The question seemed simple. Give âone main metricâ President Donald Trump has made âbetter offâ in his security and term as president.
But the question appeared to stump MAGA commentator Dave Rubin during a âSurroundedâ debate hosted by Jubilee Media.
The debate pitted him against 20 âfar-left Democratsâ as Rubin struggled after a debater identified as Parker asked for a metric along the lines of gross domestic product, unemployment or inflation.
âWell, right now, first off, the Big Beautiful Bill was just passed last year and itâs kicking in now, right? Itâs kicking in now,â Rubin said.
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âSo we are see â weâre going to now see results of that. Like, or even the tariffs, so letâs do tariffs â are you for or against tariffs?â he said at the debate.
The debater responded he was against Trumpâs universal tariffs and then returned to his question.
âSo whatâs the main metric that he made better off?â he asked.
âWhat?â Rubin responded.
âWhatâs the main metric that he made better off? GDP, unemployment, inflation? Do you have any idea?â Parker asked.
âListen,â Rubin replied.
âI donât think you do,â Parker hit back.
Rubin suggested the debater was arguing the Economy was better when Joe Biden was president, a point that Parker said he âabsolutelyâ agreed with.
âWeâre seeing all of those economic indicators become worse off,â said Parker, before returning to his question.
âCan you tell me anything that heâs done to make it better off? You say itâs broken for Democrats. It sounds like itâs broken right now under Trump,â Parker said.
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Later, critics such as Mehdi Hasan and Brian Shapiro went after Rubin, calling his performance in the debate âembarrassingâ debate performance. Shapiro called Rubin a âcomplete imbecile.â
Left-wing Twitch streamer Hasan Piker also questioned why Rubin would âeven choose to doâ the debate.
âHe wouldâve lost the debate to an empty chair. Truly the dumbest the right has to offer,â he wrote on X.