Senate Minority Leader Chuck Schumer, D-N.Y., says President Trump had a “rough” first month and will likely continue struggling six months into his administration.
What Trump promised on the campaign has not come to pass during the first several weeks of his administration Schumer argued in an appearance on MSNBC after the president delivered an address to a joint session of Congress on Tuesday evening that the lawmaker described as being “detached” from reality.
“What the president says and what the president does are almost at opposite ends,” Schumer said.
The senator said the president told his supporters that he would improve infrastructure, change trade laws and declare China a currency manipulator on day one only to ignore those pledges while in office.
“What he says, he’s trying to the talk to the working people of America,” Schumer said. “What he does favors the special interests and does nothing for the working people of America, in fact goes in the opposite direction.”
Overall, these false promises have made for a rough first month for the president, Schumer said, and predicted that his troubles will continue in the future.
“That’s why he’s had a rough month and why he’s going to have a rough six months,” Schumer said.
Schumer also commented on Trump’s difficulty filling some lower-level administration positions, as well as some higher-profile jobs after his labor secretary pick, fast-food executive Andrew Puzder, withdrew his name for consideration, followed by his picks for Army and Navy secretaries.
“What we’re seeing here is they don’t know how to govern,” Schumer said. “And when they do, they choose a hard right policy that is exactly the opposite of the speeches he gives. That’s why he is having such trouble.”
