Jeffries: ‘What Trump has done is decimate the bank accounts of the American people’

House Minority Leader Hakeem Jeffries blasted President Trump at a Democratic National Committee briefing, saying his policies have hurt Americans’ wallets and livelihoods. 

“Donald Trump has not managed to liberate the economy,” Jeffries said. “What Donald Trump has done is decimate the bank accounts of the American people.”

Democratic lawmakers and DNC leaders held a press briefing on Thursday to criticize the one-year anniversary of “Liberation Day,” when the president first announced sweeping tariffs across the world. 

Jeffries on Thursday also criticized Trump’s current military campaign in Iran, arguing that the war has increased costs for Americans mostly through higher gas prices. 

He added that Trump’s tariff regime, which has come under bipartisan fire, also increased costs for Americans. A January study from the Kiel Institute for the World Economy found that Americans paid for almost all of the costs incurred by the tariffs.     

The Supreme Court ruled the tariffs, which Trump implemented under........

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