Former President Donald Trump criticized President Joe Biden’s “failed presidency” while unveiling an economic revival plan that will benefit America’s youth.
In a new op-ed, former President Donald Trump has strategically honed in on young American voters, unveiling an ambitious economic revival plan while sharply criticizing what he terms a “failed presidency” under President Joe Biden.
With less than a year to go until the 2024 presidential election, President Trump asserted in the Nov. 29 op-ed in Newsweek that his policies will address the economic challenges facing young people in the United States, while ushering in a new era of prosperity for them—and for all Americans.
“I Will Make America Great Again for Young People,” reads the headline (and promise) of President Trump’s missive, which comes amid recent polling that shows the former president ahead of the incumbent among voters aged 18 to 34.
“A clear sign that young Americans are rejecting Joe Biden’s reign of failure, incompetence, and corruption,” is how President Trump interpreted the latest polling data carried out by Hart Research Associates/Public Opinion Strategies on behalf of NBC, showing that he’s leading President Biden 46 percent to 42 percent nationally among this demographic.
Triumphs of the Past
President Trump opened the piece by revisiting the economic successes of his term in office, highlighting the creation of what he said was the “the strongest and most prosperous economy in the history of the world.’
He said that, under his leadership, annual incomes went up by over $6,000, inflation was running at less than 2 percent, and the price of gasoline was significantly lower than today.
“Household net worth reached an all-time high, with the bottom 50 percent of American households seeing a 40 percent increase in their net worth,” he wrote.
Transitioning to the present, President Trump shifted his focus to the perceived consequences of the Biden administration’s economic agenda, arguing that young people have borne the brunt of its shortcomings.
By Tom Ozimek
