, Trump said he couldn't care less about higher car prices for Americans.
02:57Do you agree with that statement?
02:59I believe that food prices are up two-point...
03:01Food at home, 2.5% since President Trump took office.
03:05I know that's an inconvenient fact for you.
03:07You're from California.
03:08Maybe you care about avocado prices.
03:10Maybe you want them higher.
03:11But they're down 19%.
03:12Well, all you have to do is to go to the grocery store
03:15to see that beef is up by 15%.
03:19Tomatoes are up by 40%.
03:20And bread and milk are up by 8%.
03:23You don't get to pick and choose.
03:25It is a basket, and the basket is up 2.5%.
