Trump Is Right: ‘The System Is Rigged’ | The Ezra Klein Show

I mean, it really does come down to this I mean, it really does come down to this one line from Trump. one line from Trump. one line from Trump. >> I have seen firsthand how the system is >> I have seen firsthand how the system is >> I have seen firsthand how the system is rigged. rigged. rigged. >> The system is rigged. And Trump gets >> The system is rigged. And Trump gets >> The system is rigged. And Trump gets traction with that because he's right. traction with that because he's right. traction with that because he's right. The system is rigged. Americans can see The system is rigged. Americans can see The system is rigged. Americans can see it. They can feel it in the lack of it. They can feel it in the lack of it. They can feel it in the lack of control that they feel over their own control that they feel over their own control that they feel over their own lives, economic lives, political lives, lives, economic lives, political lives, lives, economic lives, political lives, and social lives. I mean, I think and social lives. I mean, I think and social lives. I mean, I think confronted by technology that is confronted by technology that is confronted by technology that is designed to entrap them, they feel kind designed to entrap them, they feel kind designed to entrap them, they feel kind of exploited by different costs, you of exploited by different costs, you of exploited by different costs, you know, to extract the maximum amount of know, to extract the maximum amount of know, to extract the maximum amount of wealth of every step they take, every wealth of every step they take, every wealth of every step they take, every symptom, every disease, every game that symptom, every disease, every game that symptom, every disease, every game that their kids play in sports. And I think their kids play in sports. And I think their kids play in sports. And I think that attaches to foreign policy. whether that attaches to foreign policy. whether that attaches to foreign policy. whether it's the war in Iraq, which was sold to it's the war in Iraq, which was sold to it's the war in Iraq, which was sold to the Americans on what people understand the Americans on what people understand the Americans on what people understand now were misstatements or outright lies. now were misstatements or outright lies. now were misstatements or outright lies. You had the financial crisis in 2008, You had the financial crisis in 2008, You had the financial crisis in 2008, which again, not necessarily a foreign which again, not necessarily a foreign which again, not necessarily a foreign policy crisis, but I think its global policy crisis, but I think its global policy crisis, but I think its global impact and certainly its domestic impact impact and certainly its domestic impact impact and certainly its domestic impact add up to an elite establishment that add up to an elite establishment that add up to an elite establishment that either doesn't know what it's doing or either doesn't know what it's doing or either doesn't know what it's doing or is simply looking after its own is simply looking after its own is simply looking after its own interests. Democrats need to come up, interests. Democrats need to come up, interests. Democrats need to come up, first of all, with an acknowledgement of first of all, with an acknowledgement of first of all, with an acknowledgement of the real problem that connects with the the real problem that connects with the the real problem that connects with the one that Americans are feeling, but one that Americans are feeling, but one that Americans are feeling, but offer a compelling vision, okay, this is offer a compelling vision, okay, this is offer a compelling vision, okay, this is how we're actually going to govern in a how we're actually going to govern in a how we're actually going to govern in a way that can change your life and make way that can change your life and make way that can change your life and make it better.

it better. it better. >> You know, I've seen you sort of connect >> You know, I've seen you sort of connect >> You know, I've seen you sort of connect this to the need for a reckoning around this to the need for a reckoning around this to the need for a reckoning around Gaza. What does it actually imply? Gaza. What does it actually imply? Gaza. What does it actually imply? >> I think there's a sense that there has >> I think there's a sense that there has >> I think there's a sense that there has been just this kind of group of been just this kind of group of been just this kind of group of Democratic foreign policy professionals Democratic foreign policy professionals Democratic foreign policy professionals that tend to cycle in and out of of that tend to cycle in and out of of that tend to cycle in and out of of Democratic administrations and they move Democratic administrations and they move Democratic administrations and they move up to the next job and that we need to up to the next job and that we need to up to the next job and that we need to reach out to a much broader pool of reach out to a much broader pool of reach out to a much broader pool of talent so we don't keep repeating and talent so we don't keep repeating and talent so we don't keep repeating and regurgitating the same policies and the regurgitating the same policies and the regurgitating the same policies and the same approach. We're going to have same approach. We're going to have same approach. We're going to have policy disputes, policy disagreements, policy disputes, policy disagreements, policy disputes, policy disagreements, policy debates. I do think that the policy debates. I do think that the policy debates. I do think that the Biden administration's Gaza policy was Biden administration's Gaza policy was Biden administration's Gaza policy was beyond just a policy dispute. It was a beyond just a policy dispute. It was a beyond just a policy dispute. It was a policy of supporting genocide. And I policy of supporting genocide. And I policy of supporting genocide. And I think if if, you know, it part of think if if, you know, it part of think if if, you know, it part of restoring accountability is making clear restoring accountability is making clear restoring accountability is making clear that the senior officials uh who carried that the senior officials uh who carried that the senior officials uh who carried out that policy um should not work in out that policy um should not work in out that policy um should not work in government again.