It's also possible that he's been spending his food money at The Shops At The Creek

This is exactly correct. Two real, non-crisis events - the 2022 inflation spike and the post-Title 42 immigration surge - were blown up into existential crises by social media, right-wing propaganda, and the MSM's uncritical promotion of both

I never saw a single minute of this show but I know who all the panelists were because Saturday Night Live

that mouse just lost his pants

...and now we'd like to do, "Out the Angels Come"

(4) Trump and the Republicans don't have an advantage over Democrats because they *better understand heartland Americans.*

They have an advantage over Democrats because they created their own universe of propaganda outlets, and then went out and bought all the mainstream outlets.

Duh.