New Trump Era Brings Virtue and Greatness
interest payments coming due on America’s $36 trillion debt; and waves of migrants moving north to reach U.S. soil before top Trump border cop Tom Homan can shut down the border. Yet despite the formidable
challenges, Trump’s singular achievements at the ballot box — sweeping all seven swing states, seizing control of the House and the Senate, securing a popular vote majority, and capturing a record 46% of the Latino vote — suggest underestimating the staying power of America’s 45th and now 47th president is a fever dream best avoided. Or, as Newsmax commenta-
tor Mark Halperin said when asked if Trump can deliver on his promise of a renewed era of prosperity and security to Amer- ica, “I wouldn’t bet against him.” Newsmax interviewed a
broad range of experts to iden- tify the risks and opportunities Trump faces as he embarks on his golden age odyssey. That Trump 2.0 journey begins
with addressing the issue vot- ers cited as their No. 1 reason for sending him back to 1600 Pennsyl- vania Ave.: the economy.
TRUMP FEELS THEIR PAIN
Even Democrats now gener- ally concede that Trump out- performed the Harris campaign in conveying a visceral under- standing of voters’ fi nancial pain and anxiety. Whether dishing out fries at
McDonald’s, speaking openly about immigration with podcast- er Joe Rogan, or sitting ringside at UFC events, Trump came off as the more concerned, better- informed candidate in under- standing the economic struggles of everyday Americans. “When I went around,” Trump remarked in his speech
Gen Z Voters Swing Toward MAGA
O
ne advantage President-elect Donald Trump enjoys as he
moves to implement his populist agenda: surprisingly strong support from those 30 and younger — especially men. Flashback to 2020. Joe Biden
was basking in Democrats’ traditional advantage among younger Americans. Voters 30 and younger had favored him by a 25% margin.
But according to this year’s
Associated Press exit polls, Gen Z men voted for Trump over Democrat nominee Kamala Harris by a 14%
margin, 54% to 42%. Although Harris still enjoyed a significant edge among young women, Trump made gains in that demographic as well. Overall, exit polls indicate Trump
had the strongest showing among young voters of any GOP nominee in nearly two decades — one reason commentator A.B. Stoddard proclaimed that Trump had “obliterated” the Democrat coalition that put Bill Clinton and Barack Obama in the White House. “The entire country, including
blue states, moved rightward,” she noted.
at the America First Policy In- stitute gala the week following the election, “I heard something very interesting — the word ‘gro- cery.’ “They talked about it more
than any other item. ‘The gro- ceries are too high.’ And when you think about it,” he suggest- ed, “that’s a very, very, very bad thing.”
Trump then shared the story
of an elderly woman he heard about who’d been waiting in a grocery checkout line to buy apples. “She brought them up to the
cash register,” Trump said, “and she looked at the woman and she said, ‘Is that the right price ’ “And the woman said, ‘Yes, ma’am, I’m sorry, it is.’”
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