Trump's Cuts Hit Own Voters? A Feature, Not a Bug
The article highlights that potential changes to disability benefits, like those targeting Medicare and Medicaid, would impact communities that largely supported Trump. This isn't a new strategy; the GOP has a long, storied history of campaigning on 'populist' rhetoric while consistently implementing policies that benefit the wealthy elite at the expense of their base. Think tax cuts for
corporations versus cuts to Social Security and Medicare. This pattern, however, rarely receives the same breathless analysis when it's just 'generalized' poor people affected. One might almost think the ruling class, regardless of party, views the working class as just so many pawns to be moved for their grand economic chess game. The surprise isn't that Trump's policies would hurt 'his own
voters,' but that anyone is still surprised when trickle-down economics inevitably trickles up.