During our trip in Germany (see tomorrow), I saw a bit of Trump through European eyes and thought about how to beat these guys in '26 and '28. Removing Barriers is still sound but let's reinforce it with an added plank: Removing Barriers To The American Dream, barriers which Trumpenomics is imposing on middle class households:
- increased costs of imported necessities (e.g., vegetables, diapers, underwear, school clothes, batteries);
- increased cost of student loans;
- closure of technical and community colleges;
- increased costs of autos;
- increased costs of lumber for building homes;
- increased costs for solar and wind power;
- loss of medicare and medicaid coverage;
- increased cost of imported pharmaceuticals;
- closure of small town hospitals;
- closure of public TV-affiliated local stations and their news, weather, and Sesame Street;
--- and many more obstacles that Trumpenomics is imposing right now on Middle Class America.
Removing Barriers to the American Dream
That should be our banner. And note: no talk about elite colleges and university grants, infectious disease research, foreign aid, USAID, tax cuts for the wealthy, income disparity, cult of personality, privacy, freedom of speech, interest rates, deficits, and all that admittedly very important stuff we care about: talk to the middle class about their daily lives. Talk up the backbone of America,
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