New York Gov. Kathy Hochul, in an appearance on CNN on Monday morning, said that President Trump’s recent comments that children could “have two dolls instead of 30 dolls” as a result of tariffs on China and a trade war show that the president “doesn’t care.”
“It’s so condescending,” Hochul said. “Condescending on so many levels. But as a mom who has bought dolls for my little girl and my granddaughter, I mean, come on, the President of United States telling you that, oh, you don’t need that. This is a millionaire, maybe a billionaire who really knows what his records show, but he has a lot more money than the average American.”
Governor of New York Kathy Hochul rides the subway, March 21, 2025 in New York City.
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Trump made the comments while answering questions at the end of his Cabinet meeting late last month, seeming to acknowledge the real impacts his trade war with China could have on Americans.
“It shows a disconnect with the people who voted him into office, many of them, that he doesn’t care,” Hochul said. “He doesn’t care about the families… And I think they’re starting to hear this and feel this, and they feel they’ve been betrayed. And that’s a very overwhelming feeling across the state of New York.”
-ABC News’ Oren Oppenheim