He's not wrong, they did sign up for it. They're just too stupid to realize it. Trump's last trade war required a bailout of over 10 billion to rescue farmers, and somehow they're surprised the second time around?
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That thread is creepy.
Trump not only promised to bring down prices, but promised to do so "on day one." In fact, in the final days of the campaign, that was likely the promise he repeated the most.
So not only is he somewhere between delusional and dishonest (which I already knew), but every single person who responded to insist rising prices is indeed what they signed up for is also somewhere between delusional and dishonest.
Why? What compels them? What do they expect to gain?
I'm beginning to suspect that there's some environmental factor or something in the US that makes people delusional, angry and stupid, because this has gone way beyond anything that can be explained by political partisanship alone.
It's racism and sexism. Trump stands for hurting non-whites. As long as non-whites are being hurt, the racist people will endure anything.
"If you can convince the lowest white man he's better than the best colored man, he won't notice you're picking his pocket. Hell, give him somebody to look down on, and he'll empty his pockets for you." - Lyndon B. Johnson
Just like with Hillary Clinton, many people will never be ok with a woman president.
To be fair, Trump also stands for hurting whites. That's the problem with fascism, you don't ever really eliminate the enemy. You just redefine who the enemy is whenever it's convenient. Eventually, if there's nothing but white people left, then a sub group of them will become the new scapegoat, and then when they're gone another, etc.