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“'Affordability' doesn’t have a universally agreed-upon definition. Is it just a vibe? A number? How can you tell if it’s getting better or worse?
So let’s talk about how you might go about measuring affordability, if you were trying to do so in an intellectually honest way, and what Trump could do to improve the issue. He’s probably not going to like the answer."
#Trump #MAGA #Republicans #economy #affordability #prices #groceries
/5
"Those are among the new results from The POLITICO Poll that crystallize a growing warning sign for Republicans ahead of next year’s midterms: Some of the very groups that powered Trump’s victory last year are showing signs of breaking from that coalition, and it’s the high cost of living that’s driving them away."
#Trump #MAGA #Republicans #economy #affordability #prices #groceries
/3
“'The word "affordability" is a con job by the Democrats,' Trump declared during this week’s cabinet meeting, in between snoozes. 'The word "affordability" is a Democrat scam,' he insisted, adding that the word 'doesn’t mean anything to anybody.'
Sure, just last week he was proclaiming himself 'THE AFFORDABILITY PRESIDENT,' but maybe he has a point."
~ Catherine Rampell
#Trump #MAGA #Republicans #economy #affordability #prices #groceries
/4
https://www.thebulwark.com/p/trump-affordability-con-job-inflation
“'Affordability' doesn’t have a universally agreed-upon definition. Is it just a vibe? A number? How can you tell if it’s getting better or worse?
So let’s talk about how you might go about measuring affordability, if you were trying to do so in an intellectually honest way, and what Trump could do to improve the issue. He’s probably not going to like the answer."
#Trump #MAGA #Republicans #economy #affordability #prices #groceries
/5
"There is no universe, in this one or any alternate timeline, where 'let’s lock up the economic data and build a shiny new ballroom' is a winning affordability message.
Yet here we are.
You saw Donald Trump’s 18th iteration of his affordability message yesterday, when he said of affordability, 'It doesn’t mean anything to anybody…The word affordability is a con job by the Democrats.'”
~ Rick Wilson
#Trump #MAGA #Republicans #economy #affordability #prices
/6
https://www.lincolnsquare.media/p/a-blue-revolution-is-brewing
"The vibe is late Bourbon decadence and indifference, King Donald the Corpulent in his palace, while the peasantry starves."
#Trump #MAGA #Republicans #economy #affordability #prices
/7
"In the summer of 2024, as Trump was lagging in the polls behind Kamala Harris, he began to repeatedly and explicitly promise not simply to reduce inflation but to deliver large declines in consumer prices: 'Starting the day I take the oath of office, I will rapidly drive prices down.'"
~ Paul Krugman
#Trump #MAGA #Republicans #economy #affordability #prices
/8
https://paulkrugman.substack.com/p/magas-affordability-crisis-will-soon
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