House Minority Leader Hakeem Jeffries had strong words for President Donald Trump after he branded Democrats the "greatest enemy" of the U.S.
"Donald Trump should keep his reckless mouth shut before he gets somebody killed," Jeffries told CNN's Dana Bash on Sunday.
Jeffries further alleged that since Trump retook the presidency, "Life is more expensive, life is more chaotic, and life is more extreme."
House Minority Leader Hakeem Jeffries pulled no punches when asked to respond toPresident Donald Trumpbranding him an "enemy" of the United States.
"Donald Trump should keep his reckless mouth shut before he gets somebody killed," the Democratic politician told CNN's Dana Bash at the close of an interview on Sunday's episode ofState of the Union.
Trump and Jeffries have publicly traded bitter words many times since the former's rise to political power in the mid-2010s. But this latest exchange marks an exceptional heightening of tensions between two of the most influential politicians in Washington.
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"Now with the death of Iran, the greatest enemy America has is the Radical Left, Highly Incompetent, Democrat Party! Thank you for your attention to this matter. President DJT," the president wrote inone post.
The comment was one among many the president shared to Truth Social that day lashing out atDemocrats, who have mobilizedin response to Trump launching the nation into war against Iran.
"The Radical Left Democrats have hurt so many people with their vicious and uncaring ways. What they have done to the Department of Homeland Security, our fantastic TSA Officers, and, most importantly, the great people of our Country, is an absolute disgrace," hewrote in anotherpost to the social media platform he owns. Trump was attempting to justify his decision tosend Immigration and Customs Enforcement agents into airportsamid a partial government shutdown impacting Transportation Security Administration workers.
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"There are three things that have been true since Donald Trump and Republicans came back into power last January," Jeffries told Bash on Sunday. "Life is more expensive, life is more chaotic, and life is more extreme."
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Jeffries, who serves as the chief spokesperson and strategist for the Democratic members of the House of Representatives, condemned Trump's deployment of ICE into airports.
"It's unfortunate that Republicans have decided that they would rather force TSA agents to work without pay, inconvenience millions of Americans all across the country, and now potentially expose them to untrained ICE agents and create chaos at airports throughout the land," Jeffries said, than work to end the partial shutdown.
Trump and his administration have lately been the subject of much scorn and mockery during his second term; for one, Conan O'Brien worked severaljabs at the current presidential administrationinto his monologue and interstitial bits at the 2026 Oscars.
"Welcome back! We're coming to you live from the Has a Small Penis Theater," he said after one commercial break. "Let's see him put his name in front of that!"
Trump's controversial rebranding of the the John F. Kennedy Center for the Performing Arts in Washington, D.C. tothe Trump-Kennedy Centerhas elicited widespread mockery and condemnation, including from several members of the extended Kennedy clan.
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