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Trump struggles to find his economic messaging amid voter skepticism

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Trump struggles to find his economic messaging amid voter skepticism - Lemmy.World

Trump spent the week making a bold case about a booming U.S. economy with even better times ahead, as his economic policies kick in. The problem for Trump is that polls show [https://www.foxnews.com/politics/fox-news-poll-voters-say-white-house-doing-more-harm-than-good-economy] a wide swath of Americans aren’t feeling that optimism yet — and in his initial attempts at addressing the cost of living, he called the affordability issue a Democratic “hoax.” Hoping to tackle the messaging disconnect, the White House rolled out a $12 billion farmer aid package [https://www.npr.org/2025/12/08/nx-s1-5637476/trump-administration-announcing-12-billion-in-one-time-payments-to-farmers] and sent Trump to Pennsylvania this week to make his case. Trump has frequently shown himself a strong economic messenger — winning reelection in 2024 by lambasting Joe Biden’s economy. But one year into his presidency, Trump is struggling to convince Americans [https://www.npr.org/2025/12/10/g-s1-101506/trumps-speech-grievances-about-immigrants] that the economic pain they see in their cost-of-living expenses isn’t real.

Dec 13 at 5:29pmWeb
Show threadJohnnyFlapHoleSeedDec 13

I’m pretty sure ‘his’ economic message is “I had a rich daddy, and have never had to worry about failure, and as such, I don’t really understand anything about finance, or the economy. I’m like a poker player that doesn’t actually know how to play, and never has to worry about money, so I just always go all in to bully the players with less money off the board. Then I claim to be the best poker player in the world even though I don’t know a straight from a flush, or three of a kind. Don’t worry though, even if it ruins everyone else in the country, I’ll still be fine because I’m just stealing your tax money while giving aide and comfort to our enemies.”

I think that pretty much sums up his position

Show threadYurkshireLadDec 13
“I don’t care about anyone else except myself, and I will continue to do anything I want if it makes me richer or makes people treat me like a king”.
Show threadRunningInRVADec 13
He calls affordability a democrat hoax, but I distinctly remember seeing give a meandering 75 minute long “press conference” at his lavish Bedford golf course in August of 2024 next to tables of groceries claiming that he was going to make them more affordable for everybody. If you were too dumb to see through that lie then, it doesn’t sound like you are now (except for the most willfully ignorant citizens). The guy never had a plan other than to blame Biden. Now he states the issue is nonexistent even though he ran on it and subsequently did absolutely nothing to help it with his tariffs. He is a fraud of the highest order.
Show threadDevolutionDec 13
It’s like he lies or something. 🧐
Show threadDevolutionDec 13
Hard to have a honest message when all you do it lie.
Show threadArchangel1313Dec 13

Trump struggles to find his economic messaging amid voter skepticism a lie that will still work, because most people aren’t as stupid as he thinks they are.

FTFY.

Show threadThe Real King GordonDec 13
Because even his dumbest supporters can tell when they are unemployed and missing the mortgage payment.
Show threadOptionalDec 13
NPR: Handcrafted conservative narratives since 1989
Show threadsantaDec 14
Selling a pile of poo as something else becomes challenging after a while.
Show threadFuglyDuckDec 14
Dude doesn’t know how to apologize.
Show threadphutatoriusDec 15
Roy Cohn taught him to never apologize, always attack.
Show threadOldFartPhilDec 14
The only messages Trump has are lies and bigotry, and even his supporters aren’t buying his lies anymore. Normalizing his demented horseshit as some kind of coherent economic message is how we got to where we are today.
Show threadkmartburritoDec 14
When all you have is absolute bullshit you can only kick the can down the road for so long before people aren’t enamored with it anymore.
Show threadphutatoriusDec 15
Messaging is never the issue when you have a shit policy.