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Originally Posted by ianch99
But they are not as you & I might define policies. They were populist soundbites designed to appeal to the people he needed to get/keep onboard. He could not articulate how he would implement them because firstly, he is not capable and secondly, they are not able to be implemented as announced.
Take the "Deport Illegal Migrants" for example. Is he going to gut the cheap labour force in agriculture, industry, etc. If he does, prices will rise as Trump voters would not do those jobs for that pay. Will he make US-born children of migrants illegal - he certainly has discussed this.
Take the "Tariffs" for example. These would lead to inflation as importers pass on the cost to the consumer. They would also harm the USA's erstwhile allies in Europe.
The list goes on. He basically pandered, as Populists do, to the base instincts of the voters: he preyed on their insecurities of money, race, religion, etc. His whole campaign was founded on cruelty & hate and USA will be poorer, in all senses, for it.
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What you and i define as policy is irrelvant to the discussion, they were Trumps policies and enough of the electorate thought they made sense and were worth voting for.
Which leadds me to two potential conclusions either 1. The American population en masse are a bunch of gibbering idtios (and i don't believe this to be the case) or 2. KH was that BAD she wasn't able to get her message across to the voters (more than likely the case)
She also didn't offer enough of a difference from Biden, who many Americans blame solely (rightly or wrongly) for the past four years. and how could she? when Biden was/is her boss?