I love the cognitive dissonance as well by all the people who were much better off during his last administration as compared to the recent and ongoing disaster, yet are worried that he will ruin all the "good" we are experiencing under this latest administration.
Wait, are we discounting the fact that a global pandemic took place in 2020 that disrupted the entire world economy? Lord knows, I don't think Joe Biden was the world's greatest President, but inflation didn't skyrocket because of his economic policy specifically. Inflation skyrocketed because we injected a shit-ton of extra purchasing power into the economy to stave off a depression by way of:
1. Multiple stimulus checks
2. Beefed up unemployment benefits for those with jobs displaced by COVID
3. Pauses on evictions and student loan repayments
4. COVID-related tax breaks
5. Cost savings associated with seismic shifts to WFH
6. Labor shortages during the pandemic, resulting in increased wages
To be clear, these decisions spanned both presidencies and were absolutely the right thing to do, but when you're pushing that much extra money into the economy to stave off a depression/deep recession, the basic laws of supply and demand suggest that you're going to devalue the dollar and struggle with inflation.
Let's not forget the historic losses in the tech sector over the last 12 months as the result of the rise of AI and correction of overhiring during the post-covid bubble.
I'm not even normally a huge fan of the Federal Reserve, but it's a minor miracle that the Fed was able to manipulate interest rates in a way that has steadily cooled inflation while keeping unemployment low and wage growth net positive. If we can truly stick a soft landing after the entire world economy shut down, that's pretty damn impressive.
Also think there's a difference between being a leftist fanatic and thinking that the best man to lead the free world might not be the rapist from Epstein's plane with 30+ felonies on his record, an easily fact-checked history of flagrant lies, a Rolodex full of dictators, a cabinet that resembles one of Diddy's White Parties, no concern for the future of the planet, and a proud disdain for the lower class.
I don't doubt that a Trump administration might be good for your real estate portfolio, but at what expense? The basic rights to health for American women? The disbandment of immigrant families who are already here? A habitable planet for our great grandchildren?
Honest question: Do you not care about his character at all? Is the way he openly talks about women immaterial to you? Do you find nothing wrong with selecting an Attorney General actively under investigation for statutory rape? A Secretary of Education whose husband is under federal investigation for a raping a woman at his corporate headquarters and then shitting on her? Does the fact that dozens of his former aids warn that he wants to overthrow the U.S. government worry you? Are you not worried about the long term effects of drilling in our national preserves? Are you fine with ceding control of your wife, or daughter, or sister's reproductive system to your state government?
Totally get how someone could pinch their nose and say, "His economic policies will be better for me, despite all the horrific side bullshit."
Can't wrap my around people like you who, in your own words, actively "Love Trump."