Everything Trump Touches Turns to $&!%

In Greek mythology, everything King Midas touched turned to gold. It felt like a blessing until his food, his water, and even his own daughter turned to gold.

The lesson is simple: a man who mistakes gold for greatness will end up with neither.

President Trump never learned that lesson. He corrupts everything he touches.

Take his gold-plated ballroom, whose costs have ballooned beyond $300 million of YOUR taxpayer dollars. His reckless tariffs and war in Iran have pushed inflation over 4% – its highest level in three years. He stripped health care from millions to pay for tax cuts for billionaires. Even a pool renovation has turned into a $16 million algae-infested bird killer.

To top it all off, last week, Congress passed the ROAD to Housing Act – the biggest bipartisan housing reform bill in decades. It’s designed to build more homes, expand loan support for veterans, and lower costs by stopping Wall Street from buying up single family homes.

Then President Trump touched the bill. Right now, he’s refusing to sign it unless Congress also passes his SAVE America Act, a voter suppression bill that doesn’t have the votes. Instead of taking the win, President Trump has taken our housing bill hostage.

This president has had every opportunity to lower costs. To help Americans. He chooses not to.

The Coloradans I meet on the Front Range and Western Slope aren’t looking for more ballrooms, bombs, and billionaires. They’re looking for help.

There’s a better way.

First, we must stop the bleeding from this administration. End this illegal war and these disastrous tariffs. Curb ICE’s lawlessness. Repair our social safety net — reversing the administration’s cuts to healthcare, SNAP, and student aid.

Then we must get back to making your life better: lowering the cost of living, creating more jobs, and protecting our public lands.

This work will not be easy. As we mark America’s 250th anniversary, many are questioning whether government is capable of meeting this moment:

A moment where technological revolution promises unthinkable innovation at unprecedented speed. But also leaves us more isolated and struggling to discern fact from fiction.

A moment when the consequences of climate change are impossible to ignore – with wildfires, drought, and destruction like we’ve never seen.

A moment when wealth is flowing to the wealthiest Americans faster than ever.

I’m not immune to skepticism, frustration, or despair. But a better and brighter tomorrow requires us to persist.

Despite all of our challenges, I remain optimistic about the future because of the character of the people I meet across Colorado.

People showing up for their neighbors. Families sharing whatever they can—meals, clothing, rides to school.

America’s true wealth has never been found in monuments or ballrooms. It’s found in our neighborhoods, our communities, in you.

Our charge has always been to help each other and to keep the American dream alive for the next generation.

That’s what it means to be a Coloradan.

That’s what it means to be an American.

And that is worth more than gold.