Trevor Hughes

And she specifically said that she feels like the president is very...

very specifically targeting black and brown Americans and not targeting fraud or waste or abuse that's committed by white Americans.

Jamila feels like the president's budget really prioritizes tax breaks for billionaires, really prioritizes creating fearful environments for immigrants in this country.

And it's something that she says she sees on the faces of the parents she talks to every day.

It's unclear how much of it is tied specifically to the president's policies.

The price of beef has been high for quite a long time.

But what's interesting is that Americans continue to pay it.

They haven't really cut back on their beef consumption in the way that you might expect.

But Hal, you know, he had a banner year.

When I talked to him, he was sitting in his brand new pickup.

He paid cash for his pickup.

Now, to be fair, he had his old one for 17 years, but this last year was the best year he's had in a real long time.

And he felt like President Trump has really laid the groundwork for that success.

You know, he said inputs for things like prices for fertilizer and diesel, like those are higher than they had been in years past.

But but overall, he felt like the president was really creating an environment in which businesses like his could succeed.

Yeah, Howell was talking a lot about the president's desire to bring back manufacturing to this country.

We refer to the Rust Belt because of the industrial sort of base of America, which really has been hollowed out.

You go to cities like Omaha, you go to cities like Kansas City, and sometimes they feel disheartened

very empty compared to their heyday when there were millions and millions of people working in factories, working in manufacturing.

And so, you know, Howell expressed something that I've heard over and over from a lot of Americans, which is if we built more things in America, if we built and bought more things from America, we would be better off as a country.