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Donald Trump seems to be doing everything that he can to distract people from the failing economy and rising prices, but what if economic decline isn’t a bug, but an intended feature of Trump’s presidency?
Sarah Jones was on Deadline DC with Brad Bannon and she connected rising prices and democracy:
It's heartbreaking for people who are out there, who are retired, who are on Social Security, people who worked hard their whole lives, people who don't have a social safety net anymore to think about, they're not looking at how can I make all these cuts so I can afford my groceries?
They're thinking. Do I have to pick between my rent and my groceries? And that is a horrible tragedy in this country where we have all of these billionaires now and the wealth disparity just exploding. It just reminds me of those stories out of Russia about how many people can't afford to eat.
And I think some of that is deliberate to weaken people to when people have to worry about food, they can't worry about whether Donald Trump is violating their constitutional rights. So there's less pushback when people are worried about their survival, and I do think some of that is intentional, but in terms of whether it's the Epstein scandal or the money, or, the inflation and the prices of everything.
Sarah also discussed in the video above why Democrats should focus on inflation and prices and not focus on the idea that the Epstein files will bring Trump down.
The perennial question with Donald Trump is whether his failure is due to incompetence or if it is done intentionally to harm people.
If Trump can keep people distracted, they are less likely to pay attention to his attack on democracy and corruption, and there is no better distraction than hunger or the inability to afford basic necessities.
Trump could be incompetent, or he could be sabotaging the economy so that there is no more upward mobility and the elite get richer at everyone else’s expense.
What Trump is doing isn’t the American dream, and it is a vital reason why people must resist.
Is Trump intentionally trying to starve Americans? What do you think? Join the discussion in the comments below.
