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kpete

(72,895 posts)
Fri Oct 4, 2024, 08:53 AM Oct 4

Paul Krugman: why trump is lying about disaster relief

Before I get into the disaster relief issue, let me note that Trump has been a true innovator in political dishonesty. Lots of politicians have misrepresented their personal histories or the content of their policy proposals — Trump does that, too. But he has also constructed a whole dystopian fantasy world, trying to persuade voters that America is a nation with a collapsing economy overrun by violent immigrants.

In reality, America has low inflation and low unemployment, and the average worker’s purchasing power is higher than it was five years ago. Yes, some Americans are struggling, but that was as true when Trump was president as it is now.

What’s new is that Trump’s vision of America-as-hellscape seems to be losing its political mojo. For example, a new Cook Political Report poll of swing states, while still showing Trump with some advantage on the economy, showed Kamala Harris tied on the issue of who can best deal with inflation and the cost of living, and barely trailing on who can best deal with crime and violence.

So it must be time to conjure a new fake source of fear and outrage.

https://balloon-juice.com/2024/10/04/tgifriday-morning-open-thread-all-things-considered-id-rather-be-a-democrat/#comment-9380869


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Paul Krugman: why trump is lying about disaster relief (Original Post) kpete Oct 4 OP
Krugman always reads the wackos pretty good. BootinUp Oct 4 #1
Stupid strategy central scrutinizer Oct 4 #2
That seams to be going away on its own lame54 Oct 4 #3

central scrutinizer

(12,441 posts)
2. Stupid strategy
Fri Oct 4, 2024, 09:11 AM
Oct 4

His harshly partisan responses to disasters are easily researched. But that does subtract from the space available for talking about Jack Smith’s filing

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