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The American Dream is officially on life support — thanks to Trump
Trump Promised Cheap Life. He Delivered a Costlier One.The Narrow PromiseThe source article is about a familiar scam in modern American politics: Donald Trump won on inflation anxiety, promised to lower prices on “Day 1,” and one and a half years into his second presidency the squeeze is worse. The reporting lays out the damage plainly enough: groceries, housing, cars, education, all more expensive, all forcing ordinary people into debt or retreat.Who Actually Holds PowerThis story is not about mysterious market forces wandering in from the weather. It is about institutional power. Trump sits…
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