Listen to the People, President Trump — They Really DO Feel Economic Pain

President Trump is stepping out of his White House bubble to address economic gloom; we expect he’ll make time to listen as well as speechify.

He needs to be careful: Slamming Democrats’ talk of “affordability” as a “con job” is readily twisted to make it seem like he doesn’t think people are suffering.

We realize that he means that Dems are responsible for the nation’s current woes; they can’t credibly claim to be the party of strong economic growth, which is the only way out of this box.

But his mission, Tuesday in Pennsylvania and in more speeches across the country early in the new year, is to address public frustration over stubbornly high prices and slow wage growth.

The prez can and should offer genuine assurances, but must admit the frustration is painfully real: Three-quarters of Americans view the economy negatively, a Fox News survey found last month.

That’s up from the 70% who felt that way at the end of Joe Biden’s presidency. (Read more from “Listen to the People, President Trump — They Really DO Feel Economic Pain” HERE)

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