When MAGA Fantasy Meets Rust Belt Reality

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Trump can’t run America by yelling at people. Who knew?

By Paul Krugman Nov. 29, 2018

Let’s face it: Make America Great Again was a brilliant political slogan. Why? Because it could mean different things to different people.

For many supporters of Donald Trump, MAGA was basically a promise to return to the good old days of raw racism and sexism. And Trump is delivering on that promise.

But for at least some Trump voters, it was a promise to restore the kind of economy we had 40 or 50 years ago — an economy that still offered lots of manly jobs in manufacturing and mining. Unfortunately for those who trusted Mr. Art of the Deal, Trump never had any idea how to deliver on that promise. And even if he had a clue about policymaking, he couldn’t have changed the long-term trajectory of our economy, which is moving steadily away from making physical stuff and toward providing services.

As a result, Trump, who cares above all about image, is now getting headlines that make a mockery of his campaign posturing — headlines about closing auto plants and lost jobs. Now, autos are a special case; overall manufacturing employment is still rising, although not especially fast. But relative to his grand promises, what’s happening is an embarrassing bust.

Finally, Trump’s angry reaction to auto plant closings is a reminder of his third big policy misunderstanding: He believes that you can run the economy by yelling at people.

https://www.nytimes.com/2018/11/29/opinion/maga-trump-manufacturing.html?action=click&module=Opinion&pgtype=Homepage

[Wellstone ruled]

1. Yup,the Cabal of the Clueless.

[The Genealogist]

2. "Embarrassing bust" is the best description of this presidemcy

That massive ego will never see it. He could be on fire and burn up thinking he is just basking in the warmth of his own glory.

[pansypoo53219]

3. he was using underpants gnomes ekonomik theory. keep clapping