Veteran New York Times national security reporter David Sanger says what Trump is describing in Venezuela is an "American occupation."

Too soon to know either way but whereas Republicans in the 2010’s just wanted crazy candidates, it’s possible Dem voters are just “Please stop sending us 78-year old establishment candidates, give us literally anyone else.”

I don’t think the economy would be thriving at this point if Kamala had won, but the composition of the economy would be better than what we have (no tariffs and lower interest rates, less grifting and asset pumping).

Last year the consumer weakness was mostly the lower/working class — dollar stores etc — this year it’s more middle class. Restaurants, main cabin tickets on airlines, the Luxor/Excalibur consumer in Las Vegas, entry level homebuilder customers.

Having support numbers on inflation in the 30's suggests even among Republicans his numbers aren't great: