The Apprentice Season 2 - The Second Presidency of Donald Trump

[Kurth]

I think it's that Americans hate Americans.

This is the truth. We're too large of a nation - we have such diverse cultures from one place to another that we're often not compatible with ourselves. It's not easy to address, though, as the past 75 years has seen those regions overlapping and mixing such that it isn't so much 'regions' (with the exception of a few) as it is urban vs rural. You can't divide all of the large cities into one nation, and all of the rest into another.

As to awareness, it's not about awareness of what he's doing, it's an understanding of what it actually means. For example: Tariffs. They see them as making America stronger and bringing back jobs. What they mean is increased prices for us and a weaker economy. "They" are aware of the tariffs. They're about to understand what the mean.

Yeah. I’ll take YK’s buffalo analogy and posit that the American people are now two herds of buffalo who behave the way YK suggests, except the obstacle each herd perceives now is the other herd. And it’s driven the buffalo herds insane to the point they’re now just stampeding over a cliff.

[stessier]

No one cares.

No one with power cares. There are definitely those of us without that care.

[RunningMn9]

Well yeah, but you can’t help me.

[Smoove_B]

In the end, it all comes down to personal finances. That's it. Literally nothing else matters. They can take all the polls in the world, the pundits can forecast everything, we can trot out 13 keys to the presidency, we can write entire books on it. And I think in the end it comes down to "personal finance = good continue else change path."

The so-called "economic anxiety" that motivates voters sure is filled with lots of people that also hate LGBTQ+ folks, minorities and immigrants.

[Alefroth]

That might have once been the case, but I think now finances covers for bigotry and fear.

[Blackhawk]

Well yeah, but you can’t help me.

No, but we can offer the best damned virtual hugs on the internet!

[YellowKing]

The so-called "economic anxiety" that motivates voters sure is filled with lots of people that also hate LGBTQ+ folks, minorities and immigrants.

For sure. But in the end, that's not why Trump is in office. He's in office because voters were dissatisfied with the economy.

[Holman]

The so-called "economic anxiety" that motivates voters sure is filled with lots of people that also hate LGBTQ+ folks, minorities and immigrants.

For sure. But in the end, that's not why Trump is in office. He's in office because voters were dissatisfied with the economy.

And because our national media failed to explain why he was completely unfit for office in the first place, and then for the second.

[Blackhawk]

And because people are too stupid to realize that the President can influence the economy, but doesn't command it.

[RunningMn9]

And because people are too stupid to realize that the President can influence the economy, but doesn't command it.

The president can definitely ruin the economy.