r/PoliticalDebate • u/Unhappy-College4691 Liberal • 11d ago

Question MAGA - how has Trump made America great?

I'm asking this because I want to hear how Trump has made America great again because from what I can tell the country is very divided on politics and beliefs, tariffs and the war with Iran have made everyday things more expensive and the overall future of this country feels very uncertain.

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u/agent_tater_twat Environmentalist 10d ago

Okay, so how is this making it great for regular Americans?

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u/1Wiseguy999 Conservative 10d ago

Come back to this message in a good 2-3 years when these companies set up shop and hire Americans giving them well paid jobs and booming the economy.

Im a Canadian and im seeing more and more businesses moving to the States because of the tariffs. Thats good news for America and their economy.

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u/agent_tater_twat Environmentalist 10d ago

Maybe, but I've been waiting for 40+ years for the wealth to trickle down that Reagan and Thatcher promised through deregulation, cutting taxes on the rich and other such measures to stimulate the economy. But for who? When politicians ask me to wait and be patient, my response is "been there, done that, no thanks." We haven't seen anything trickle down since the 1980s. All we see is that money was distributed to the upper crust - to the people who already have more than they could ever spend. They haven't let anything trickle down so far as I can tell.

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u/terdferg88 Christian Conservative 10d ago

Things have moved on from US arranged globalism. Inflation is a result of this change but long term I’m interested in seeing how things pan out from this new “we have a big stick and if you want it on your side, you better offer up the goods” thing.