• Blue_Morpho@lemmy.world
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    6 days ago

    Simple. Prices will go up, Trump will hold a press conference announcing prices are lower, and 50% of the country will believe prices are lower instead of the lying mainstream media.

    • CosmicTurtle0@lemmy.dbzer0.com
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      6 days ago

      I remember when his tax “cut” first was experienced, there were a bunch of tiktoks on the fact that their taxes went up. A lot of “I didn’t vote for this!” Videos.

      But they soon forgot.

      His fans are like cats. Easily distracted, so long as someone else is getting hurt worse.

      • tea@lemmy.today
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        6 days ago

        This the the answer. The two major tenets of his platform are “raise tarrifs” (inflationary!) and “deport immigrants” (raising costs on production). Shit is going to get more expensive, but it won’t matter if facts continue not to matter and you have a boogieman to shake your stick at.