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Hayes: Trump's Iran War, Vanity Projects Cost Americans

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Chris Hayes criticizes Trump for prioritizing a $400M White House ballroom over the Iran war, blaming the president for rising gas prices and stalled peace talks. Hayes labels Trumps authoritarian obsession with his image as a distraction from real problems.

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Hayes: Trump's Iran War, Vanity Projects Cost Americans

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Entertainment & Celebrity News Today | 2 Min News | The Daily News Now!Hayes: Trump's Iran War, Vanity Projects Cost Americans. Machine-transcribed; use the interactive transcript above to jump the player to any line.

It's April 29th. I'm Cory with the story, and this is Entertainment and Celebrity News today, your AI-powered Entertainment report. MSNBC host Chris Hayes ripped into President Trump this week for acting bored with the Iran War he started. Instead of focusing on that crisis, Trump is pushing a $400 million White House ballroom and going after critics like James Comey and Jimmy Kimmel. Hayes called it mad king behavior, all while the conflict drags on. He also highlighted the State Department's plan for new passports featuring Trump's face and signature. Hayes said this authoritarian obsession with his image is distracting the nearly 80-year-old president from real problems he created. Gas prices just hit their highest in four years, averaging $4.18 a gallon on Tuesday, up to $4.22. Since by Wednesday, Hayes blamed it squarely on Trump's war, with no other big factors driving the spike. Everyday folks feel it at the pump, and Hayes pointed out how Trump and Republicans keep

choosing paths that raise costs for Americans. The war's damage stretches from the Middle East to your driveway, negotiations to end the fighting are stalled, and Hayes figures Trump is just over it. Republicans are even using a recent shooting at the correspondence dinner to push Congress for that ballroom cash, letting him indulge while the mess. Festers

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