Trump supporters, I would argue, are mistaken in believing that the economy is good and that supporting him will improve their lot in life.
Recent reports that the economy is good because GDP – Gross Domestic Product - is up may be true for corporations trading on Wall Street, but is not necessarily true for average American families living on Main Street.
Using only GDP to gauge the economy is a 100-year-old, outdated measure of the economic wellbeing of middle class and working class Americans.
Trump is instead making the lives of 99% of us more difficult.
His trade tariffs, to take one example,