‘Reeks of Elitism’: Ex-Trump White House Honcho Slams Old Boss Over ‘Let Them Eat Cake Moment’

Former Trump White House legislative director Marc Short torched his old boss over his recent comments on the consequences of his protectionist trade policy, deeming it a “let them eat cake moment” on CNN Monday morning.

After playing a clip of Trump musing, “I don’t think a beautiful baby girl needs, that’s 11 years old, needs to have 30 dolls. I think they can have three dolls or four dolls. Because what we were doing with China was just unbelievable. I’m just saying they don’t need to have 30 dolls, they can have three. They don’t need to have 250 pencils, they can have five,” anchor John Berman mused, “So three dolls, five pencils,” before asking Short to weigh in on Trump’s messaging.

“I think it’s really damaging messaging. It’s a little bit of a let them eat cake moment, I think, for the president,” answered Short before continuing:

I think everybody understands he’s very financially wealthy, but beginning to tell the American people how many dolls or how many pencils they can have, I think suggests a little bit of an elitism perspective. And I think that, you know, I do think this overall messaging. overall, has greater concerns coming forward. Because this is the week that the ports in Los Angeles and the West Coast are beginning to expect really to see a lot less goods coming into the United States. And that’s going to have impact on workers in the ports, it’s going to have impact on truckers.

It’s gonna have, ultimately, potentially impact in stores because the expectation is that stores can run through the inventory they’ve accumulated for the next four or five weeks, but that’s gonna begin to fall off. I think that’s an image that really should concern the White House is if there’s actually supply disruptions coming forward.

“Telling Americans how many dolls or pencils they can have is a ‘let them eat cake’ moment. It reeks of elitism—and comes just as ports slow, truckers face cuts, and shelves may start to empty,” added Short in a tweet. “That’s a real political risk for the White House.”

Watch above via CNN.