Former White House press secretary Karine Jean-Pierre argued in an opinion piece published Friday that President Donald Trump was making the same messaging mistakes as her former boss, former President Joe Biden."Mr.Biden wanted his team to highlight his domestic agenda," she wrote in The New York Times guest essay.
"His policies were working, and he wanted the country to understand what he was doing and why.But the polling was clear: Our economic message didn’t land.
Too many people were struggling with the prices of groceries, rent, child care and gas.Their lived experience did not match the encouraging economic news, and that disconnect shaped the entire public conversation."Jean-Pierre pointed to the president's messaging on gas prices, inflation and the war in Iran in the piece, and said, "When leaders neglect lived experience, the message collapses.""The truth is, we had a stale message and outdated models for delivering it.
It cost Mr.Biden and, eventually, Vice President Kamala Harris dearly.
President Trump is now making a mistake even more damaging," she wrote.FOX NEWS POLL: AS ECONOMIC PAIN DEEPENS, DISAPPROVAL OF TRUMP HITS NEW HIGHKarine Jean-Pierre, former President Joe Biden's press secretary, wrote a guest essay in The New York Times arguing President Trump was making the same mistakes as her former boss on Oct.2, 2026.
(Rayford/Getty Images; Andrew Leyden/NurPhoto via Getty Images; Kent Nishimura/AFP via Getty Images)When asked about Jean-Pierre's argument, White House spokeswoman Taylor Rogers told Fox News Digital in a statement: "Biden’s policies destroyed our economy by creating the worst inflation crisis in history, instituting burdensome red tape, and stifling American energy dominance.President Trump has fixed the disaster that Joe Biden created by cooling inflation, signing the largest middle-class tax cuts in history, lowering drug prices, and reshoring our manufacturing industry.
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