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Rahm Emanuel: “The President of the United States is $4 billion richer and…”

Featuring: Rahm Emanuel, Democratic | Former Mayor of Chicago, Former U.S. Ambassador to Japan | Illinois

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Rahm Emanuel on Trump, the left, and what's right for America

Published | Video Starts at 03:30

One of your phrases. Yeah. So I say he'd make an alderman in Chicago blush for the kind of corruption he's doing. They're just out there taking money left and right. The President of the United States is $4 billion richer and you're $4 trillion poorer. And I think that this is a travesty of his constitutional responsibilities, let alone the responsibilities what he's done. He wants a ballroom. You're going to get the bill. (03:30–03:36)

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Asserts that President Trump has increased his wealth by $4 billion while the public is $4 trillion poorer.

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