"Consumer confidence high." Right.
Inflation is at 3.5% and rising at its fastest clip in years, not least because gas prices are soaring.
Real earnings are
falling.
AI capex is all we've got right now, it's what is propping up the meager GDP growth and fueling the stock market's growth. If the AI bubble pops, there's nothing else holding up Trump's house of cards.
The reality is that for people navigating the job market, raising families, filling up gas tanks, trying to stretch household budgets, or looking to buy a house, the economy is shit right now. Which is why Trump's economic ratings are in the toilet.