Summary

Low-income voters who supported Donald Trump are expressing concerns over potential cuts to government benefits as his administration pushes for aggressive spending reductions.

Trump’s newly announced “Department of Government Efficiency” (DOGE), led by Elon Musk and Vivek Ramaswamy, is tasked with cutting programs, raising fears about impacts on social safety nets.

Trump also plans to shut down the Education Department, impose tariffs on imports from China, Mexico, and Canada, and has nominated Robert F. Kennedy Jr. as Health Secretary, signaling a focus on controversial health policies.

Voter anxieties about these shifts are growing.

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  • @[email protected]English
    72•2 months ago

    “He is more attuned to the needs of everyone instead of just the rich,” Mosura, 55, said on a recent afternoon. “I think he knows it’s the poor people that got him elected, so I think Trump is going to do more to help us.”

    Oh. My. God.

      • @JTskulkEnglish
        9•2 months ago

        For real, the guy that just learned the word “groceries” is the hero of the common man.

        • @[email protected]
          1•2 months ago

          There is has been a long campaign to make Americans dumber. Easier to control and more perceptive to propaganda.

          Look at the state of the education system. This happened not by chance but by design.

      • @marx2k
        1•2 months ago

        I’m starting to think they’re not