Americans (or many of them) are nostalgic about the 1950s, where the economy was booming and wages were high.
The loss of that in the recent decades has triggered the 5 stages of grief.
- denial
- anger
- bargaining
- depression
- acceptance
America is currently in the second stage, anger, and that’s what causes Trump’s fury.
There is a common misconception about the five stages.
The order is arbitrary, not everyone experiences them in the same order, and often don’t experience all 5.
I think most people actually fluctuate between stages
I know I do