Former President Donald Trump, a father of five, was asked on Thursday what he would do to lower the cost of child care should he win in November — and his answer was baffling.
Following a speech at the Economic Club of New York, Trump was asked what specific legislation he would pursue to help lower the cost of childcare for working parents. His response was a lengthy, utterly incoherent word salad that seemed to suggest widespread tariffs would solve the problem.
“It’s a very important issue. But I think when you talk about the kind of numbers that I’m talking about, that, because, look, child care is child care. It’s something you know you have to have it, in this country you have to have it,” Trump said.
The former president then rambled about taxes on foreign countries. “But when you talk about those numbers compared to the type of numbers…
