In an exclusive interview with Fox News Friday, the former president addressed President Biden's "Build Back Better" agenda and the bipartisan infrastructure package pending in Congress.
Biden has struggled to strike an agreement that satisfies both progressive and moderate Democrats on both the reconciliation and infrastructure bills in both the House and the Senate.
"It is hard to believe they won't do it, but I think if they do it, it's going to cost [Biden] a lot in the election," Trump told Fox News. "Because the people don't want it. It is a rip-off for America. It is a big tax increase."
Trump ridiculed the infrastructure bill, declaring "it is not an infrastructure bill," repeating Republican complaints that the majority of the legislation is not focused on infrastructure, but rather on other spending items.
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"It is a Green New Deal bill," Trump announced.
Trump was likening Biden's spending agenda to the Green New Deal, which is meant to tackle climate change and more, combining concepts incorporated in former President Franklin D. Roosevelt's signature New Deal and modern notions like renewable energy and resource efficiency. The bill was advanced by Rep. Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez and other liberal lawmakers in 2019.
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In the meantime, Trump praised Republicans, saying, "we have a lot of great people in the Republican Party."
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"We have some bad ones, like everything else, but we have some tremendous people," Trump announced.
"The one thing I'll say is, the Democrats, they're vicious, they have horrible policy, but, they stick together," Trump stated. "This is the first time I have seen it in a long time."
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The former president referred to the infighting between the White House and Democrats and among lawmakers in both the House and the Senate on the spending packages. Last month, the White House and the Senate Democratic leadership struggled to strike a deal to secure the backing of moderate Democrat Sens. Joe Manchin of West Virginia and Kyrsten Sinema of Arizona.
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And on Friday, Biden canceled a planned trip to Rehoboth, Del., to stay in Washington, as the White House and Democratic leaders tried to rally enough support among House progressives to pass the bipartisan infrastructure bill by Friday night.
Sources told Fox News that Biden was personally calling progressive holdouts who were considering voting down the bill.
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