Quote Originally Posted by Wales-Bales View Post
The election results speak for themselves, Trump had a clean sweep and he also won all of the swing states. Happy voters don't return those kind of results. Starmer also had an overwhelming victory, so the comparison is valid with disgruntled voters on both sides of the Atlantic, although the Conservatives would probably get back in if an election was held tomorrow
The economy not working for the masses is different argument altogether. I am sure a cabinet of billionaires will fix that though. Sustained growth, high wages, etc put the USA in a completely different league to us.

Trump appears to have burned his base before even taking office, Starmer/Reeves didn't even manage that.

Part of me does wonder if Elon's recent outbursts are more about deflecting the attention of the average Joe who is about to get ****ed than anything else.