I agree entirely that Trump sounds like Bernie Sanders when he declares how many dolls or pencils Americans need. But I think it’s weird how nobody asks Trump: “So you’re saying the girl who normally would get 20-30 dolls should be happy with getting 2 or 3 more expensive ones. Okay, what about the families that could only afford 1 or 2 dolls before your tariffs made them unaffordable? Should they be happy that she’ll get nothing?” The reason I think it’s weird is that the press is just going along with a very elite and affluent assumption that the typical girl affected is pretty well-off. I’d also note boys get a lot of dolls too. Just because we call them “action figures” or what not is beside the point. I mean everyone kinda agrees that “the media” skews left and cares about this gender stuff. And yet they’re whiffing on those terms.
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