Trumponomics 2.0: What to Expect If Trump Wins the 2024 Election
A guide to the Republican frontrunner’s evolving positions, distilled from hours of stump speeches and campaign videos.
Former President Donald Trump at the New York Young Republican Club Gala at Cipriani Wall Street on Dec. 9, 2023, in New York.
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For Donald Trump, the economy is Joe Biden’s problem. Poll after poll shows that voters overwhelmingly trust the former Republican president more than the Democratic incumbent to handle economic issues. A Bloomberg News/Morning Consult survey from December had voters in seven battleground states expressing more confidence in Trump’s ability to tackle a wide range of pocketbook issues, including housing, interest rates and inflation, along with balancing the budget.
Stephen Moore, an informal adviser to Trump and a fellow at the Heritage Foundation, says inflation and the state of the middle class will be among Trump’s major lines of attack against Biden in 2024. “It is all about: ‘Are you better off than you were four years ago?’ That is shaping up to be one of the major themes of his campaign,” Moore says.