# Clinton Critiques Trump's Actions

> Clinton calls Trump's policies self-serving and warns of zero-sum politics.
- Title: Clinton Critiques Trump's Actions · ABC7 New York | Shortify
- Summary: Clinton calls Trump's policies self-serving and warns of zero-sum politics. Clinton criticized Trump's triumphal arch plan as self-serving and warned of…
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- Source: ABC7 New York — https://abc7ny.com/story/bill-clinton-takes-veiled-public-shot-trumps-actions-hard-make/19858939
- Published: 2026-09-22T22:20:20+00:00
- Read time: 1 min
- Topics: bill clinton, donald trump, clinton global initiative, 250th anniversary, zero-sum politics, triumphal arch, democratic socialists, news, local
## Clinton's Public Critique
Former President Bill Clinton criticized Trump's recent actions including a planned triumphal arch for drones.

> I suppose I could take my entire allotted time to discuss the self-evident wisdom of building an Arc de Triomphe in Washington to hold all our drones. Some of this stuff, it's hard to make up
## Zero-Sum Politics Warning
Clinton warned that zero-sum thinking undermines the 250th anniversary of the country's founding.

> I believe that on the 250th anniversary of this country, we can't have a politics driven by zero-sum thinking: in order for me to win, you have to lose
## Self-Serving Government
Clinton accused the government of weaponizing itself for personal gain and violating constitutional principles.

> They've weaponized government to settle personal scores, prosecute enemies, stamp out free speech. They've even made the federal government a new profit center for themselves and their allies. That violates the spirit and letter of the emolument clause of our Constitution
## Critique of Democratic Left
Clinton criticized progressive Democrats for advocating socialism that benefits the wealthy.

> Should it be socialism for everybody, or should it just be for the wealthy and well-connected?
## Hopeful Events
Clinton highlighted Minnesota immigration incident and Supreme Court's voting restrictions denial as positive developments.

> The outcry in Minnesota after federal agents shot two U.S. citizens during immigration enforcement, as well as the Supreme Court's denial, for now, of the Trump administration's proposed procedures that would have layered new restrictions on voting by mail
## Kennedy Center Triviality
Clinton dismissed Trump's Kennedy Center naming attempts as minor compared to national issues.

> I personally think that the way we've argued about what's going on at Kennedy Center and all that kind of stuff, I think we've been majoring in the minors
## Key takeaway

Clinton criticized Trump's triumphal arch plan as self-serving and warned of zero-sum politics at the 250th anniversary event.