Summary

An AP-NORC poll reveals skepticism about Donald Trump’s ability to lower costs like groceries, housing, or healthcare in his first year, with only 2 in 10 Americans expressing strong confidence. Confidence is slightly higher for job creation (3 in 10).

Even among Republicans, less than half are very confident in his ability to address healthcare or food costs.

Health care remains a weak spot, with only 16% of Americans confident he can lower costs.

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      6 hours ago

      About forget the ones who were ignorant, stupid, or trying to prove a point only to have it backfire like we all told them it would.

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        Only that it probably won’t backfire much on them, not as much as on everyone else

        Some of you might die, but that is a sacrifice I am willing to make!

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    15 hours ago

    And here I am, KNOWING he won’t lower prices, BECAUSE HE FUCKING SAID HE WASN’T GOING TO, AS SOON AS THE VOTES WERE IN!?¡

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    Anyone who thinks he’ll do it at all is delusional; he’s gotten $200 million in bribes to increase corporate profits, not lower them.

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        Oh I know. Plenty of them it was more about not voting for that n-- bitch. But they knew they could call her that out loud, so they did it in their head and claimed it was about the economy.

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            If someone really wants to think that was what I was saying and couldn’t figure it out from the context, I honestly do not care.

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    He fixed healthcare in his first term remember? That was when Elon landed humans on Mars.

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    If anything, he’ll print more money than is already the case and fuel inflation.

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    Too bad they didn’t think about it before voting.

    Edit: I’d like to add that I will bet groceries for a month that they don’t go down at any point in his term.

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      Literally had someone try to tell me this the other day when the ceasefire news came out… That didn’t last.

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      I mean, glassing Palestine is a solution. One might even say a final solution.

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    At this point I’m just hoping he doesn’t plunge us into The Great Depression 2: Electric Breadaloo

    So great we stuck it to bLuEMaGa on that one single issue amiright single issue voters?

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      Lol, I don’t see how this won’t be significantly worse than that. In fact, when the economy is down, that’s when it’s the easiest for the richest people to enrich themselves further, buying companies, properties, and things when people are forced to sell for bottom dollar. And all those people are little baby birds chirping at big daddy trump to destroy the economy, so they can buy up everything, thinking they can recover the economy and eat astronomical profits.

      That’s the plan anyway.

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        Ya know your comment reminded me that the great depression is what led to the New Deal which brought the most significant worker reforms and regulations in US history.

        So maybe a Great Depression 2 would suck, but after we might get New Deal 2: Electric Healthcarealo so…there’s that

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    MAGA Voters: “Derp derp, he said he do thing, yup yup, we believe, yup yup, dat mean he gon do it, yup. Them eggs and them beers are gunna be incredibly affordable anyday now, yup yup”

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    I’m stocking up on some of my hobby supplies specifically because I think he’ll raise prices, like he’s literally said he would multiple times.