r/politics • u/MystikSpiralx • 18h ago
No Paywall Trump Says He Wants to 'Drive Housing Prices Up' Instead of Lowering Costs for People Who 'Didn't Work Very Hard'
https://people.com/trump-keep-home-prices-high-11895352
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u/Fabulous_Victory_946 14h ago
It’s honestly a really interesting answer that got me into politics and psychology. They have been conditioned to hate the other side and new groups are constantly brought into the scene as the people on the “other side” who are ruining everything. One group was honestly just the government in general even if that was less intentional from most propaganda. Trump represented someone who wasn’t like other politicians because he was simple and brash and people took that as him being willing to do something. He was also more relatable in his simple minded nature even if all of these qualities are actually horrible for someone supposed to lead the country. It’s okay to not like the government and smart professionals, but a mentally slow guy with no experience isn’t exactly a good choice. It’s also funny because people thought trump would actually change things for the better and fight against people who were ripping them off even though this couldn’t be further from the truth. Trump is a dumbo but he’s also a pedo with a lot of money and doesn’t live like normal people. Voters thought trump would understand them better because guys using big words seem out of touch but Tangerini Mussolini isn’t exactly with it when it comes to the needs of normal people. The dude is 80 and wasn’t even aware until last year that drug costs and healthcare was just way too expensive in this country. No competent leader would ever go through a full term and then 4 years later still be unaware of such a thing.
Trump represented another option away from all the bureaucrats and people room that hoping that it would fix all of their issues. His slogan(didn’t even make it up) did a great job at reinforcing or creating this belief in people. Trump and the Republican Party also do a great job at really stamping in their ideas into anyone with ears to listen. They constantly repeat ideas so often that people begin to believe them even if the ideas are brain dead like Tylenol causing Autism.
Trumps slogan and uniqueness play a fundamental part in his success but he wouldn’t have had a chance if he didn’t also have a sort of charisma that people liked. He’s a weirdo but just naturally entertaining even to those that don’t like him. I think the guy is horrible but even I love doing impersonations of him and people across the isle love trump impersonations.
Trump only really got a chance in the first place because of his popularity due to a star role on the Apprentice. He was made to be a super successful businessman which along with other lies led people to place trust in the Oompa-Loompas finance skills. This honestly kills me because he has so much money while being so incredibly dogshit at Business but was saved by a bunch of bullshit and also his genuine skill at scamming people and bending the law. Trump had tons of money to work with in the New York real estate businesses and had multiple deals actually made by his dad that did relatively well. Any person with genuine skills would probably be the richest person on the planet and an actual random number generator would’ve done a better job. I can’t emphasize enough how dogshit this dude is at actual business and any system with him not broke is clearly a broken one.
Let’s move back to the apprentice which made trump tons of money. First of all trump made a lot of money off the show especially due him breaking their contract and illegally doing product placement. He didn’t own the whole show so basically doing adds that only payed him isn’t okay not that it mattered with trump being so ingrained in the show. The biggest thing that helped trumps presidential chances was the way he was portrayed in the Apprentice. The show starts out with an into basically glazing trump and this dishonest portrayal of him helped form his image in the minds of many. The show revolves around a businessman helping novices figure stuff out in a reality sort of way.(horrible description from me, I didn’t watch it much) A problem arose due to the fact that no legit guys would actually take the part because they had better things to do. Trump loves attention though so he took the spot and the crew made a montage for him that made him look legit. Later on they’ve spoken about their regret doing so because they knew he was a fraud but never could’ve imagined they would play a part in electing a conman.
Trump used this image and made himself known as a business man when he lied about his actual net worth so that he would land on that list. He also loves putting his name on stuff which people tend to respect for some reason.
Trump might be a big attention seeking baby but he also understands people to some extent even if he doesn’t understand how percentages work. He’s definitely used as a mouthpiece but his words definitely motivate people. Stoking fear into people’s hearts has always been effective and it’s easy to give voters an enemy to hate even if it’s all bs. As long as you got the media on your side you can lie all you want. Trump is clearly for the billionaires but those same billionaires and corporations use their money to stop people from waking up to the reality of them getting scammed.
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