William Lindsey Apr 6, 2025

John Stoehr thinks that if we expect Trump voters to turn against him even when his attack on the economy affects them directly, we misunderstand what they're about. The media want us to imagine they vote for him because of "the price of eggs" and "the economy," but that's not the case:

"Trump supporters are going to trust him no matter how incoherent, no matter how dumb. Indeed, the dumber and more incoherent, the more they trust."

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https://www.rawstory.com/raw-investigates/trump-tariffs-2671680129/

Trump voters got exactly what they wanted — so why are people complaining?

This week, Donald Trump announced sweeping new tariffs that the Associated Press called “a historic tax hike that could push the global order to a breaking point,” and what I want to know is this:Why are we still wondering what Trump voters want?He promised. He delivered. What’s the mystery?I ask, b...

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Show threadWilliam Lindsey Apr 6, 2025

"Over the last 10 years, Trump has swept them up in a story about the cosmic battle between good and evil, in which the chosen people, free and innocent and pure, have been taken advantage of by 'globalists' who are trying to replace them with foreigners with the intention of 'poisoning the blood' of the country, leading to America’s destruction."

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Show threadWilliam Lindsey Apr 6, 2025

"They will blame whomever he tells them to, including nations, as he said yesterday, that have 'looted, pillaged, raped and plundered' the country. These foreigners are the reason he implemented tariffs in the first place, using emergency powers usually reserved for wartime.

Indeed, the more Trump supporters suffer, the closer they are likely going to bind themselves to the president."

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Show threadWilliam Lindsey Apr 6, 2025

"It could be that the last election was about money, but not in the way most people think. Fact is, the economy was booming. Inflation was down. Wages were up. Unemployment had rarely been lower. Joe Biden really did grow the economy from the bottom up and the middle out. And in spite of stubbornly high costs, most everyone prospered.

But that may have been the problem."

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Show threadWilliam Lindsey Apr 6, 2025

"It’s not that Trump voters were mad at Biden, because he didn’t do enough about inflation. I think they were mad at him, because he did more than any president to expand the economic pie to include all those who are usually left behind, especially Black people."

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Show threadWilliam Lindsey Apr 6, 2025

"Sad as it is, the fact remains that when Black Americans are doing well for themselves, too many white people in this country start feeling like something is wrong, something is being taken from them, someone somewhere is cheating them, even when they are in fact thriving. It’s white-power’s zero-sum. If America includes 'them,' it excludes 'us.'"

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Brian BartkyApr 7, 2025
Show threadWilliam Lindsey 

"The mainstream view used to be that the party that presided over boomtimes was the party that could expect to be rewarded. But for Trump voters who believe they are the real America, and that the real America has been 'looted, pillaged, raped and plundered,' it’s likely that boomtimes meant something else – evidence they were right."

IT NEVER HAS BEEN ABOUT THE PRICE OF EGGS FOR HIS VOTERS.

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Show threadMichael WymanApr 6, 2025
@wdlindsy they have likewise bought into Trump’s zero-sum concept of “deals”. The rest of the country was doing well, therefore they were “losing” and being taken advantage of.
Show threadWilliam Lindsey Apr 6, 2025
@mwyman Well-noted and well-stated. I agree.