Young men who supported Trump in 2024 have become increasingly dissatisfied during his second term. Polling shows their disapproval rate is higher than the overall voter disapproval rate. An analysis attributes the shift to economic outcomes, especially for improving livelihoods. Trump’s tariffs, promoted as a way to bring back manual labor and manufacturing jobs, instead crushed sectors where men are concentrated. Manufacturing jobs declined after a brief post-2020 increase, and transportation and warehousing were also hit. The resulting job market is described as tilted against men, with one in three working-age men not in the workforce.
"For months, polls have shown that young men are souring on the petulant president. After supporting him at a 54% rate, almost two-thirds disapprove of his performance in office, more than the 59% of voters overall. A recent analysis from the venerated Wall Street Journal indicates why the dissatisfaction with Tr*mp among young men is so strong. When it comes to improving their economic livelihoods, he's completely let them down."
"While campaigning, Tr*mp boasted about bringing back manual labor jobs, often in the campiest way possible. But as it turns out, dancing to the Village People's "Macho, Macho Man" isn't enough to resuscitate American manufacturing. That requires policy, and Tr*mp's signature initiative, the tariffs, had the opposite effect. After a brief post-2020 bump, manufacturing jobs are once again declining."
"Transportation and warehousing, where men outnumber women three to one, have also been hit hard. "Men are clearly being affected by the tariffs and poor performance of manufacturing," added a Harvard economist. The end result is a job market tilted against men. Overall, one in three men of working age aren't in the workforce."
"Trump spent 2024 promising young men he'd bring back manufacturing and blue-collar work. He's now 16 months in: factory jobs are disappearing and 1 in 3 men aren't in the workforce.Turns out his manosph"
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