Just like they used to tell the people in the soviet Union. They all knew it wasn't true but they thought it wasn't true in america either, and everyone was pretending to be happy.
Someone coined the term: hypernormalization. Trump will gaslight everyone into thinking everything is perfect. Just like when that lady proudly claimed "it is a well know fact it's the gulf of america".
You guys still have Walmart? They ran our local stores out of town, then closed up shop themselves citing high theft. Now all that's left is a 140,000 sqft husk of a store front that no business is interested in occupying and no one wants to pay to tear down