Swing State Voters on Trump's Economy

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00:00It's been one year since Donald Trump was elected and voters in swing states have thoughts on how

00:04the president is handling the U.S. economy. When Trump came to office, I think it's fair to say

00:10that all hell broke loose. Bloomberg News found the results to be a mixed bag. Some are concerned

00:15about rising prices, some wish the president had focused more on domestic issues rather than

00:19foreign affairs, and the future of the job market and AI cropped up as well. He got elected primarily

00:26because of the promise where voters were feeling it in the grocery stores and where voters were

00:33feeling it in interest rates. I think that's what propelled him forward, and he has not delivered

00:39on that at all. The overall economy is very stable. I think it's steady, and I think if Trump can

00:45regulate AI, can make it so the younger people can see how AI cannot eliminate their jobs but help

00:52them in their jobs, I think it would be a lot better. As a small business owner, coming into

00:56this year, I was feeling like we were poised for real growth. It felt like we had dodged a bullet

01:04with a recession. It felt like the Fed was being responsible with rates. And overall, we were really

01:12poised for a really big year. In fact, our biggest year yet. And more than anything else, I think as a

01:17small business owner, the thing that we've come to expect is that we can't expect anything.

01:23I do volunteer work at a food pantry here in the heart of Madison, just off the Capitol Square. And

01:30you know, a lot of our clients are really hurting at this point. So we're doing our best to stock up

01:36on supplies and be able to distribute food to those who really need it. And some of them are families.

01:42I mean, they're not just single individuals, they're families. And, you know, there's a real need

01:48there. So I think this is a very difficult time. Nobody should be without food. Nobody should be

01:55without good health care. Nobody should be having to struggle to make ends meet despite being working

02:01people.