Original air date: March 25, 2024
In recent days, Donald Trump opened the door to cutting Social Security, and he’s also threatened to repeal the Affordable Care Act, which would throw millions off health insurance. All this comes as President Biden’s economy is doing quite well by many metrics. Yet Trump is favored on the economy, and his MAGA support remains solid, even though his policies would badly sell out his base. We talked to New York Times columnist Paul Krugman, author of a series of columns about the economies under Trump and Biden, who helps us make sense of all these disconnects.
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FTS: The Daily Blast: Krugman - Trump Has Duped MAGA Voters With an "Amazing" Scam | The DSR Podcast - Listen or read transcript on Metacast
