“Americans must learn to adjust to a lower standard of living,” he told the crowd before suggesting a specific solution to prices hiked by his tariffs, which he continues to insist are a success. “You can give up certain products. You can give up pencils…You don’t need 37 dolls for your daughter. Two or three is nice.”

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    Trump marched onstage insisting he was ready to make America “affordable again,” a line crafted to evoke Reagan-era economic populism that instead conjured Jimmy Carter calling for personal austerity. Trump declared he had “no higher priority” before launching into his usual misdirection by blaming the rising cost of living on his predecessor, Joe Biden.

    Keep blaming Biden! Despite assurances things would be fixed as early as the first day, the USA is still not in that great of a shape. How many people will allow Trump to quit taking accountability? Every day that we get more into a Trump presidency it should be harder and harder to blame your predecessor.

    If Biden left this country in such a shambles that even the almighty Trump is unable to right the ship, then why the heck did the Donald say he could?

    Our gullible countrymen ate it right up and a good amount continue to do so. Mortgaging your future to own the libs.

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      Keep blaming Biden!

      They ALL fucking do it. I just saw that stupid bitch Noem start off one of her non-answering “answers” with some bullshit about Biden. Thankfully the piece of shit got immediately called on it.

      Q: Why are you breaking the law when it comes to immigration enforcement? A: Well, President Biden…

      That stupid SpokesBarbie Karoline does it, too. Same with Mikey Johnson, and on and on.

      And I only wish it was confined to Republicans, but it doesn’t stop there, sadly. Lots of so called independents, centrists and leftists, do it too.

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        It’s like they always want to make sure they are “better” than Biden, but continually justify their own bad behavior by pointing to him.

        I can’t imagine catching someone stealing and they say “well, my neighbor is also a thief!” Great, now the world has two thieves. It’s an absolutely shit way to make an argument and it’s sad that the public seems to fall for it almost every time.