🇺🇸🚨 “Don’t panic,” says Trump—while everything says panic.
A new poll shows most Americans now view Donald Trump’s first year back in office as a failure. What’s more telling? Even voters without a college degree—one of his core support bases—are starting to turn away.
So what’s the response from the White House?
A plea.
Trump publicly urged Americans not to “panic,” doubling down in a piece titled “Don’t Panic. We’re Winning — and We’re Not Slowing Down.” The message: ignore the “fake news,” don’t “take the bait,” and please—keep believing.
But reality is stubborn.
The job market is the bleakest since the pandemic. Grocery prices keep climbing, despite repeated promises that costs would fall. And instead of answers, Americans are being told their own eyes are lying.
George Orwell nailed this decades ago:
“The Party told you to reject the evidence of your eyes and ears. It was their final, most essential command.”
It’s hard to imagine anything more Orwellian than a president begging people not to panic—while insisting they’re winning.
And yes, before anyone asks: the widely circulated 1995 InStyle photo of Trump posing on a bed with his daughter Ivanka is real. Professionally shot. Publicly published. Part of the record.
So here’s the question that won’t go away:
at what point does “don’t panic” just become another way of saying “don’t question”?
