Young male voters are flocking to Trump but he doesn t have their interests at heart | Steven Greenhouse | The Guardian
Many young men seem to admire Trump s king-of-the-jungle vibe: he roars, he bellows, he boasts that no one can ever beat him (unless they cheat). But when you cut through Trump s tough talk and look at the record, it becomes clear that Trump did very little for young men in his four years as president.
Whoops, I should note that if you re a young man making more than $1m a year, Trump did do a lot for you, thanks to his colossal tax cuts for the richest 1%. But for the more than 99% of young men who don t make $1m a year, sorry, Trump didn t do diddly for you, other than cut your taxes a wee bit, a tiny fraction of the tax cuts that he gave to the richest Americans.
I recognize that many young men feel uncomfortable about the Democratic party, partly because some Democrats unfortunately treat men as a problem and sometimes as the problem. If the Democrats were smart, they d see that young men like every other group in society have problems that they need help with, problems like affording a home, finding a good-paying job, obtaining health insurance, affording college and having enough money to raise a family.
And what about availability of gender-affirming care? That’s an issue for a lot of those assigned male at birth.