Trump Is Sounding A Lot Like The Man He Considers A Terrible President
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Trump’s tariffs could spike prices and create a MAGA malaise, but the president says children should be happy with fewer dolls and pencils.
WASHINGTON — President Donald Trump repeatedly labeled Jimmy Carter as one of America’s worst presidents. But with his recent insistence American children can make do with fewer toys, the billionaire real estate developer sounds a bit like the late peanut farmer who once asked Americans to sacrifice for a cause they don’t really believe in.
“Wasn’t there a president — he wore a sweater?” asked Sen. Chris Coons (D-Del.), referring to the one-term former Democratic president who wore a sweater in 1977 as he urged Americans to turn down their thermostats to conserve resources in the face of what Carter called a “permanent” energy shortage.
The sweater image and accompanying economic message fueled years of Republican backlash.
“How’d that work out for him?” Coons continued. “I’m just saying Americans in general don’t want to hear their president lecture them about austerity and how they should plan on being less generous to their children at Christmas from a guy who’s a self-described billionaire.”
Trump’s shocking statements defending the prospect of fewer, more expensive consumer products come as his approval slides thanks in large part to public dissatisfaction with his tariff policy, which is essentially a unilateral tax that will increase the cost of a broad range of consumer goods, especially toys and other products made in China, for families with young children.
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