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Originally Posted by Dondilion
Many still support Trump, despite his many negatives, essentially because he was the first major politician to voice (notice voice) consistently the angst they experienced re the hollowing out of the American industrial center.
White folks especially those who thought they were special cannot still believe what corporate America did.
Off-shoring was/is a trauma.
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Whereas Trump did nothing to actually address these issues, Biden has (e.g., Trump's "Infrastructure Week" became a punchline). That said, your analysis is faulty. Trump's support did not (and does not) derive from his industrial policy because he really didn't have one beyond whatever nonsense Peter Navarro (hired via an Amazon search by Jared Kushner) was babbling. And the results of this "policy" was greater unemployment, budget and
trade deficits.
Trump's appeal derived from
the appeal of authoritarianism to his base and the fact that he gave his followers license to show their hatred for pretty much everyone other than Christian Nationalists and his willingness to "fight" against all of these perceived enemies (Muslims, blacks, LGBTQ, immigrants, historical allies (in favor of despots) ...), something that had fortunately gone out of favor for the past several decades.