Donald Trump spent his first 100 days back in the Oval Office driving an economy that the world envied to the brink of crisis, risking America’s reputation as a financial safe haven and fostering fear among voters who’ve lost confidence in his leadership.
Americans were desperate for relief from high grocery prices and bought into Trump’s promise to make America affordable again in November 2024, partly out of nostalgia for the pre-pandemic economy of his first term.
But the president deliberately and singlehandedly adopted policies that are almost certain to spike prices even more; that could lead to shortages; and that have CEOs and small businesses dealing with chaos and the possibility of a recession.
Their plan is working. Destroy the country so people will have it tough. Create a state of emergency, a sense of crisis and instability. That can be exploited to justify increased repression, to seize control of key assets and resources and their distribution. Makes the population more reliant on structures controlled by their oligarchs and loyalists.
Don’t need to create something that already exists. Capitalism does not serve the working class. The “normal” everyone is so eager to go back to was killing us.