twice impeached, twice criminally indicted so far donald trump is the undisputed presidential front runner of the republican party. i don t know that on january 7th, 2021, right after all the republicans who mattered had condemned donald trump s role in the attempted insurrection, that we thought we would be here a year and a half later. we are very far away from the republican party returning to normal, perhaps even knowing what normal is. we are very far away from an america where both of the two majority political parties respect the system and stand up for democracy. we know where donald trump stands on democracy and architecture. but it s not just trump. we know that he is a symptom, not the disease itself. every time i get a subpoena, my polls go up. reports were grand jury. it s all bowl to. it s all stuff. you can see the crowd, there but more than 2000 people stood in the wind and rain to cheer that trump rant. to cheer the subpoenas. the grand juries, the man
of building. have a good weekend, my friend. see you next week. all right, we are now the unofficial start of the 2024 presidential campaign season, six months out from 2024, and in a confluence events this week, yesterday in fact, rex exactly two and a half years since the january 6th attack on the capital. it s humbling for our country, for our democracy, that the twice impeached, twice criminally indicted so far donald trump is the undisputed presidential front runner of the republican party. i don t know that on january 7th, 2021, right after all the republicans who mattered had condemned donald trump s role in the attempted insurrection, that we thought we would be here a year and a half later. we are very far away from the republican party returning to normal, perhaps even knowing what normal is. we are very far away from an america where both of the two majority political parties respect the system and stand up for democracy. we know where donald trump stands on demo
even as the federal reserve has been aggressively raising interest rates to lower inflation which dropped 4% last month. less than half of what it was a year ago. our plan is working. and one of the things i m proudest that it s working everywhere, not just in the coast in big cities, like previous recoveries, this time investment is working in factories being built and jobs being created, happening in rural america with the heartland, all across america. and communities that have been left out and hollowed out, this is what it looks like across the country. joining us is tracey allaway, co-host of the odd lots podcast and bloomberg news. tracey, good to see you again. thank you for being with. us all lot of things in here. one of them is austin goals be from the chicago fed, chicago fed president, somebody we ve had on the show a lot. he said the goal is to get inflation down, and he calls this a golden path.
workers. that still could happen, but i really don t want to underplay that for the past year or so the economy has been doing much better than a lot of people have been predicting. it s a real strong economy. as you said, for now it is a real strong economy. we are unclear what the future looks like, but so far it s working. tracey, good to see you as. always tracy alloway. when we come back, with a struggle pan tony evers outsmart to republicans and increased school funding in his state for the next 400 years. 400 years. i m here to discuss governor evers s master class on using a line item veto against republicans on line items. we will discuss that next with congressman gwen moore of wisconsin.
massively over a hired. interest rates are obviously a worry here. there is a chance the feds scores its own goal if it feels the economy is too strong it needs to raise rates even further and the businesses start worrying about things like interest rate costs, borrowing costs and maybe future investment capacity. then they start cutting workers. that still could happen, but i really don t want to underplay that for the past year or so the economy has been doing much better than a lot of people have been predicting. it s a real strong economy. as you said, for now it is a real strong economy. we are unclear what the future looks like, but so far it s working. tracey, good to see you as. always tracy alloway. when we come back, with a struggle pan tony evers outsmart to republicans and increased school funding in his state for the next 400 years. 400 years. i m here to discuss governor