Richard Arnold: US Correspondent on the White House's new Presidential Walk of Fame

Donald Trump has unveiled a new Presidential Walk of Fame in The White House. 

It includes portraits of all the previous presidents and corresponding descriptions, written in the style of social media posts. 

US Correspondent Richard Arnold told Heather du Plessis-Allan Trump has helped write some of them. 

The one for Joe Biden refers to him as Sleepy Joe, the worst President in the history of America. 

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Episode Transcript

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Richard Arnold, US correspondens with US Morning Richard, Morning ahead.
Let me say, first off, Peter Arnett, courageous reporter. He
would often take it to the Polley's and issues where
many others would let things slip. So respect Yeah, thank
you for that. Now, the inflation data that's come out
must be giving people some heart. Well, it's been a
long time, hasn't it. We've been battling this for a

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long long period. Prices here, though, are continuing to rise,
despite the Trump assertion in his national address last night
that they're rapidly falling. The inflation rate has e slightly
on these numbers just out now to two point seven percent,
and the White House is hailing that, but the poll
shaded Americans not feeling it. Trump's approval on handling the
economy is down to historic loaws around thirty six percent.

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The new inflation number also is a tentative figure because
of that government shutdown, which meant there was no inflation
report for last October into early November. As well, the
unemployment rate is climbing to a four year high at
four point six percent. Last night, President Trump was blaming
his predecessor Biden repeatedly saying this, Therefore, it is not

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the Republican's fault, it's the Democrat's fault, blaming Biden. Even
as we are, what more than a year into this
second Trump term. Well, what the White House is seeing
are the polls which show that fifty seven percent disapproved
of Trump's handling of the economy, the main issue in
which he won reelection. Democrats are slightly more favored on
that subject, although they're also struggling in the polls. Meantime,

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the start of January is going to see the end
of the healthcare subsidies, the trigger that shutdown of the government.
Those subsidies are set to expire, putting health care in
jeopardy for more than twenty million Americans who are going
to see their health costs spiral by insane amounts. Four
Republicans now have rebelled against their own party. They're in

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difficult seats. They've agreed to a vote on the Democrats
plan to renew the subsidies for times as why everybody
recognizes the fact that there needs to be an extension,
there needs to be reformed. Will play out in early January,
meaning the political fight will be even more intense at
the started next year. While back in the White House,
Donald Trump, real estate Officionado designs specialist, has been redoing

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the hallway that links the White House to the West Wing.
He has put him a Presidential Walk of Fame, kind
of like the Hollywood Walk of Fame, Folks. This has
portraits of all the past presidents and now Trump has
added descriptions under gold leaf doodles and frames and babbles,
the gold stuff that Trump loves so much. It seems
that Trump himself helped to write some of these pliques.
The one for Biden reads quote sleepy Joe by far

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the worst president in American history. For Obama at reads
quote one of the most divisive political figures ever. And
for Reagan and suggests that Reagan was a big fan
of Yes, the young Donald Trump. So if the Nobel
Prize people ignore him, at least he ends the year
with the Soccer Peace Prize and his own self styled
account of just how great he is. Listen, what happened

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with this car that drove into the water in Chicago. Well,
it's the holiday, it's the party, sees for three dudes
in Chicago was almost the last to Rai the driver
who's now been charged with being drunk at the wheel
of his vehicles slammed into a frozen lake near Chicago.
This was early morning, just after one am. They crashed
into the pond. When rescuers got there, the curage sunk
it was about ten meters and I'm sure it was

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emerged four meters under the ice. This wasn't looking good,
says responding officer Mark Lomi Bao of the scene. His
life or death, and we both decided to choose life,
and we're not gonna let anything happen on our end. Well,
he's referring to himself and his partner, Dennis the Kura.
The three passengers really were struggling to get out of
their sunken car, says Dennis. We started to see, you know,

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people's hands in the in the water were reaching out
for air or for just a stale float. They used
shovels and whatever else they could find to reach out,
and as their body cams recorded everything. It wasn't an
easy process, that's for sure. So yeah, these hero rescuers

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got them out with the three party goers treated for
any minor injuries. So stay safe during the holidays. People,
tell you what Richard, thank you very much and Merry
Christmas to you. Thank you for all of the hard
work through the year. That's Richard Arnold, our US correspondent.
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