Former President Bill Clinton slammed President Donald Trump, arguing that he is “throwing the legacy of this country away.”
Clinton’s comments came during an interview on “CBS Sunday Morning,” where he pontificated on Trump’s style of governance.
“We’ve never seen anything like this before in my lifetime – somebody
that says, ‘Whatever I want should be the law of the land. It’s my way
or the highway.’ And most Americans don’t agree with that,” Clinton
stated. “But I like to think that he’s paid a price for this, you know,
name-calling and throwing his weight around … I think it’s made him less
popular.”
Clinton went on to discuss the Democrat opposition to President
Trump, and the importance of the 2026 midterm elections which could
potentially sway the House as the GOP currently enjoys a slim majority.
“Look, only elections are going to change this,” Clinton continued.
“But I do think the courts are getting their dander up. I think that him
shutting law firms out of representing their clients before federal
agencies and in federal buildings, because he doesn’t agree with their
position – that ain’t America. We’ve never done that. The whole purpose
of having a legal system is to have both sides be heard.”
“The courts are stopping the president, including a lot of judges he
appointed… He is looking for ways to basically defy all these court
orders. But I think he’ll have a hard time doing that. And if he does, I
think it will hurt him in America,” he stated.
Despite Clinton’s claims, a recent Rasmussen poll shows President Trump enjoying a 53% approval rating.
Meanwhile, a recent CNN/SSRS survey found that just 16% of
respondents believe the Democrat party is equipped with strong leaders,
compared to 40% of respondents who believe the same about the GOP
leadership.
Clinton was asked if he believes the only thing the Democrat Party
could agree on is its dislike for President Trump, to which he
responded: “If I thought that were true, I would. But I don’t think it’s
true. I just think that most people don’t have any idea – most people
who are criticizing the Democrats right now – have no idea how difficult
it is to decide the right thing to do. I think it’s not as easy as
people think.”
“President Trump has a right to do what he thinks is right; he’s
doing it,” Clinton added. “The courts are doing their jobs. There will
be other elections. But someone needs to stand up and say, ‘Damn it,
what we have in common matters more. We cannot throw the legacy of this
country away. We cannot destroy other people’s trust in us. We need to
preserve that and find a way to work together, and not humiliate other
people just so we can win.’ We gotta just calm down and try to pull
people together again. That’s what I think.”
Additionally, the interview turned towards Jake Tapper’s recent book
titled “Original Sin: President Biden’s Decline, Its Cover-Up, and His
Disastrous Choice to Run Again.”
Clinton argued that he felt as if former President Joe Biden “was a good president.”
“The only concern I thought he had to deal with was, could anybody do
that job until they were 86?” Clinton continued. “I haven’t read the
book. And I saw President Biden not very long ago, and I thought he was
in good shape. But the book didn’t register with me ‘cause I never saw
him that way.”
Clinton added that he never read the book because “he’s not president
anymore, and I think he did a good job. And I think we are facing
challenges today without precedent in our history. And some people are
trying to use this as a way to blame him for the fact that Trump was
reelected.”
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