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The whole aim of practical politics is to keep the populace alarmed (and hence clamorous to be led to safety) by menacing it with an endless series of hobgoblins, all of them imaginary.

H.L. Mencken

Sunday, December 21, 2025

The Twin Horns That Will Gore Trump

 Morris looks at Trump's approval on the economy and health care, and it ain't pretty.  This is fundamentally important, because so much of what Trump is doing that is really, really bad simply does not register with most voters...UNTIL they start to see their money shrink.

All the OTHER stuff will only really land with people once they are angered at his economic policy malpractice. There are two main engines that are driving this: deportations and tariffs. A third factor is high interest rates, but his deficit spending spree means that even if the Fed lowers rates, long term interest rates will remain high. This was the situation in the early '90s, and it required some austerity to make things work.

Since Trump is an idiot surrounded by other idiots, anyone think he will do the right thing? The hard thing?

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