Why Trump is suddenly obsessed with dolls - The Boston Globe

Contributing sentiments towards policy:

58% : Then, during an interview on NBC's "Meet the Press" days later, Trump brought up dolls again when he said "a beautiful baby girl that's 11 years old" can get by with "three or four dolls." By the time Treasury Secretary Scott Bessent tried to make the point on Fox News that having fewer dolls now will help a girl have a better life than her parents, the administration's new economic narrative snapped into sharp focus: The problem isn't Trump's haphazard and calamitous tariffs.
58% : According to a CNN/SSRS poll released as Trump reached his 100th day in office last month, 66 percent of Americans surveyed said they are "pessimistic" about or "afraid" of the direction of the economy.
45% : Just as he recently claimed that "the good parts are the 'Trump economy' and the bad parts are the 'Biden economy,'" Trump keeps looking for scapegoats for his fumbling of an economy that was in considerably better shape under his predecessor.
40% : " Instead of changing his global tariff tyranny, Trump is spreading a gospel of doll austerity.
40% : But as his administration drills down on dolls, Trump is trivializing this nation's economic anxieties.
36% : And in choosing dolls to minimize the wide-reaching economic consequences of his tariffs, Trump is also feminizing the idea of excessive consumption.
22% : Trump wants nothing more than to hide his destructive mishandling of the economy.
20% : Instead of showing compassion, Trump is telling people to stop buying "junk.

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