No one could have possibly predicted that Trump’s tariffs and his war on Iran would hit rural America so hard with rising fuel costs, shrinking profits, and bankruptcies.
"I could stand in the middle of Fifth Avenue and shoot somebody, and I wouldn't lose any voters, OK?" Trump remarked at a campaign stop at Dordt College in Sioux Center, Iowa. "It's, like, incredible."
Trump had, however, only considered the political impact of minor actions like murder, not that of more consequential moves, like increasing fuel prices.