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When ABC News' Terry Moran asked Pres. Donald Trump to respond to voters who may be concerned that rising costs are not what they "signed up for," Trump responded: "Well, they did sign up for this actually."

https://x.com/ABC/status/1917379788408312308

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[-] Infamousblt@hexbear.net 77 points 5 days ago

I would agree that generally speaking the folks who voted for Trump wanted the things he's doing.

I don't think they want the outcome of the things he's doing but is it really American voters fault that they are completely incapable of thinking that actions have consequences?

[-] Belly_Beanis@hexbear.net 57 points 5 days ago

They want bad things to happen to people they don't like. They are only upset because they are catching stray bullets. "He's not hurting the right people!" is a meme for a reason. It's how reactionaries think the world works.

[-] ThermonuclearEgg@hexbear.net 19 points 5 days ago

pronouns: "So what if costs increase for me as long as it's worse for the us-foreign-policy?"

[-] FlakesBongler@hexbear.net 43 points 5 days ago

I learned about the Hawley-Smoot Tariffs back in high school and why they aggravated the conditions that would snowball into The Great Depression

I guess everyone else was busy drawing the Cool S or something involving The Monkees

[-] GoodGuyWithACat@hexbear.net 30 points 5 days ago

To be fair, you can't blame Americans too much for thinking that voting doesn't have consequences because of all the times it doesn't.

[-] Maturin@hexbear.net 29 points 5 days ago

And I think they still want the things he is doing and are in denial about the consequences (anecdotal)

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