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Donald Trump has gone silent on working class cost of living issues (www.usatoday.com)
submitted 12 hours ago by RememberTheApollo_@lemmy.world to c/news@lemmy.world
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For the past two years, Donald Trump has spread fear about the state of the United States and championed himself as the only man capable of saving the country from itself. Only he could bring down the price of groceries and gas. Only he could fix the broken health care system. Only he could fix the broken immigration system. Only he could end the wars in Ukraine and in the Middle East.

Now that the voters have drunk the Kool-Aid, the jig is up. The grift is over and the prize of the presidency is won. But will the buyers of the golden sneakers have buyer’s remorse? I suspect that for all but the most cult-following MAGA lemmings, the answer to that question is yes.

Despite two years of constant finger-pointing at the Biden administration for rising grocery prices that were actually decreasing during that time, since the election, Trump has gone dead silent on the issue of working class cost of living issues. His only comment on grocery prices was during his interview with Time magazine for his man of the year article in which he admitted that there isn’t much he can do to bring grocery prices back down to the levels of 2019. Economically, the only thing that will do that is a strong recession that no one wants. He has said virtually nothing about the cost of gasoline, in large part because the prices were already falling to four-year lows before the election and have continued to fall since.

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[–] RememberTheApollo_@lemmy.world 0 points 10 hours ago* (last edited 9 hours ago) (3 children)

Thank you for assuming I don’t know what socialism actually is.

"Democrats have tended, through regulation and other ways, to be more empowering of the federal government and in regulating the economy than the Republicans," Schwartz says, "and this has been called socialism."

https://www.npr.org/2020/08/25/905895428/republicans-blast-democrats-as-socialists-heres-what-socialism-is

Government regulation being called socialism is the wheelhouse of republicans. They’re the ones who have completely F’d up what socialism actually is. My comment was sarcastically pointing that out.

People overwhelmingly (for US voter participation) voted the person that acknowledged issues even if they knew he was lying.

Overwhelming is a HUGE stretch.

Harris claimed to want to fix the economy for everyone.

Instead they chose a liar over the price of eggs.

Enjoy they leopards.

[–] holo@lemmy.wtf -4 points 9 hours ago (2 children)

You're in a .world account, if course the default is you have no idea what socialism is; and sarcasm and/or satire should be labeled, especially if you're singling out a wing if the US uniparty to criticize instead of criticizing both.

Harris never claimed to want to fix the economy. Not once. In fact she explicitly stated the economy is better than ever thanks to Biden's policies, which she would continue. That is why she lost, lying to the American public about the economy when they can feel being worse off than they have been in their entire life, regardless of age.

[–] RememberTheApollo_@lemmy.world -1 points 7 hours ago* (last edited 7 hours ago) (1 children)

https://apnews.com/article/harris-economy-taxes-homes-food-prices-insurance-e1ad3f26f2ce8e6cb365a4ffe2ca3e6b

https://www.bbc.com/news/articles/cy8xqy0jv24o

https://kamalaharris.com/wp-content/uploads/2024/09/Policy_Book_Economic-Opportunity.pdf

Considering it’s blatantly obvious republicans have weaponized and corrupted the word “socialism” beyond belief the /s isn’t required.

Whatever. The only thing happening here is you seeing what to want to see. Just more projection and accusation on your part accusing me of ignorance while you weaponize your own. Welcome to my blocked list.

[–] holo@lemmy.wtf 1 points 6 hours ago

You're going to be surprised when Dems lose 2028 and you can't blame Trump anymore.