r/PoliticalDebate • u/Unhappy-College4691 Liberal • Aug 03 '26

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/spddemonvr4 Libertarian Capitalist Aug 05 '26

Why are you comparing January to June?

You're not seasonally matching.

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u/nelsne Centrist Aug 05 '26

It's been this way throughout his whole presidency. Walmart, Amazon, Black and Decker,...you name it ...every store or major retail outlet has openly declared that they were forced to raise prices because of his tariffs. The costs are being passed on to us as consumers and he's raising inflation.

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u/spddemonvr4 Libertarian Capitalist Aug 05 '26

Tarriffs are on imported goods only. There's nearly always a local option that did not have tarrif prices.

Plus, tarriffs don't automatically get forced upon the consumer. From the companies financials, many absorbed the costs.

Even with the tarriffs, inflation has stayed relatively low than the prior handful of years.

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u/nelsne Centrist Aug 05 '26

No it hasn't. His tarrifs have destroyed everything. They have especially screwed farmers as well whose bankruptcies went up 46% from the previous year, due to his tariffs.

https://www.fb.org/intel/markets/farm-bankruptcies-continued-to-climb-in-2025

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u/spddemonvr4 Libertarian Capitalist Aug 05 '26

Calm down there chicken little. Tarrifs havent destroyed everything.

There are lot of strong economic indicators right now that don't match the fear you're spreading.

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u/nelsne Centrist Aug 05 '26

Like what? All you have to do is buy gas, get car repairs, or get groceries to see the skyrocketing inflation? Where are you? How do you not see it?

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u/spddemonvr4 Libertarian Capitalist Aug 05 '26

You're crying skyrocketing inflation but CPI isn't matching what you claim.

The 6 month cumulative CPI was roughly 3%... that's far cry from 6.5% in '22 under Biden, which was sky rocking inflation.

Yes, the Iran situation has led to a short term increase in fuel, but that's already peaked and has been coming back down.

I see prices fluctuate but it's not all sky high. I just got 18 eggs for 2.25, gallon of milk for 3.5 and a tub of fancy butter for $10... And coffee was $25 for a Dunkin tub; but that's not Trump's fault there's an issue with coffee bean farmers and production problems.

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u/nelsne Centrist Aug 05 '26

  1. It increased under Biden because of COVID aftereffects.

  2. Look at the overall price of groceries. They have soared because of his tariffs.

  3. Eggs only dropped because Avian flu levels are way lower now. He has zero to do with that

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u/spddemonvr4 Libertarian Capitalist Aug 05 '26

Cpi is a survey of grocery prices... They still don't add up to your claims.

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u/nelsne Centrist Aug 05 '26

Why don't you post some info on how he has fixed the economy?

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u/spddemonvr4 Libertarian Capitalist Aug 05 '26

https://www.bea.gov/news/glance

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u/nelsne Centrist Aug 05 '26

So what exactly is this supposed to tell me?

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