{"id":476941,"date":"2026-05-09T21:54:17","date_gmt":"2026-05-09T21:54:17","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/ie\/476941\/"},"modified":"2026-05-09T21:54:17","modified_gmt":"2026-05-09T21:54:17","slug":"sean-duffy-faces-backlash-for-new-family-reality-show-unfocused-and-out-of-touch-trump-administration","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/ie\/476941\/","title":{"rendered":"Sean Duffy faces backlash for new family reality show: \u2018unfocused and out of touch\u2019 | Trump administration"},"content":{"rendered":"

Sean Duffy, the US transportation secretary, hauled his family into a van for a wholesome, seven-month trek across the nation, which was filmed for an upcoming reality TV program, he told<\/a> Fox News on Friday.<\/p>\n

The revelation drew immediate blowback as \u201ctone-deaf\u201d, from critics who pointed toward various crises that have recently hammered the country\u2019s transportation sector.<\/p>\n

Between February and April, a partial government shutdown<\/a> \u2013 stemming from a protracted debate about funding for the Department of Homeland Security \u2013 led TSA agents to quit in droves over the lack of pay<\/a>. Some airport travelers faced<\/a> long<\/a> wait<\/a> times<\/a> due to the ensuing staffing shortages.<\/p>\n

Then, in April, at New York City\u2019s LaGuardia airport, an Air Canada jet collided<\/a> with a fire truck, resulting in the death of two pilots. The circumstances around the incident remain under federal investigation.<\/p>\n

Meanwhile, dominating headlines as of late has been the spike in gas and jet fuel prices, while the US-Israel war with Iran<\/a> continues to disrupt the oil industry. That rise in cost contributed, among other factors, to the collapse<\/a> of low-budget carrier Spirit Airlines.<\/p>\n

\u201cI wanted to lean into America\u2019s 250th birthday,\u201d Duffy said on Fox News, after a preview of The Great American Road Trip played.<\/p>\n

\u201cOver the course of seven months, we just kind of found these moments where I might do some work. I could take the kids with me \u2026 Our motto was \u2018to love America is to see America.\u2019\u201d<\/p>\n

He exhorted the public to embark on similar road trips, suggesting it as an alternative for kids accustomed to scrolling through social media.<\/p>\n

The husband of Pete Buttigieg, the US transportation secretary under Joe Biden, took Duffy to task on social media over the segment.<\/p>\n

\u201cThe same Duffys who threw endless fits on national television when Pete was working from our son\u2019s ICU bedside are now bragging about their multi-month, taxpayer-funded family road trip while gas and grocery prices soar for American families because of Trump\u2019s war of choice,\u201d Chasten Buttigieg wrote<\/a> in an X post.<\/p>\n

\u201cHow much more unfocused, unserious, and out of touch can you be?\u201d<\/p>\n

Rachel Campos-Duffy, Duffy\u2019s wife, issued a social media rebuttal, saying that production costs were paid for by a non-profit, The Great American Road Trip Inc. \u201cIt was filmed in small one and two day stops over the course of seven months,\u201d she also wrote<\/a>.<\/p>\n

The trip has also drawn ethics concerns over its sponsors, among which include Boeing. The aerospace company has been subject to several<\/a> investigations<\/a> concerning<\/a> the<\/a> safety<\/a> of its aircrafts.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"Sean Duffy, the US transportation secretary, hauled his family into a van for a wholesome, seven-month trek across…\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":476942,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[265],"tags":[18,117,19,17,128],"class_list":{"0":"post-476941","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","5":"has-post-thumbnail","7":"category-tv","8":"tag-eire","9":"tag-entertainment","10":"tag-ie","11":"tag-ireland","12":"tag-tv"},"share_on_mastodon":{"url":"https:\/\/pubeurope.com\/@ie\/116546847864071978","error":""},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/476941","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=476941"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/476941\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/476942"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=476941"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=476941"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=476941"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}