{"id":5047,"date":"2026-08-19T22:37:18","date_gmt":"2026-08-19T22:37:18","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/nextaddressamerica.com\/?p=5047"},"modified":"2026-08-19T22:37:18","modified_gmt":"2026-08-19T22:37:18","slug":"cnn-anchor-snickers-as-trump-blows-30-minutes-on-a-new-driveway","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/nextaddressamerica.com\/?p=5047","title":{"rendered":"CNN anchor snickers as Trump blows 30 minutes on a new driveway"},"content":{"rendered":"
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CNN host Kasie Hunt barely contained her smiles while playing high-speed footage of President Donald Trump droning on for more than 30 minutes to reporters about new pavement. <\/p>\n

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\u201cLike I’m fixing the country,\u201d Trump said before Hunt eventually had to kick the video into high speed to hasten the process. \u201cWe’re fixing the White House, too. It’s ridiculous the way this place was taken care of [by] nobody, including other presidents. They didn’t see it. But I see it because I was very good at real estate, like maybe the best in a lot of ways. And, uh, I love construction.\u201d<\/p>\n

\u201c\u2019I love construction,\u2019 he says,\u201d said Hunt, on her Wednesday \u201cThe Arena with Kasie Hunt\u201d show as Trump rattled off his plans. \u201cInstead, he spent 32 minutes \u2014 yes, 32. We counted. And you are currently watching part of it at double speed with some jumps, so you can get a sense of just how long this went on for with the president explaining in painstaking detail the changes that he’s bringing to the people’s house.\u201d<\/p>\n

Hunt pointed out that the impromptu tour appeared to have hijacked a \u201cpolicy meeting\u201d the president had previously announced.<\/p>\n

\u201cHe is the builder in chief. But if you wonder why his approval ratings have been slipping even among Republicans, it’s that they’re constantly reminded that he ran to tackle inflation. Inflation hasn’t been tackled. And he’s talking about the ballroom and beautiful marble,\u201d said Axios reporter Marc Caputo in a panel discussion. \u201cWe wrote a story the other day in Axios about the president’s approval rating falling among Republicans. \u2026 But the real movement is when you look at the internals, those who had a very strong approval of him, they’ve ticked down 20 points. So, the thrill is gone for Republicans.\u201d<\/p>\n

Hunt pointed out that a CNN poll revealed 58 percent of respondents were dissatisfied or angry about Trump\u2019s endless DC projects.<\/p>\n

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Former South Carolina Republican Gov. Mark Sanford called Trump\u2019s behavior a \u201cMarie Antoinette let-them-eat-cake kind of moment.\u201d<\/p>\n

\u201cI mean, this is scary when people are panicking over the price of gas inflation,\u201d said Sanford. \u201cThings are really impacting working people’s lives. And you’re worried about the marble on the helicopter landing pad.\u201d<\/p>\n

Former Biden communications director Kate Bedingfield warned that a president only \u201cgets so much voter attention every day\u201d and that squandering that time on projects \u201cdivorced from people’s lives\u201d does no favors to Republicans running in this cycle.<\/p>\n

\u201cI would just be absolutely ripping my hair out because he’s not helping them by doing this,\u201d Bedingfield said.<\/p>\n

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