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Uh huh. That was easy.
Gavin Newsom (D) launched a podcast, and he actually talks about issues, and it's the first time some people have seen a politician actually listen to other people. Usually in US politics it's binary. If my party says yes, you are a no, and lets argue from different sides.
Democrats think people just fell in love with Trump, but actually it was rejectionist, they rejected what Democrats were about. Usually Democrats condescend to everyone. You say that, but we know better, because we went to college and know.
Trump threw out large numbers in his tariff talk. Just numbers he was playing with, probably, to negotiate down to a real number. That may have worked to get him a good bargain, but what may have happened after a few weeks of this is that people just don't take him seriously when he says a number or anything. Does the forum, which is politics, not lend itself to this type of bargaining the way some other forums do? Because his numbers are public. Because when he says them, they're televised and headlined all over the place, so the headlines that follow after are that he caved or he was bluffing or whatever.
One issue with tariffs is that it centralizes power. Anyone can go to Trump and say give me a deal, I need an exception, everyone goes to him, gives a donation. Bribes. It looks bad. And that's the rule-based system Americans like. Jcal.
Democrats don't have slogans and things that ‘tap into core beliefs’ like ‘Build the wall.’ ‘We want Greenland.’ Doesn't matter if they're going to do it or not. Andrew Schulz. It can't just be money. Everyone in the US thinks they're going to be a millionaire. If you make them feel like that's going to happen anymore. ‘No tax on tips' (going right for Nevada). Bernie Sanders did it, going after rich people.
People who own stocks have over-benefitted for 15 years. Chamath. Under Obama they took rates to 0 and anyone with assets could borrow a ton.
Trump connects with and listens to people well. Jcal.