wheel, right? and the script is all focused on substantive issues, and then when trump decides to free wheel it is an absolute relitigation of 2020 and almost like a grievance tour with like what trump all of trump s grievances about biden, about his critics and the 2020 election. so the through line here though that i think is most interesting is that when trump does the best is when he s focused on issues like the economy, immigration, even some of the cultural issues that we know sort of serve as an energizing force for a lot of like really conservative republicans. but going on the attack constantly with against biden, that s one of the key things that i think emerged from the tone today. let me get your thoughts. what do you think? what was your reaction in hearing trump repeat these false claims? yeah. well, look, i imagine the biden campaign is probably happy about this because it is continuing to
he could be facing off against, is on his grievance tour, getting people fired up about anything they re mad about. and also, he s doing this between his court appearances and indictments. the fact that trump, though, is dominating the headlines, what do you think about that? because trump would argue all presses good press. and frankly, the medias in the middle of this, because how will they determine this? right now, we re seen biden out there making this argument, and the media is still pretty skeptical. they don t particularly, or totally are convinced this is true. where you have trump out there saying the economy is that disaster, a catastrophe, which obviously isn t true. but it s the extremism of it that is what the republicans push, and get some headlines and it keeps him in the news and he keeps pushing it. and his people believe him, even though he has the worst record for honesty and maybe the history of the presidency, in terms of line, including the biggest lie of all-t
shutdown, it can impact travel, national parks, school field trips, and these things small ways in american lives. well they pick people off. i remember my trip was canceled because of the 1995 shut down. these do have an impact, but i think the larger problem for the people in office right now is just how unstable this looks. it s not just going to be the spending bill, they re going to be other bills that are coming on that usually pass very easily that americans aren t even aware exist. and they could be falling apart. so this is this is going to be a very chaotic fall. one of the reason fitch downgraded us was for this gridlock. phil, let s talk about the split screen, right? president biden is out here grinding it out, talking about the economy, talking about policy, while donald trump, who he could be facing off against, is on his grievance tour, getting people fired up about everything they are mad about. and also, he s doing this between his court appearances and indi
reminding them of the legislative agenda he s been pushing through, but also democracy being on the palate is one of the things. with donald trump, you can expect the republican to talk about other issues like inflation and crime that voters really care about but it s worth noting that all the rallies donald trump have done so far have been somewhat of a grievance tour where he tends to talk a lot about his unsubstantiated claims that he won the election in 2020. so we can probably expect something like that from the pair of them later tonight. great to have you on the programme, thanks forjoining us. so how close is your family? too close for comfort? well, spare a thought for this family in india s maharashtra state, where 72 members of the same family all live together under the same roof that s four generations of the doijode family. we ve been to meet them to see what it s like to live side by side with so many relatives.