Trump's Approval Hits Bottom: Not Enough Cuts to the Poor?
Newsweek reports that reducing food stamps caused Trump's approval to dive, a narrative that paints his base as suddenly outraged by austerity. This overlooks decades of targeted political rhetoric against 'entitlements' and 'welfare queens,' which has consistently played well with a certain segment of the electorate. Trump didn't invent this playbook; he merely perfected it for a new generation.
One might wonder if a drop in approval over SNAP benefits (Newsweek, May 2018) truly reflects buyer's remorse, or if it's merely a convenient narrative allowing corporate media to overlook the systemic issues and racialized scapegoating that actually propelled him to power, and which he continues to exploit today. How many headlines blamed 'economic anxiety' without examining whose anxiety, and at
whose expense?