Sky News report
Despite talking about a ‘greater economy’, many Americans, especially in the regions that elected him, do not feel the effects of the promised improvements, questioning the fulfillment of electoral promises focused on the cost of living. The report is from Sky News, SIC’s international partner.
Regaining America’s economic power was Donald Trump’s great electoral promise. A year after his victory and with the longest government shutdown underway, polls indicate a drop in the president’s popularity.
It has now been a year since the United States put Trump in the White House again. During this last week, it was possible to observe two contrasting portraits of America, between Florida and Pennsylvania, two worlds in one country.
There are several ways to evaluate the successes and failures of this past year, with different issues of concern to different groups. However, there is a common theme for all Americans: money.
The cost of living was a key factor in Trump’s victory. The President promised to make the country economically accessible again. But has he kept his promise?
Last Wednesday, precisely one year after Americans went to the polls, the president was in Miami. The city was chosen, as was the public, for the speech commemorating his first year in office.
Although, a year after his historic victory, Donald Trump did not choose to be with the masses who supported him in the areas that returned him to the White House, Miami was the chosen stage. A controlled public, in a favorable state and in a safe environment.
However, one sentence from Trump’s speech seemed to recognize a reality that could be a cause for concern for the president:
This is the bottom line: many Americans, outside of the most fortunate circles, do not feel the effects of this “greater economy” that Trump talks about. And a large part of these people live in the regions that, a year ago, guaranteed the president’s victory.
This is the untold story of this past year.
