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Economics and politics columnist John Cassidy thinks he knows why President Donald Trump keeps throwing a wrench in the plans of his own administration.<\/p>\n

Read more Inside Trump\u2019s insidious plan to get away with his \u2018historic level of corruption\u2019<\/a><\/p>\n

Writing for the New Yorker<\/em> on Monday, Cassidy said that he thinks Trump has lost touch with the financial realities of the average American. <\/p>\n

Last week, Trump was set to sign a bipartisan housing bill that would have been the perfect combination to help both homebuilders and homebuyers. <\/p>\n

“Although the bill seemed unlikely to have much immediate impact on the housing crisis, affordable-housing advocates and business groups alike said that it could have a significant impact over the longer term. In political terms, the message would be sent to voters that Washington isn\u2019t oblivious to their concerns,” wrote Cassidy. <\/p>\n

All Trump had to do was sign it. He even declared June “National Homeownership Month.”<\/p>\n

Republicans were excited, patting themselves on the back during a press conference, not knowing that Trump had just blown up their legislation in a Truth Social post. <\/p>\n

Read more Republican fact-checked live on-air for giving Trump a pass on investigations<\/a><\/p>\n

But as Cassidy explained, it’s part of a pattern with Trump in his second term. He is growing increasingly detached from the issues that matter to most Americans while being more focused on symbolic fights, loyalty tests and short-term political theater. So, instead of taking the “win” of a bipartisan success, he torpedoed it in another example of self-sabotage. <\/p>\n

“The larger context is that the President seems to be losing the plot,” Cassidy said. “This year, he\u2019s been confronted by a series of political setbacks and disasters \u2014 the Supreme Court striking down his blanket tariffs; widespread revulsion at ICE\u2019s actions in Minnesota and elsewhere; a furor over the delayed release of the Epstein files; an ill-conceived war in the Middle East that caused gas prices to surge; and, lately, an algae-infested reflecting pool, which sends the message that he\u2019s not even an effective builder. The obvious response to Trump\u2019s woes \u2014 one that some of his aides have been urging upon him since last year \u2014 is to focus relentlessly on the issue that got him reelected: the affordability crisis.”<\/p>\n

There are a few cases in which Trump’s populism peeks out, like the accusation that oil companies were price gouging Americans by jacking up fuel prices and refusing to cut them when crude oil fell. <\/p>\n

“But consistency and focus seem to be beyond him,” bashed the columnist. <\/p>\n

He recalled that in December, Trump mocked the “affordability crisis” as nothing more than a Democratic “hoax.” Earlier this month, he cheered, “I love inflation!” So, refusing to sign a housing affordability bill that he supported only “demonstrate[s] anew his inability to maintain a constant course and present[s] another gift to his political rivals.”<\/p>\n

Speaker Mike Johnson (R-La.) said he would send the bill to Trump on Monday. It starts the clock on the ten-day rule. If a bill isn’t signed in ten days and Congress remains in session, then the bill automatically becomes law. If Trump vetoes it, he runs the risk of having a veto-override vote that would pit his own GOP members against him and against their constituents. <\/p>\n

Read more Ex-Republican shreds former colleagues for allowing Trump\u2019s \u2018utterly obscene\u2019 abuses<\/a><\/p>\n<\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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