The great danger is that this time, Trumpism starts making sense | Randeep Ramesh

Contributing sentiments towards policy:

55% : However, in a sign that price controls were becoming mainstream in national politics, Trump promised to cap credit card interest rates.
50% : Since then, two US presidencies have acknowledged the need to rebuild an economy that supports blue-collar workers affected by free trade, immigration and globalisation.
46% : Trump's assault on free trade and immigration aimed at its destruction."
45% : Trump presents free trade and open borders as threats to US prosperity, advocating for strict controls that admit only goods and people aligned with American interests.
45% : While centrist Democrats support corporate interests by blocking progressive reforms, Trump aligns directly with billionaires, promoting a culture where justice serves the wealthy, prejudice is trivialised and power diminishes equality.
40% : Both Trump and Harris gauged voters' indifference to near-trillion-dollar deficits, promising on the campaign trail to protect social security and Medicare.
35% : After the crash but before Trump, the Tea Party was a rightwing populist movement frustrated by globalisation yet anti-worker in orientation.
32% : But in 2016, the rise of Trump on the right and Bernie Sanders on the left highlighted a real shift, as neoliberalism's grip loosened, making space for once marginalised ideas.
29% : Whether Trump can mobilise popular discontent over social and economic inequalities without alienating the oligarchs who support him remains an open question.
17% : Biden sought to cultivate a green economy, while Trump promoted fossil fuels so aggressively that it bordered on self-parody.

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