Bill Clinton speaking to CBS “This Morning” opened up about his wife’s struggles to resonate with voters adding that American voters are only attracted to Donald Trunp because “he’s brilliant at rubbing salt in their wounds”.
“But why are they attracted to Donald Trump? Who lives high above Manhattan in a luxury penthouse?” Rose asked.
“Well, because he promises… look, because he told them that — he’s brilliant at rubbing salt in their wounds,” Clinton said. “He makes them dislike other people and says, ‘I’ll fix it all and make it the way it used to be.”
“But why is Secretary Clinton, who has an agenda, an economic agenda, having less appeal to working class Americans than you did?” Rose asked. “They were your constituency. And she has a program, and Donald Trump is getting more of their vote. Why is that?”
“Well, that’s been steadily the case, started in the 1960s,” Clinton said. “And it’s just kind of going on. But you’ve got to understand, a lot of this is cultural. She’s the first woman candidate for a major office. She’s trying’ to get the third term of a party. Winning a third term in a row is difficult. And I will say again, the level of disillusionment with the economic, political, and social orders all over the world is very high.”
Bill Clinton last ran for office in 1996, after which he was elected for a second term.