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Trump marched onstage insisting he was ready to make America “affordable again,” a line crafted to evoke Reagan-era economic populism that instead conjured Jimmy Carter calling for personal austerity. Trump declared he had “no higher priority” before launching into his usual misdirection by blaming the rising cost of living on his predecessor, Joe Biden.

Keep blaming Biden! Despite assurances things would be fixed as early as the first day, the USA is still not in that great of a shape. How many people will allow Trump to quit taking accountability? Every day that we get more into a Trump presidency it should be harder and harder to blame your predecessor.

If Biden left this country in such a shambles that even the almighty Trump is unable to right the ship, then why the heck did the Donald say he could?

Our gullible countrymen ate it right up and a good amount continue to do so. Mortgaging your future to own the libs.

"Your daughters won't even want dolls once I get through with them."

I'm not going to say he's particularly wrong, but a) populists can't get away with telling people to cut back, they've already demanded you trade your morals, freedom, and touch with reality for greed, and b) greed isn't why people are mad, yes consumer goods are getting more expensive, but housing, food, and transportation along with raw materials have become unaffordable.

Panem et circenses. People will cheer for oppression if you ensure their needs are met and they aren't bored. No amount of circuses will replace the bread. And this clown doesn't really have the vigor he used to.

He's talking about dolls again?! I had to check the date... Yup.

Even his devoted were getting bored to tears by them while there was an actual campaign going on. Personally I hope he just keeps doing it for the rest of his life, and the crowds keep getting smaller and smaller.

Hopefully he forgets the bulletproof glass one day.

“Why is it we only take people from s**thole countries? Why can’t we have some people from Norway, Sweden, just a few?”

Maybe because people from civilised countries can see that America is the real shithole?

But I'm sure bullying and betraying your EU allies and shitting on them is gonna make all the smart people emigrate to the USA.

What a moron. Just unbelievable.

The syphilis has completely cooked his brain.

His "Let Them Eat Cake" Tour isn't going well? Who woulda thunk?

According to a new POLITICO poll, half of all Americans are finding it difficult to afford food. Even more damaging for Trump, a majority (55%) blames his administration. So Democrats were quick to pounce on his absurd advice. Sen. Ruben Gallego of Arizona posted on X, “Trump needs private jets and an Oval Office covered in gold but your kid only needs one pencil.” 

And because the president is nothing if not predictable, his speech eventually strayed from the economic gaslighting, quickly devolving into angry tangents about alternative energy, immigrants and other odd grievances.

In a particularly baffling moment, Trump attacked the concept of energy storage despite Pennsylvania having recently secured hundreds of jobs with a new zinc battery factory. “They want us to go to batteries!” he jeered. “We don’t have battery content. So let’s go to batteries according to these morons that were in our country.”

Americans must learn to adjust to a lower standard of living, he told the crowd before suggesting a specific solution to prices hiked by his tariffs, which he continues to insist are a success. “You can give up certain products. You can give up pencils…You don’t need 37 dolls for your daughter. Two or three is nice.”

Trump thinks the economic problem is pencil addicts and spoiled little girls. The guy is a mental ruin.

“They want us to go to batteries!” he jeered. “We don’t have battery content. So let’s go to batteries according to these morons that were in our country.”

What is battery content? Does he mean the raw materials to make batteries?

How much could one pencil cost, Michael? 10 dollars?

But they're all voting Republican again, because Brown Peepulz!

Are we great again?

This is some how more out of touch than Dr Oz and his charcuterie board shopping trip. Yes, you don't need pencils, the suddenly luxury good in my economy.

Give up 37 dolls. Wtf

"Please sir. Can I have some more?" "More pencils !!?!!".

So, we just get one gilded gold ballroom with a solid gold toilet now?