Sen. Bernie Sanders, in a video response to Trump's State of the Union, quotes Trump saying the nation is "bigger, better, richer, and stronger than ever before." Sanders says Trump "got it half right," arguing that he and his billionaire friends are richer than ever. He calls it "an unprecedented level of kleptocracy" and points to the $400 million plane Trump got as a gift from Qatar's royal family.
The receipt
- Who
- Sen. Bernie Sanders
- Where
- other - video response to Trump's 2026 State of the Union
- Original footage
- Senator Bernie Sanders · watch the full video from this moment
- Length
- 47 seconds, unedited within the cut
- Plays
- 176 on Instagram
Read the transcript
Last night, as you were called, President Trump stated, quote, members of Congress and my fellow Americans, our nation is back, bigger, better, richer, and stronger than ever before. End quote. Well, I do have to admit that Trump got it half right. He and his billionaire friends are indeed richer than ever before. Since he has been president as a result of an unprecedented level of kleptocracy, Trump's family is now four billion dollars wealthier than before he was elected, not to mention the four hundred million dollar plane that he got as a gift from the royal family of Cudder. Further,
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