A Trump-supporting news anchor pleaded with him on Saturday night to recognize the economic reality that many in MAGA face.
NewsNation’s Batya Ungar-Sargon, who has frequently defended President Donald Trump on her eponymously named show Batya!, addressed him last weekend with a plea to help Americans who are continually struggling to make ends meet in this economy. She explained that many of the people who made his second term possible are having a difficult time contending with rising food and gas prices, which are chewing up more and more of the middle-class paycheck every week.
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“Mister president, your supporters are hurting. People who voted for you three times, who would walk over Legos covered in hot coals to vote for you, are broke,” she said bluntly in the opening of her show. “Some are skipping meals, others are buying canned chicken in bulk, because that’s all they can afford. The cost of food and gas is just so high. People are finding it impossible to pay for their kids’ after-school sports once they fill up the car with gas.”
“People who support you and support the war in Iran, who were willing to pay a little more to make sure our grandkids don’t have to live with the threat of a nuclear-armed terrorist state, who are willing to pay a little more for the possibility of restoring our great manufacturing base with tariffs, well, they’ve paid all they can,” she continued. “Some are expressing anger and frustration. They feel that they voted for you to bring down the costs. Others are just quietly skipping meals and, contrary to what some and your administration keep saying, it’s not just vibes. Inflation is eating up wage growth, and then some. Gas is $4.50 a gallon as we head into the summer travel season. The producer price index is up six percent as we head into grilling season. Savings are at an all-time low. 13 percent of credit card balances are now over 90 days delinquent, the highest since 2011.”
“You keep saying that the stock market is doing great, and that is true, but the gains of the economy and nearly all consumer spending are concentrated in the top 10 percent. Everyone else is broke. You keep saying that gas will plummet when Operation Epic Fury is over and there’s a new memorandum of understanding on the table, but even if there is a deal, it will take a lot of time for gas to come down, and in the meantime, the American people need something to get them through the slog,” she urged. “Your supporters need help, Mr. President, and they need it from you. We brought in two hundred billion dollars in tariff revenue; couldn’t some of that be shared with Americans struggling to put food on the table?”
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Sierra Marlee is a millennial whose hunger for the truth in a world of fake news has led her to write. Marlee also contributes to BizPac Review.
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