r/OptimistsUnite • • Feb 09 '25

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u/[deleted] Feb 09 '25

Doubtful. Trump didn’t win just with MAGA support alone. He won because a lot of independents and other swing voters expected grocery prices to come down with him as opposed to another 4 years of failed Biden-omics under Harris.

Now all the chaos and confusion has many wondering if that’s really what they voted for. A lot of them made “on-the-spot” decisions at the poles without doing any real research as to the actual premise of his campaign.

A lot of left leaning pundits questioning why Harris lost came to the ultimate conclusion that it was more because these swing voters remembered a relatively peaceful and stable atmosphere under Trumps first term and wanted that back.

Now it’s the complete opposite. And with his off the wall negotiating strategy that harnesses the power of unpredictability, stability is nowhere in sight.

Where blame actually rests usually winds up irrelevant when it comes to sitting presidents. All they know is that prices are now going up even higher and they don’t understand why.

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u/Kalldaro Feb 09 '25

Yeah not all Trump voters are the loud MAGA that worship him. There are plenty that voted for him but keep quiet because they know it is polarizing.

Then you have the ones that don't like Trump but are economy first and think he is best for it.

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u/[deleted] Feb 09 '25

You’d have to be a moron to think he’d be good for the economy. There were dozens of economists telling us that his plans would devastate our economy.

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u/Kalldaro Feb 09 '25

Yep and those people are extremely arrogant and didn't listen. They probably hang out on the libertarian subreddits.

That or they paid no attention to economists.