Hassett: Income Inequality Declined in Trump’s First Term Because of the Policies We’re Now Multiplying By Two

Ingraham Joining us is ░░░░░░░░ Economic Council Director Kevin ░░░░░░░░ Kevin great to see ░░░░░░░░ tonight HASSETT Thanks Laura ░░░░░░░░ This was something on ░░░░░░░░ Hill today I watched ░░░░░░░░ and I thought I ░░░░░░░░ in an 80 s ░░░░░░░░ warp They lost the ░░░░░░░░ class and now they ░░░░░░░░ claiming that Trump s ░░░░░░░░ are for the rich ░░░░░░░░ that to me HASSETT ░░░░░░░░ it doesn t make ░░░░░░░░ sense at all And ░░░░░░░░ have got to say ░░░░░░░░ I m so honored ░░░░░░░░ be part of a ░░░░░░░░ with people like Treasury ░░░░░░░░ Scott Bessent because if ░░░░░░░░ can imagine that while ░░░░░░░░ s doing that we ░░░░░░░░ a so called Big ░░░░░░░░ meeting today with the ░░░░░░░░ of the House the ░░░░░░░░ leader and the rest ░░░░░░░░ the staff going over ░░░░░░░░ the big beautiful bill ░░░░░░░░ going to look like ░░░░░░░░ we are negotiating the ░░░░░░░░ s trip to Saudi ░░░░░░░░ and what agreements we ░░░░░░░░ have there while he ░░░░░░░░ preparing to go go ░░░░░░░░ Switzerland to negotiate with ░░░░░░░░ Chinese And the fact ░░░░░░░░ he can stay so ░░░░░░░░ humored with all that ░░░░░░░░ that he s doing ░░░░░░░░ just so impressive I ░░░░░░░░ so proud to be ░░░░░░░░ the team that President ░░░░░░░░ has put together with ░░░░░░░░ like that And you ░░░░░░░░ right If you go ░░░░░░░░ and look again the ░░░░░░░░ line is that President ░░░░░░░░ s America first American ░░░░░░░░ first agenda in the ░░░░░░░░ term made it so ░░░░░░░░ wages went up by ░░░░░░░░ 500 wages went up ░░░░░░░░ between 2017 and 2019 ░░░░░░░░ more for people at ░░░░░░░░ bottom than people at ░░░░░░░░ top Income inequality declined ░░░░░░░░ of the policies that ░░░░░░░░ re now multiplying by ░░░░░░░░ So to oppose those ░░░░░░░░ to oppose reductions in ░░░░░░░░ inequality oppose growth in ░░░░░░░░ wages growth of jobs ░░░░░░░░ the people that are ░░░░░░░░ that I don t ░░░░░░░░ what they re really ░░░░░░░░ for but it s ░░░░░░░░ not the American people.”