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.
It’s not grief over a lost decade, it’s grief over a lost country. Grief over the beautiful potential becoming a good country, or even a functioning country, that will remain unrealized now forever in America.