Frank Luntz tries to bait Trump voters over 401K and not a single hand goes up

Pollster Frank Luntz inspired mockery after trying to bait Trump voters into expressing displeasure over their retirement accounts.

As Americans adjust to the effects of President Donald Trump’s tariffs, it’s clear that some are more focused on the big picture instead of the temporary pain. Luntz learned this firsthand when he questioned 15 supporters of the president about their 401(k) accounts.

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“It needed a correction.”

I asked Trump voters whether they were upset about their 401(k) accounts’ performance over the past 100 days.

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— Frank Luntz (@FrankLuntz) April 25, 2025

“I need to ask you an issue that no one’s brought up and has crashed your 401(k)s, most of you, the tariffs,” Luntz said. “The stock market is way down.”

“It needed a correction,” said Sarina from New York.

“Oh, so you support it?” a visibly surprised Luntz asked, prompting several members of the call to answer affirmatively.

“And I have to tell you, my 401(k) wasn’t impacted at all,” Sarina added.

“First of all, how many of you did not lose any money over the crash of the stock market?” Luntz asked, as three hands appeared on screen.

David from Ohio broke in at that point to say that he had “lost more money under the Biden administration than under the Trump administration.”

“No one’s upset over this?” Luntz asked.

“No,” replied multiple participants.

“There’s not a single four-year period in the history of the stock market where the stock market hasn’t appreciated at an average rate of about seven percent,” noted John from Colorado. “So yeah, there’s ups and downs and corrections and people are foolish and they jump out, you know, buy high sell low, but if people just get in and stay the course, they’ll be just fine.”

“I am not a day trader. I try not to look at it very often which is, I think, a good thing,” said Susan from Florida. “But I also trust that Trump and all of his advisers that are involved with the tariff issue know what they’re doing. So I’m just gonna hang on, I know it’s gonna correct at some point. I’m not really worried about it.”

“How much more are you willing to pay for products and services that come out of China?” Luntz pressed. “How much do prices have to go up before you say-”

“I’d rather not buy from China,” Sarina interjected, to agreement from other participants. “I’d rather pay more money to buy American.”

“And prices go up only if demand is inelastic and if there’s no alternative supplies,” John added. “And they’re doing a brilliant job, they’re surrounding China with countries that want to manufacture stuff as well. And we do need to bring this stuff back, the strategic stuff for sure, but China’s gonna be in the soup if they don’t knock it off.”

X users weighed in on the clip and the topic:

We voted for this, and we understand there has to be a temporary bump to fix things for the long term!

— JKash MAGA Queen (@JKash000) April 26, 2025

Frankie is speechless.
Not the outcome he was hoping for…

— OldSchoolPatriot (@ddnw25) April 26, 2025

Frank Luntz can cry harder we’re staying the course with President Trump.

— Cool Christian Engineer (@imcoolchristian) April 26, 2025

No one listens to or likes Kevin McCarthys roommate.

— ValleyG (@ValleyG1985) April 26, 2025

Damn right! We are all in for the long term. Ride it out. Stay the course. Willing to take the pain. There will be no America if we don’t fix this.

— Boricuaconrazon (@Latinxsucks) April 26, 2025

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Sierra Marlee is a millennial whose hunger for the truth in a world of fake news has led her to BizPac Review.

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