"Trump tapped into that in 2016. That is what provided Trump's margin of victory in Michigan, Pennsylvania, Wisconsin, and brought him close in a handful of other states too.
He articulated that if you are living in a ruined town that once had a mill and a factory and you could afford a nice three-bedroom house on a good size lot, which had no crime, and raised your children, that was fine.
Now, the mill and the factory are gone, and your daughter does the night shift at the KwikkiKrap, and your son is running a meth lab because that is marginally more interesting than doing the night shift at the KwikkiKrap."
He articulated that if you are living in a ruined town that once had a mill and a factory and you could afford a nice three-bedroom house on a good size lot, which had no crime, and raised your children, that was fine.
Now, the mill and the factory are gone, and your daughter does the night shift at the KwikkiKrap, and your son is running a meth lab because that is marginally more interesting than doing the night shift at the KwikkiKrap."