He doesn't think long term. He only thinks about how he can enrich himself and his cronies IMMEDIATELY. The current homeless population is a real problem. You know what Trump wants to do? Round them up and commit them to rehab facilities and mental institutions instead of building more affordable housing. And when the lower class feels the effects of tariffs and benefit cuts, there will be even more homeless. If he gets his way, it's going to be just like what's happening with the immigrant population. The homeless won't even be evaluated on what makes them homeless. They'll just be rounded up and put in facilities. Affordable housing would probably be cheaper, actually.
An in-depth study should be done about how the Eisenhower administration was able to make the GI Bill work, which led to a boom in the middle class. The country is going backward to an era when there were rich and poor and not much in between.