Donald Trump Admits Voters Are Struggling: 'Take a While' To See My Economy

i47i@hachyderm.io

Trump says voters are “struggling” but insists “his economy” is strong. Europeans have seen this movie before.

What Americans are living through isn’t prosperity that hasn’t arrived yet — it’s AUSTERITY, disguised as “tariffs”.

In Europe they remember Greece under the Troika: living costs rising, wages squeezed, public pain framed as unavoidable “reform”, while banks and large corporates were protected. Different language, same outcome.

Tariffs are not paid by China. They are paid by consumers. Economists are clear: tariffs function as regressive taxes, hitting lower-income households hardest. This is austerity without the label - and without honesty.

After the 2008 Lehman collapse, losses were socialised, “too big to fail” was rewarded, and the bill was deferred. Fifteen years later, the bill has come due.

Corporate welfare at the top.

Austerity for everyone else.

Tariffs are taxes, and highly inefficient ones
https://www.forbes.com/sites/andrewleahey/2024/11/27/tariffs-are-taxes-particularly-inefficient-and-corruptible-taxes/

Tariffs hurt lower-income Americans more than the wealthy
https://www.cnbc.com/2025/04/25/trump-tariffs-taxes-poor-rich.html

Anadolu Agency on Greece & Troika austerity (historical parallel)
https://www.aa.com.tr/en/economy/greek-fm-troika-austerity-like-being-waterboarded-by-cia/75122

This isn’t industrial policy. It’s one of the largest hidden tax grabs in modern U.S. history.

Americans have been fooled again.

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