this post was submitted on 04 Nov 2024
918 points (97.7% liked)
People Twitter
5226 readers
1054 users here now
People tweeting stuff. We allow tweets from anyone.
RULES:
- Mark NSFW content.
- No doxxing people.
- Must be a tweet or similar
- No bullying or international politcs
- Be excellent to each other.
founded 1 year ago
MODERATORS
you are viewing a single comment's thread
view the rest of the comments
view the rest of the comments
I know of a handful of other Latin Americans who still want to vote for the fucker. They can't articulate why they'd vote for him other than a vague economic reason, even after reminding them of all the heinous shit he spews about people who don't look like him.
The "the economy was better under Trump" segment of voters is so depressing.
His policies were basically tariffs and random shiny object populist issues. His policies raised prices regressively while creating entire foreign industries that didn't exist before that now price-anchor US products through his tariffs and trade restrictions, such as soybean. Blew up NAFTA just to replace it with an almost identical arrangement. He alienated our biggest allies and trade partners. He pushed down interest rates even when it wasn't needed, ignoring the housing and stock bubble it created, because it made him look good.
It always reminds me how effective repeating a lie is - their "vibe" is that he's some great businessman, and it's enough to get their vote. They never check the sources for that "fact" (which are all Trump's own self-aggrandizing statements).
"The economy was great under trump! It's definitely not because of Obama and his policies. It started being garbage months before Biden took office because everyone knew Biden would make it bad."