Why is Trump so fixated on toys for little girls? | Moira Donegan

Contributing sentiments towards policy:

69% : Americans themselves don't have much say in this, but Donald Trump wants us all to know that he's comfortable with us, and our children, having less.
50% : "Somebody said, oh, the shelves are going to be open," Trump said.
50% : But Trump does not argue based on the facts: he asserts dominance.
47% : In an interview with Kristen Welker of Meet the Press that same day, Trump again mentioned the dolls.
47% : "I don't think a beautiful baby girl needs - that's 11 years old - needs 30 dolls," Trump said.
42% : In this respect, Trump is drawing on a long tradition of economic rhetoric that aims to cast consumption as feminine, decadent and morally suspect - and to contrast it with the supposedly more manly and virtuous productive side of the economy.
32% : " Trump is prone to odd non-sequiturs, but the dolls have become something of a sticking point.
30% : But Trump did not speak in general terms about those who might like to buy a house one day, or about who will be hurt by his tariffs on Canadian lumber, or about those who would like to be treated for their illnesses but who have to pay steeper prices for the medicines they need when tariffs hit pharmaceuticals.
28% : After all, Trump did not talk about the impact of his trade regime on toy trucks or GI Joe action figures - and he certainly didn't mention its likely impact on things like video games, basketballs, squat racks or protein powders.

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