Striking parallel between Trump and Liz Truss in terms of the power of economics/markets to turn even one’s own partisans against you. Trump isn’t losing any support over his performative cruelty towards immigrants, but is rapidly losing Republicans over economic policy, stock market, inflation etc - ThreadSky

jburnmurdoch.ft.com • 9 days ago

Striking parallel between Trump and Liz Truss in terms of the power of economics/markets to turn even one’s own partisans against you.

Trump isn’t losing any support over his performative cruelty towards immigrants, but is rapidly losing Republicans over economic policy, stock market, inflation etc

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amazink.bsky.social•9 days ago

The king is naked. Long live the king.

abajrak.bsky.social•9 days ago

I think @benstanley.eu previously called this the "Reverse Streisand".

thewilliamgeorge.bsky.social•9 days ago

"I may not have a retirement now, but at least I got to see some brown people brutalized."

samwarmerdam.bsky.social•9 days ago

Bread and circuses - the Romans knew their shit

samwarmerdam.bsky.social•9 days ago

Maybe egg and shares is the modern form..

dayvehuse.bsky.social•9 days ago

Burgers and lies...

allij.bsky.social•7 days ago

Yep. But even they collapsed.

samwarmerdam.bsky.social•7 days ago

True, people forget what made them successful and everything has an end.

pelledge.bsky.social•9 days ago

You can't offend bad people with bad actions.

zylver.bsky.social•9 days ago

Everybody is a fucking gangsta in a dictatorship, until the revolver stops at them... and punctures a massive fucking Mariana Trench in their wallets.

bimblinghill.bsky.social•9 days ago

Turns out bigots don't like losing money, but it doesn't make them any less bigoted.

sweetbirdoftruth.bsky.social•9 days ago

"It's the economy, stupid." - James Carville.

snabbkassa.bsky.social•9 days ago

it is, but most voters don't understand what constitutes a good or bad economy. They think prices up 10% and their wages up 15% is "a bad economy".

hospo.bsky.social•9 days ago

Apologies as I can't access the article, how are things Maga voters identified or differentiated from others?

alan160755.bsky.social•9 days ago

Just as the lettuce beat Truss, the pumpkin will beat Trump.

sundodger97.bsky.social•7 days ago

Indulging my ego a bit. People can go back and see I've been calling this for a while: Economic *Pain* is the only thing that will save us. #TankTrumpsEconomy

Cut your spending to the bare minimum. And if you want to pull some or all your money into hard cash, that would help too. #StarveTheMasters

slowcookedgoose.bsky.social•9 days ago

It's almost as if the same Heritage Foundation were giving both of them ideas.

wendover.bsky.social•9 days ago

The Republicans have no moral compass, but they get upset when their personal wealth is threatened.

postdiscipline.bsky.social•9 days ago

As long as Americans are nativist ( a society that can't control access to its territory is not a society that has a place on earth; the white majority will become an abused minority in their country; the white race could be miscegenated out of existence), the right can win.

misgivings.bsky.social•9 days ago

And the speed at which it’s all happening

n83z01qbui.bsky.social•9 days ago

@nick-carmody.bsky.social 📊

lorion70.bsky.social•9 days ago

WHOOT yes .. you got that? @votevets.org @rpsagainsttrump.bsky.social @accountablegop.bsky.social
TRUMP TURNS OFF ALL BUT HARD CORE MAGAS.. but wait till they lose their SocialSecurity!

horrox.bsky.social•9 days ago

Sorry if I've missed it in the column - but what does it mean to identify as a MAGA republican (or not)? What's the question they're responding to?

markstahl.bsky.social•9 days ago

The source is YouGov, which is a fairly legitimate polling source. I would suspect MAGA is self-identified. But you can always go to their website, which should explain how they arrived at that designation.

youtackything.bsky.social•9 days ago

I was curious about this, too. I think they literally just ask if people consider themselves "MAGA Republicans."

margiekoger.bsky.social•7 days ago

So, then, Maga = Bigot?

kieranhannon.bsky.social•9 days ago

Meet Axit

The American version of Brexit

diamondlifeca.bsky.social•9 days ago

kieranhannon.bsky.social•9 days ago

👍

jonatkins.bsky.social•9 days ago

Do you know the size split between the groups? Are they about equal?

stevebergin.bsky.social•9 days ago

Or dismantling the government, abandoning Ukraine, betraying NATO... But his tanking the economy will end up showing how stupid and damaging all of it is

diamondlifeca.bsky.social•9 days ago

🎯🎯🎯

dom96.picheta.me•9 days ago

Well I’m glad that something is moving public opinion against him. It’s been feeling like no matter what he does he’ll continue to have support.

kaundinya.bsky.social•9 days ago

The difference is Liz Truss worked in a healthy system of government where her madness could be stopped quickly but we in USA are stuck with our mad king for 4 more years

adybee.bsky.social•9 days ago

markstahl.bsky.social•9 days ago

Because we have a presidential system and not a parliamentary system, we get to watch the head of lettuce rot for another three and a half years.

dwightmc.bsky.social•7 days ago

Notice that the approval by "other Trump voters" (not MAGA) while dropping is still above 50%.

myleshoyle.bsky.social•9 days ago

It's the story of the lettuce and the carrot.
Markets can smell when something is off and react accordingly.

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