Glenn Greenwald again:

https://youtu.be/xLHW2bGzTFk?si=WnPbtrNiN_YDxGeP&t=498

The time point I'm sharing is characterizing how WH staffers are currently trying to educate Trump on what average Americans think of their lives and the economy, esp. cost of living, but Trump is stuck on saying back that the economy is great. He is defending that position to staff who are giving him reality lessons.

In 2016 Trump had a razor sharp focus on the strongest concerns of average people. Today in 2025 Trump is almost completely out of touch.

Importantly this means 1) he's not taking the cost of living crisis seriously and 2) the House will probably be lost in the midterms.

In a slightly longer timeframe this puts huge negative pressure on the 2028 campaign.

All Trump would have to do about cost of living is bullshit that he understands the exact problem and that he is working on solutions. His base would probably buy it long enough to give them breathing room. IOW he doesn't have to DO anything. But he has no idea. He's lost the optics.