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Related: Editorials & Other Articles, Issue Forums, Alliance Forums, Region ForumsWhy Trump Is Doomed to Lose on Affordability
Why Trump Is Doomed to Lose on Affordability
December 11, 2025 at 9:20 am EST By Taegan Goddard 136 Comments
https://politicalwire.com/2025/12/11/why-trump-is-doomed-to-lose-on-affordability/
Dan Pfeiffer: In the minds of most voters, Trumps economic policy can be summed up in one word: tariffs.
Trump was elected to lower prices, and one of his first and most high-profile acts was to explicitly raise prices on nearly everything. Americans know about the tariffs, and they dont buy Trumps absurd and largely incomprehensible arguments about why he enacted them.
Voters draw a straight line from Trumps tariffs to higher prices. A Navigator Research poll of battleground House districts found that 69% believe that tariffs have increased costs.
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Why Trump Is Doomed to Lose on Affordability (Original Post)
applegrove
Dec 11
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vapor2
(3,789 posts)1. We see increasing prices, we pay the increasing prices
but the moron continues to repeat "affordability" and calling it a hoax. His buddies will never tell him the truth for fear of his wrath. We are becoming a shit hole country
durablend
(8,898 posts)2. "Becoming" a shit hole country
We passed that years ago.
progressoid
(52,599 posts)3. We're all going to lose.
Well, all of us except a few at the top.
leftstreet
(38,868 posts)4. He's poison for the midterms
But does he care? He's getting just as angry at the GOPers (and his own voters) as the DeMoCraTs, so maybe he just wants to burn them all down. Narcissists do that