WASHINGTON

US Senate Minority Leader Chuck Schumer on Thursday criticized a speech delivered by President Donald Trump the previous night, accusing him of being out of touch with the economic realities facing everyday people in the country.

"Last night, Donald Trump gave a speech about how supposedly great his first year has been. So, of course, his speech was short because there's really not much to say about how great Trump has been for 18 minutes," Schumer said on the Senate floor.

Though not officially billed as a year-end speech, Trump's televised address served as a nearly 20-minute review of the first year of his second term, running through a wide swath of topics, claiming success, and promising future "progress" for Americans as he repeatedly tore into his predecessor, Joe Biden.

Schumer accused Trump of attempting to paint an unrealistically positive picture of the country’s condition despite rising costs for consumers.

"The president, last night, tried to convince Americans the sky is green, that trees can walk. He yelled at the camera and said that things are somehow going great, even though costs are up," he said.

The New York Democrat also suggested the president appeared uncomfortable delivering the address.

"It was clear, watching the speech, that the president didn't want to be there. The only thing Americans saw last night was a very rich president trapped in a bubble, forced by his advisers to give a speech he didn't want to give," Schumer said.

"President Trump's speech showed he lives in a bubble, a billionaire bubble, completely disconnected from reality that everyday Americans are seeing and feeling," he said.