- Oct 12, 2022
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It may seem odd that Trump got in but was it just because opposition was not strong enough. A bit like Boris defeating Corbyn
No, America genuinely wants what Trump’s selling. The consensus in the US is currently that it was a mistake to allow manufacturing expertise to dwindle and to outsource decently paying jobs to other countries. Trump wants those jobs and tax receipts (and that expertise) back.
He will implement tariffs to whatever degree is required to make “America made” competitive in the domestic market.
Immigration has been a political football for over a decade, and there’s no doubt that Trump’s lot have weaponised it, but again most of America doesn’t want people traffickers and cross-border drugs operations getting in and out unchallenged. Trump’s rhetoric on this has been vile in places, but the underlying idea of “control your borders” has widespread support across the political spectrum.
Trump’s message was “fix the borders and bring the jobs home, and we can have nice things again.”
Harris’s was largely “don’t elect a misogynistic bullshitter.”
Only one of those two offered a vision for the future. People decided they were willing to put up with some misogynistic bullshit in return for a potentially better future.