The MAGA base rallied on inflation and racial grievances, but stressing race over the economy is costing the US president
Donald Trump’s 2024 campaign strategy leaned heavily on two sources of grievance among the Maga base. The first was the rising cost of living, propelled by the sharp burst of inflation that peaked at 9% a year in July 2022. Though inflation had receded to 2.7% by election day, frustration over prices convinced many voters that Trump would be a superior steward of the economy. The other theme was race.
The strategy won the presidency. Then, Trump made a mistake: focusing relentlessly on hostility towards immigrants and the diverse citizens of urban America, the president pretty much ignored – nay, worsened – his supporters’ economic woes. In elections earlier this month, US economic grievances came back to bite him. Pummeled by voters, Trump is now trying to recover his economic narrative. But it may be too late.
Trump seems not only to have forgotten his promises on the economy, he also appears to enjoy stoking Americans’ economic anxieties. His array of tariffs against friend and foe has slowed the economy, stalling employment growth while it raises the prices of key necessities. His decision to end subsidies for health insurance plans under Obamacare will drastically raise premiums for millions of Americans. And there is probably no better strategy than ending Snap food assistance payments – as he did during the government shutdown–to deepen the economic misery of the poor.
… he’s already been shot
The wound that healed up faster than Jesus? With no scar tissue nor the gaping hole often ripped by shockwaves from speeding projectiles?
No?
Weird. If it was a complete fake, wouldn’t that look the same?
Conspiracy theories are stupid, man. Don’t be an idiot. There’s no hidden truth here. You just don’t know a whole fuck ton about the extent of the injury and fill the gap with ignorance that makes you feel smart
Dude. They showed a bandage and some blood. The bullet would even have to hit the ear for it to be ripped by force as it shot past. Check the Time cover where it shows a pristine ear.
Anyway, I’m not here for conspiracies. But if that ear were totally faked, it couldn’t look more fake than it does now. But I’ll accept magical healing if that’s what it was.
“Not here for conspiracies” and then states that you think the reality of the situation is less believable than that the ear was faked being shot. Love it. Absolutely hilarious.
Cartlidge never heals buddy ask any teen now an adult with a ear piercing that they got and that they hated and that they took out if they still have a hole
Looks like it was damaged to me
I don’t see it. But his face just does look like play dough to me so I’m probably not a good judge. I’m sure he has access to the best cosmetics around.
I just remember the videos of them ushering photographers around the stage and to me it was fake as hell. Which is weird because I thought he would have been actually shot at a lot sooner