# Clinton attacks Trump's 'hard to make up' actions

> Former president delivers sharp critique of Trump administration at Clinton Global Initiative summit, calling out self-serving policies and constitutional violations.
- Title: Clinton attacks Trump's 'hard to make up' actions · ABC News
- Summary: Former president delivers sharp critique of Trump administration at Clinton Global Initiative summit, calling out self-serving policies and constitutional…
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## Clinton opens fire on Trump
Former President Bill Clinton delivered sharp criticism of the Trump administration at the Clinton Global Initiative's twenty twenty-six summit in New York on Tuesday, September twenty-second.
## The triumphal arch jab
Clinton mocked Trump's planned triumphal arch in Washington, which would also serve as a sniper and drone facility. He said of such actions: some of this stuff, it's hard to make up.

> Some of this stuff, it's hard to make up
## Zero-sum politics divides nation
Clinton criticized the zero-sum thinking driving politics, saying on the country's two hundred fiftieth anniversary, America cannot have politics where one side must lose for another to win.
## Government weaponized, rules rigged
Clinton said those in charge created different rules for themselves and others, weaponized government to settle scores and prosecute enemies, and made the federal government a profit center for allies.
## Constitution's emoluments clause violated
Clinton argued the administration violated the spirit and letter of the Constitution's emoluments clause by making the federal government a profit center for themselves and their allies.
## Clinton critiques his own party
Clinton also attacked the left wing of the Democratic Party, asking whether America should have socialism for everybody or just for the wealthy and well-connected, as democratic socialists gained primary success.
## Two sources of hope emerge
Clinton cited the outcry in Minnesota after federal agents shot two U.S. citizens during immigration enforcement and the Supreme Court's denial of Trump's proposed voting-by-mail restrictions as reasons for optimism.
## Kennedy Center debate misses the point
Clinton dismissed arguments over Trump's attempts to add his name to the Kennedy Center as majoring in the minors, saying what matters is what happens in and outside buildings, not whose names appear on them.

> I think we've been majoring in the minors
## Key takeaway

Bill Clinton delivered his strongest recent critique of Trump's presidency at the Clinton Global Initiative summit on September twenty-second, twenty twenty-six, without naming Trump directly.