The Daily Signal Presents "Problematic Women" - GIRL MATH: Shoppers Aren't Buying Trump Economy Panic
Americans have a glum view of the economy, but that is not expected to affect their consumer spending as holiday shopping kicks off.
According to a recent Fox News survey, 76% of Americans have a negative view of the economy. At the end of President Joe Biden’s term, this number was 70%. Yet while Americans appear to be losing faith in the vitality of the U.S. economy, they don’t plan on slowing their own holiday shopping habits.
The International Council of Shopping Centers reports that between Thanksgiving Day and Cyber Monday, 235 million American adults are expected to spend $127 billion, for an average of $542 a person—a $13 increase from the average spent over the long holiday weekend last year.
Millennials are projected to be the biggest spenders, with the International Council of Shopping Center estimating the generation born between 1981 and 1996 will drop an average of $764 a person during the five-day shopping period.
So what’s the disconnect? Why do the same Americans who feel the economy is flooding appear to feel good enough about their personal bank account to go out and drop several hundred dollars in just a few days? Nicole Huyer, a senior research associate in The Heritage Foundation’s Thomas A. Roe Institute for Economic Policy Studies, joins this week’s edition of “Problematic Women” to discuss.
Also on today’s show, we discuss spending differences between men and women. Plus, will New York City-Mayor elect Zohran Mamdani actually be able to implement his socialist wish list in the Big Apple? And if he can, what will that mean not only for New York City’s economy, but the economic health of the nation.
Catch the conversation on this week’s edition of “Problematic Women.”
00:00 Welcome!
02:16 Generational Shopping Habit
11:20 Trump and Elon are Back?
19:02 Economic Long Game vs. Short Term Gains
20:28 Zohran Mamdani and NYC's Affordability Crisis
28:50 Christmas Season Begins
34:13 Final Thoughts and Farewell
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The Daily Signal Presents “The “Signal Sitdown - ‘Congress Is Irredeemable:’ Why I’m Running for South Carolina Governor | Rep. Ralph Norman
The 2026 midterms are shaping up to be one of the most consequential midterm elections in modern American history.
In November 2024, the American people gave Republicans the trifecta—the White House, the Senate, and the House—a mandate victory that some conservatives did not think possible. Democrats were already expected to have the advantage heading into the 2026 midterms, but impressive Democrat wins in off-year elections just one year after their thorough electoral embarrassment has cemented the idea that Democrats are poised to make a comeback.
As Republicans look to break a blue wave before it crests, Rep. Ralph Norman, R-S.C., joins “The Signal Sitdown” to discuss the 2026 midterm elections and his bid to become the next governor of South Carolina.
Norman is looking to leave Washington and head back to South Carolina because “Congress is irredeemable.”
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'UNCONSCIONABLE': Christian Leader Condemns the 'Climate Colonialism' That Would Doom the Global South to Grinding Poverty
Climate alarmists don't just get the science wrong but also demonize the engine of wealth that has brought billions out of grinding poverty; and this "climate colonialism" is "morally unconscionable," a Christian leader says.
"What I believe we're seeing in the demand from wealthy Western nations that we fight climate change by reducing our use of fossil fuels is that they are demanding that the poorest nations of the world forego the use of the most abundant, affordable, reliable energy sources that can lift them out of poverty and keep them out of poverty," E. Calvin Beisner, president of the Cornwall Alliance for the Stewardship of Creation, told The Daily Signal.
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Victor Davis Hanson: The Strategic Case for Supporting Israel
Why does America support Israel?
The answer isn’t rooted in theology or special-interest politics but is grounded in strategic national interest. Victor Davis Hanson explains how Israel’s status as the Middle East’s only stable democracy, its alignment with U.S. security priorities, and its role in countering Iran’s decades-long campaign of terror against Americans make it an essential ally on today’s episode of “Victor Davis Hanson: In a Few Words."
“ There's only one government that is truly a free democratic government, and that's Israel. So, it has affinities with the United States and interest with the United States that transcends anything to do with the 7 million Americans who are Jewish Americans. That's just a given.
“They are not directing American policy. They couldn't unless Israel was democratic, consensual, Western, an outpost in a dangerous part of the world that has key resources for global prosperity with oil and, more importantly, is an enemy of our existential enemy that transcends any question of Israeli or Iranian animosity, and that's the theocratic government of Iran that began its existence by taking Americans hostage and storming our embassy.”
(0:00) Introduction: Why the U.S. Supports Israel
(1:39) The History of the U.S. and Israel
(3:08) Iran: The Shared Threat
(4:02) Strategic Alliances
(4:40) Why Israel Is Unique in the Middle East
(7:05) U.S. Interests: The Real Bottom Line
(8:05) Final Thoughts
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Victor Davis Hanson: Assassin’s Creed: Breaking Down the Left’s Climate of Violence
Assassins and would-be assassins—Thomas Matthew Crooks, Ryan Routh, Luigi Mangione, and Tyler Robinson—have emerged from the shadows over the past year with their sights set on Donald Trump, Charlie Kirk, and even former UnitedHealthcare CEO Brian Thompson. The common thread is that they’re all products of the radical Left.
Victor Davis Hanson breaks down the cultural climate that lowered the bar for political violence and the alarming public reactions that followed on this episode of “Victor Davis Hanson: In His Own Words.”
“When you combine those two facts, insidious though they are, that A) there are people out there who are unstable, who feel that they will be rewarded, no matter how deranged or demented that idea is, rewarded psychologically by taking the life of a controversial conservative figure, and 2) there may be people within the apparat who are responsible for the security who also feel that the person that they're supposed to protect may be not deserving of the excellent level of protection that is usually accorded to other people, then you have a recipe for disaster, and we've seen it happen.”
(0:00) The Disturbing Commonality
(0:38) Thomas Matthew Crooks
(0:58) Ryan Routh
(1:32) Luigi Mangione
(2:01) Tyler Robinson
(2:13) Common Traits of the Assassins
(3:33) Public Reaction
(8:30) Conclusion: A Recipe for Disaster
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