Trump hosts awards party for tech billionaires, almost as if he doesn’t care about ordinary Americans
Time for Donald Trump to show he still has the common touch?
The Guardian reports: Time for Donald Trump to show he still has the common touch?
Amid a cost-of-living crisis, with US midterms a month away, the president held a ceremony to celebrate our tech overlords – again He stands accused of being out of touch, enriching himself and his family, building a lavish White House ballroom and, with elections looming, neglecting the hardships of the voters who brought him to power.
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