Many of us know that one of the hazards of electing a billionaire president is the fact that they tend to be out of touch with the problems that the average person deals with on a daily basis. Right now affordability seems to be on most people's minds as inflation continues to rage and prices continue to rise. 

 

So I wonder how Trump thinks it's helpful to deny that things are so expensive, and to continue blaming everything on Biden. Don won the election largely based on promises to make America more affordable again, and very few of us see any signs that anything like that is happening. 

 

After a lifetime of hyperbole, he struggles to admit that things are anything less than spectacular on his watch. “We are the hottest country anywhere in the world,” Trump roared, before showing charts purportedly showing rises in real wages and falls in food prices.

 

Democrats talking about affordability is like Bonnie and Clyde preaching about public safety,” Trump said, but offered no new plans to tackle high prices or the expiring Affordable Care Act subsidies that will mean doubled premiums for many Americans next year. Trump’s triumphalism was a jarring contrast with how many voters are feeling. Polls show voters have lost faith in Trump’s economic management. Consumer confidence is near record lows, and contrary to his claims most prices are not down since he took office.

 

Trump has twice expertly weaponized voter anger to win the White House, in 2016 and 2024. But he’s less good at feeling their pain. He seemed concerned with almost everything else recently and looks like an out-of-touch billionaire president.

 

But Trump still insists things have never been better. He celebrated the “best 10 months ever in the history of the presidency” Tuesday and was enjoying himself back on the trail too much to consider the political consequences of his denial.

 

https://www.cnn.com/2025/12/10/politics/trump-fun-fails-to-feel-americans-pain-prices?cid=android_app

 

 

More proof of his gross over estimation of self. 

 

Late Tuesday at a Pennsylvania political event, Trump said he would use his sway to end the renewed combat between Thailand and Cambodia.

 

“Tomorrow I’ll have to make a phone call,” Trump said. “Who else could say, ‘I’m going to make a phone call and stop a war between two very powerful countries, Thailand and Cambodia?’”

 

Huh? You? My guess is he so accustomed to failure it feels normal. 

Trump lives in the universe of his own little mind, disconnected from any multiverse reality.

31 minutes ago, JimHuaHin said:

Trump lives in the universe of his own little mind, disconnected from any multiverse reality.

His universe seems more realistic then the EU woke universe.