The Trump Economy

[Chicks]

Andy Borowitz

We may have a looming recession and a stock market crash, but on the plus side, government websites aren’t allowed to use the word “gay” #MAGA

[Chicks]

Trump's Trade War With America's Neighbors Is All Cost and No Benefit
What did we learn from yet another escalation in the North American trade war? Not to do it again.
https://reason.com/2025/03/07/trumps...nd-no-benefit/

[Chicks]

Stocks Tumble Most This Year With Recession Warnings Blaring
https://finance.yahoo.com/news/stock...151801906.html

Anyone else remember when our (former) village idiot was droning on and on about a recession? He may finally be right - after his Dear Leader took over.

[Chicks]

Americans sour on economy as inflation expectations hit highest level since 1991
https://finance.yahoo.com/news/ameri...145631578.html

Hey MAGAMorons! Remember when your Dear Leader told you, "Only I can fix it", and you actually believed him? Feeling pretty stupid now?

[Noogies]

Originally Posted by Chicks

Feeling pretty stupid now?

No. These people are incapable of shame.

[Rajoo]

Herein lies the basic problem and now that saying has been amended to Trump Can Do No Wrong until the MAGAts wind up without owning a pot to piss in, let alone Social Security or healthcare . Even then doubt they wil know what hit them because Trump will blame it on the Democrats.

[Dondilion]

Donald Trump is the real patriot: He has the guts to take some air out of this huge economic bubble.

Since the economic disaster of 2008/9 the can been increasingly kicked down the road and he Trump was involved in some parts of the kicking. However it seems he has realized that this economic model of excessive financialization is not sustainable. Covid 19 revealed the model's glaring weaknesses when not even basic medical products were seen to be manufactured in the US.

After 2008 the Chinese realized also that the US model was not dependable and having been burnt decided to create their own ecosystem to enlarge trade which is outside of US entanglement.
Hence 2013: Belt and Road Initiative (BRI)
https://www.weforum.org/stories/2023...bri-silk-road/

Additionally, there is - Made In China 2025 - which was announced in 2015 with the aim of moving China up the value-added chain.

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Made_in_China_2025

Now in terms of PPP the Chinese economy is bigger than that of the US. But not only that, China is derisking from the US. What US dollars that it earns is being increasingly used in that direction.

Trump who surprisingly is the real American is prepared to deflate the US economy to restore some balance. The stock market is set on 7 pillars WTF.

Trump has declared an emergency. He wants to maintain the Supremacy of the US and the accent is on interest, not friends.
He once opined that the EU was formed to take advantage of the US.

[finnbow]

Originally Posted by Dondilion

Donald Trump is the real patriot...

Lay off the bath salts, Dondi.

[Rajoo]

Originally Posted by finnbow

Lay off the bath salts, Dondi.

Imagine me having to wake up to that comment. If Trump is a patriot, I am a Beethoven.

PS: I have no musical talent whatsoever, none, nada.

[Dondilion]

Trump has been consistent in his critique although not as consistent in his actions. He was voluble as far back as the time of Japanese saliency.