Frank Luntz Says It’s Unprecedented That Trump Supporters ‘Staying Firm’ Despite Economic ‘Pain’

I have a question for the very liberal Frank Luntz. What pain? I haven’t felt any pain from President Trump’s actions, but Joe Biden and the Democrats have almost bankrupted me. That is where the real pain is coming from. It is true that when President Trump first announced reciprocal tariffs, the stock market plunged, but now it has recovered every penny and more. But under Biden, people’s 401 (k)s sank like a lead balloon.

Frank Luntz feigns disbelief that Trump supporters remain steadfast. Why is that so hard to believe? Manufacturing investments in the United States are growing by leaps and bounds and will create high-paying jobs that deported illegal aliens can no longer steal. Inflation is falling fast. And with the mass deportations, crime will drop. This country has gone from hopeless to hopeful.

Luntz propagandizes:

“I’ve been mocked for saying I’m surprised about this, but I’m surprised about this: that Trump voters, who acknowledge that they’re worth less today than they were on Election Day, that the 401(k)s they depend on for their future has been hurt, has been damaged and yet they stand behind him. They’ll make excuses that the markets were overbought. They’ll make excuses that we need to level set.”

“They’re willing to accept personal pain for them to get a readjustment of the relationship between the U.S. and China, a readjustment of the relationship between the U.S. and the rest of the world. They’ll take personal pain to get that readjustment. And Andrew, I’ve never seen this before because usually when you’re hurt economically, that changes your perspective and your politics. Not with these people. They’re staying firm.”

From The Daily Caller

Trump voters in Ada, Michigan, also expressed enthusiasm about the president’s administration in a Tuesday MSNBC segment based on the first 100 days of his second term, with one man specifically sharing how he felt about the economic “pain” tariffs have caused.

“I’m really very optimistic, and I know that right now with the tariffs that there’s a little bit of pain,” the male Trump voter told NBC News correspondent Shaquille Brewster. “Things are happening right now that right now aren’t — we’re not in a good place.”

Brewster asked the voter whether he was okay with the “pain” temporarily.

“Well, I don’t think I’m an instant gratification person,” the voter replied. “I think that sometimes you have to go through a little bit of the fire to get to the end of the rainbow.”

Several recent polls have shown dissatisfaction among many Americans with Trump’s management of the economy thus far despite the president making economic progress on increasing jobs and lowering inflation in March.

However, the U.S. real gross domestic product (GDP) decreased at a rate of 0.3% in the first quarter of 2025, according to statistics published by the Bureau of Economic Analysis (BEA) on Wednesday.

Now, about the decrease in the GDP. Yes, it did drop .03%, but that is because companies brought as much foreign merchandise into the country before the tariffs took effect. That cost the GDP 5 full points.