Why Donald Trump Won the US Election: Kamala Harris Failed to Provide an Economic Alternative

Donald Trump won the 2024 US presidential election in a landslide. Why did Kamala Harris lose so badly? Ben Norton explains the failure of the billionaire-funded Democratic Party to provide an economic alternative to the billionaire-funded Republicans' pseudo "populism", as working-class people suffer.

Links and sources here: https://geopoliticaleconomy.com/2024/11/08/donald-trump-us-election-kamala-harris-economy/  

Topics 
0:00 Donald Trump wins 2024 presidential election 
1:07 Who really is Kamala Harris? Does anyone know? 
4:42 DNC strategy: sacrifice workers for moderate Republicans in suburbs 
5:48 Harris campaigns with neoconservative Cheney family 
6:56 Harris had no democratic mandate 
7:42 Out-trumping Trump on immigration? Really? 
8:04 Hillary Clinton 2.0 
10:05 Low Democrat turnout 
11:12 The status quo loses 
12:34 Dems' extreme pro-Israel stance lost swing state voters 
16:01 Rashida Tlaib & Ilhan Omar won; Harris lost 
17:37 "Never Trump Republicans" barely exist 
18:30 It's the economy, stupid 
20:09 US GDP growth is not benefiting workers 
21:39 Wealth inequality 
22:32 Poverty & hunger increased under Biden-Harris 23:33 Trump scapegoats 
24:09 (CLIP) Trump vows: "We are going to take other countries' jobs" 
24:58 Trump's false promises 
25:27 Deindustrialization 
26:22 Immigration 
28:40 Trump's tax cuts help rich elites, hurt workers 
31:12 Billionaires Elon Musk & Stephen Schwarzman funded Trump 
32:11 Inflation, debt, deficits 35:11 Tariffs 
35:40 Conclusion || 

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