The US economy was roaring. The idea that we were getting beaten around is a myth.
Fareed’s take from this morning shows just how strong the US economy was. Until.
Link: https://www.cnn.com/2025/04/06/politics/video/gps0406-tariffs-trump-economy-american-decline?cid=ios_app
Replies to: The US economy was roaring. The idea that we were getting beaten around is a myth.
Biden ran wartime deficits at 120% Debt/G.D.P. ratio.
It was fake.
Spending was too high. But look at the growth of the US vs the EU & China.
The per-capita GDP in Japan would put them behind our poorest state. Same with France. And Germany.
We had problems. But we didn’t need to cram the world economy into the toilet.
Another Gore Commission would have done the trick.
I hear and respect your points here. I just don't agree.
We need to resolve this now. Nothing keeps me up at night more. Better a band-aid and we all move forward. I just don't share your confidence that commissions and committees would have gotten the ball rolling in the way we need. I could be wrong.
Foreign Trade as a % of GDP for the U.S. is the lowest of all developed countries...while it's
important, it's not how we keep ourselves fed (see linked listing)...conversely, other countries have ratios much higher, and therefore will need to find better trading partners, as Fareed Zakaria mentions.
If Trump were to follow through on this strategy, it would take an awful lot of Capital to build out the infrastructure here in the U.S. for all that added manufacturing...AND...it would most likely take decades to finalize...and pay back. If other countries don't send us Dollars, then that will make it harder for us to fund such construction.
Add to this the shortage of workers over that period due to a low birth rate, retiring Boomers and anti-immigration policies, it's not clear that we could actually operate those facilities...assuming enough nations wanted to do business with us. BTW, Florida recently started looking into amending Child Labor Laws because of worker shortages.
Either Trump isn't all that smart, or he's simply following Putin's instructions...Either way, this scheme needs to be stopped.
Link: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_countries_by_trade-to-GDP_ratio
Trump has been handed a great economy twice and has since ruined both in record time
Meanwhile MAGA losers will say anything to detract from the fact they idolize a corrupt buffoon.
He owns this but not the Covid economy during his first term. Come on, try intellectual honesty...
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Biden inherited Mango Man’s COVID economy.
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And as Covid went away, the economy picked up. Basic logic
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But inflation didn’t.
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Winna winna chicken dinna!
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Completely false. It was not roaring. 2 to 3 percent growth is considered normal
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And it was propped up by deficit spending. It HAS to correct.
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Watch the clip.
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The numbers are the numbers. No roaring economy.
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Grapes of Wrath, Here We Come, thanks to voters like you. Own your foolishness.
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The Grapes of Wrath is not about the dearth of fresh produce and fresh towels, you idiot.
It's about the dehumanization and exploitation of the working class, ya know, the "Deplorables".
Now who do we know who thinks that way of others in dehumanizing terms while siding with
the Owner Class?...and which Party has accepted him?
Indeed, a classic liberal would have won in a landslide.
But none were on the ballot. The Democrats are the party of war, mass immigration, big business (especially Wall Street), massive spending that robs the working class, etc.
It wasn’t your fault.
Not sure drinking bourbon on a Sunday afternoon is a healthy road for you.
Link: https://myonlinetherapy.com/why-do-i-feel-inferior-how-to-overcome-an-inferiority-complex/
What a pathetic projection.
John Steinbeck was my favorite author growing up, I read all of his books in high school.
Own your party’s foolishness for losing the election.
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Immigration, Inflation and Infirmary (then Idiocy when the baton was passed to Kamala).
This is how you lost to the most beatable candidate in history, again.
How's your 201K doing?
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I'm more worried about the Working Class than Wall Street.
You're on the side of plutocrats and aristocrats.
Keep up the bs cult talk. You morons made him your candidate.
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He was never my candidate, I warned you many times.
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The bs is your take on Kamala, and ipso facto choice of repeating MAGA lies and talking points
makes you a supporter of the orange orangutan and his policies. But go ahead, pretend you’re not a cult member.
My take on Kamala was that she would lose, I was right.
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So of the two, you decided to defend the shittiest one?
Smart move
The MAGA way! Let’s see, tank the economy or allow gender reassignment surgery?
So obvious that stopping the “mutilation” is the better option even if the economy is driven off a cliff.
Definitely not a Trumper
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Definitely not. HIS favorite candidate is the arsehole that is Mango Man’s HHS Secretary.
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And he beat your moron candidate.
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With help from your favorite Nazi
Edit: Maybe second favorite