Very few were on top during The Gilded Age and it has been EXTREMELY clear for quite a long time now that the "Great" in M.A.G.A. is a reference to the 1880s, not the 1950s.
And so on and so forth. In each case, vote for Trump was to harm someone you look down at and to dominate over another group.
When you vote, you vote for an entire platform and you especially vote for central campaign promises. You don’t get to say “I voted for a world where I’m on top” and then say “but not for the primary method the candidate promised to use!”
After the liberation day tariffs were announced, 34% of the people thought they were good.
https://www.kansascity.com/news/nation-world/national/articl...
Even if you knew nothing of Project 2025 (somehow), you were warned.
The rest of it was just gravy.
Trump claimed that Obama was "the founder of Isis" and claimed MANY times that he was not born in the United States. [1]
So yes, he is completely loony... and very blatantly a racist who sends dogwhistles to other racists regularly.
No, he is not friends with Obama or Biden. In fact, Trump is the first president in 150 years to refuse to attend the inauguration of his competitor after losing. [2]
[0] https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Barack_Obama_religion_conspira...
[1] https://x.com/realDonaldTrump/status/508194635270062080
[2] https://www.whitehousehistory.org/photos/notably-absent-pres...
I can otherwise understand how people would agree on paying more for their stuff if it allows their fellow citizens to have a job.
