While everyday Americans struggle with skyrocketing prices and a frozen job market, Donald Trump, JD Vance, and Marco Rubio are focused on running a foreign country with taxpayer dollars. And who stands to benefit? Oil corporations and billionaires. Just this morning, a new report from Challenger, Gray and Christmas found that 2025 had the most job cuts since 2020 and the fewest planned hires since 2010. As working families get left behind, Trump said just this week that he expects the U.S. to be running Venezuela for years.  

In response, DNC Rapid Response Director Kendall Witmer released the following statement: 

“What happened to ‘America First’? The economy is in shambles, and families are struggling, yet Donald Trump and JD Vance are abandoning working people to run another country. Here at home, everyday Americans are struggling to make ends meet amid a hollowed-out job market and soaring inflation. Let’s not forget: Trump and Vance promised peace — not chaos. Americans didn’t sign up to foot the bill for a regime change or a military conflict that could last years. In his second term, Trump has repeatedly put foreign countries first and working families last. Americans are tired of being left behind while Trump enriches himself and his wealthy friends.” 

Trump promised to “stop all wars,” and lower prices “on Day One.” Instead, Trump committed the U.S. to managing  Venezuela as prices continue to skyrocket, and millions of Americans are unable to find good-paying jobs. Costs are soaring on everyday necessities, including groceries, rent, and prescription drugs — as health care costs skyrocket after Republicans refused to extend the enhanced Affordable Care Act premium tax credits. The hiring rate remains at one of the worst levels since the Great Recession, and job openings shrank to the second-lowest level since 2020 — capping off the worst five-month stretch for private-sector hiring since the aftermath of the 2008 financial crisis. 

Americans did not sign up for conflict with Venezuela. Nearly 75% of Americans — including a majority of Republicans are concerned the U.S. will get too involved in Venezuela, and nearly 70% of voters disapprove of Trump’s handling of the economy.