Donald Trump has spent the last few weeks making wild threats and focusing on anything but what he promised voters he would do on the campaign trail – lowering costs and growing the economy for working families. In response, DNC Rapid Response Director Alex Floyd released the following statement: 

“Donald Trump’s pathetic Napoleon complex has left him more focused on invading Greenland than on lowering costs and growing the economy for the American people. While Trump is distracted by bizarre threats against our allies and busy doling out favors to his billionaire Cabinet picks, Democrats are focused on standing up for working families and making sure they don’t get stuck with the bill from Trump’s reckless agenda.”

What has he been distracted by instead? Well… 

SHOT: Donald Trump doesn’t have the time to figure out how to lower costs for working families…

HuffPost: “Trump Backtracks On Campaign Pledge To Bring Down Grocery Prices”

“President-elect Donald Trump admitted in an interview with Time magazine that it will be difficult for him to reduce consumer prices, contrary to statements he made on the campaign trail this year. …

“‘It’s hard to bring things down once they’re up. You know, it’s very hard.’ …

“Nevertheless, Trump repeatedly told voters during the campaign that electing him president would cause prices to tumble.”

Wall Street Journal: “A drumbeat of reports from Wall Street economists have warned that Trump’s plans could substantially slow economic growth while driving up consumer prices.”

Trump: “You’re all people that have a lot of money. … You’re rich as hell. … We’re gonna give you tax cuts.”

Vanity Fair: “Donald Trump Wants to Give His Favorite Corporations Another Giant Tax Cut in a Second Term”

Axios: “Trump’s inflation bomb: How his second-term plans could make it worse”

CHASER: … because he’s too focused on doling out favors for his billionaire Cabinet and doubling down on threats to invade sovereign countries.

Politico: “To the large number of Americans who voted for Trump simply because they liked his economy — or wanted lower grocery and gas prices, or because they agreed with the idea of putting Americans first instead of the folly of foreign interventionism — this probably all seems like a distraction at best or a bait-and-switch at worst. And that’s something Trump world would be wise to take both seriously and literally.”

Associated Press: “Trump refuses to rule out use of military force to take control of Greenland and the Panama Canal”

Washington Post: “Donald Trump on Tuesday said the United States would change the name of the Gulf of Mexico to the Gulf of America, and the president-elect seemed to tie the prospective renaming to his long-standing grievances with Mexico’s handling of immigration, drug trafficking and trade. …

“Trump provided no additional details about how he planned to implement the name change.”

Washington Post: “Trump has assembled an uber-wealthy Cabinet, raising risks of ethics conflicts”

“A month after securing the White House with populist promises to working class voters, President-elect Donald Trump has chosen at least half a dozen billionaires and several other ultra-wealthy business leaders to serve in top administration roles.

“Trump’s Cabinet is on track to be one of the richest in modern history, on par only with the team of millionaires and billionaires he assembled during his first term. He’s picked billionaires to serve as commerce secretary and education secretary, and he has tapped other ultra-wealthy leaders for treasury and interior. He’s also offered noncabinet positions, including NASA director and deputy defense secretary, to billionaires.”

U.S. News & World Report: “Is 1600 Pennsylvania Ave. the new Billionaires’ Row? …
“The total net worth of the billionaires in the Trump administration, as of the morning of Nov. 25, equals at least $344.4 billion – which is more than the GDP of 169 different countries. Since Musk and Ramaswamy won’t be part of Trump’s Cabinet, excluding them brings the net worth of Trump’s Cabinet to at least $10.7 billion, assuming all nominees are approved in the Senate.”