'The goal of #Trumpism, it could be said, is to create #losers of us all. The political and economic project’s goal is not to materially improve its adherents’ lives. Instead, it is to create a sense of social order for some people that offers an aesthetic sense of improvement, even as one’s standard of living declines in real terms. These illusory gains can only go so far. Or as one frustrated #Trump voter told reporters during Trump’s first-term trade war with China in 2019, “He’s not hurting the people he needs to be hurting.”'
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Trump Has Become What He Most Despises: A Loser
https://newrepublic.com/article/209052/trump-vance-hegseth-losers-iran