• @nialv7@lemmy.world
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    He’s right. When the bulk of tariffs’ impact hits, it’s going to be much, much worse than it is now.

  • @radiohead37@lemmynsfw.com
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    The GDP last year was positive all around under Biden. I wonder what could possibly have changed in US this year to cause this stark reversal.

  • @Corkyskog@sh.itjust.works
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    I know it won’t change Trump supporter minds, but I wish they would ask what quarter will it get better by? That way there was at least something to track.

  • @Freshparsnip@lemm.ee
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    Remember, folks, anything bad is the fault of the most recent president in the opposing party, and anything good is the fault of the most recent president in your party

  • @frezik@midwest.social
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    Normally, I do give the benefit of a doubt for the first year or so of economic news under a new President no matter which party. Policies do not usually have time to have that kind of effect so quickly. It’s great when you can point to a President you don’t like and say “see, the economy went down”, but it usually doesn’t work that way.

    Not this time. Trump moved so fast to break so much that he gets to own the whole thing. Doubly so when the Fed’s predictions had been pointing downward when they had been pointing upward before Trump took office.

    • @CosmicTurtle0@lemmy.dbzer0.com
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      It’s important to note why he did the tariffs.

      It wasn’t because there was an economic trade imbalance.

      It wasn’t because he thought they were unfair.

      It was because it is essentially the only non-military weapon he has and he wanted to look powerful.

      It was because he wanted to alienate our allies under the direction of Putin.

      It was because he wanted to feel like a big man. He wanted to show the world he was a dictator.

      It was a selfish, dick-measuring move.

      • @pleasegoaway@lemm.ee
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        I disagree.

        He did the tariff BS in order to tank the US economy, so that the elite wealthy can buy/consolidate/privatize at rock bottom prices.

        His regime was all by design. And all is going according to plan.

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          And he can claim he’s cutting taxes, because to him the tariffs aren’t a tax which is a load of bull.

    • @CharlesDarwin@lemmy.world
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      Yep. There is a direct cause and effect here. He owns this shit.

      He was handed a GREAT economy and he fucked it all up.

    • @grue@lemmy.world
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      And triply so when the effects of Trump’s shit “policies” were entirely predictable and warned about in advance.

  • @9tr6gyp3@lemmy.world
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    Even after eliminating all those government programs and laying off/firing all those federal employees, Biden still somehow controls the economy!!! If only we could elect a new POTUS to right the ship!!!

    • @adarza@lemmy.ca
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      Even after eliminating all those government programs and laying off/firing all those federal employees,

      the federal government still managed to spend over $200 billion more in BLOTUS’ first 100 days than same time frame last year.

    • @NatakuNox@lemmy.world
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      While I do admit it’s impossible for one administration to improve/fix a nation’s economy in one year… But It doesn’t take much effort to run a already crumbling economy into the ground. Edit: I’m agreeing with yall. Just like Republicans expected Biden to “fix” the economy in is first 100 days, it’s literally impossible. But dumb ass Trump can sure as hell drive a already broken economy right off the cliff in 100 days.

      • @5in1k@lemm.ee
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        A president has a limited ability to positively affect the economy positively but a vast ability to make it worse.

  • @Ep1cFac3pa1m@lemmy.world
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    It actually is kinda Biden’s fault. See, under Biden, the economy actually grew last year, which is why this makes Trump look so bad.

      • @grue@lemmy.world
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        Also, and perhaps most importantly, that he appointed a do-nothing conservative attorney general who slow-walked prosecuting Trump for the coup attempt (among other things) instead of actually upholding the rule of law.

        Trump shouldn’t have been able to run in 2024 in the first place because he should’ve been hanged for treason in 2021.

      • @MeekerThanBeaker@lemmy.world
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        “Biden is to blame for the economy. If he didn’t drop out and then he won the election, none of this would be happening right now, and I wouldn’t be blamed.” -tRumpo

  • @Lucky_777@lemmy.world
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    So Q2 will also be Biden? How about Q3? Biden? Q4?

    For being sleepy joe. He sure is awake causing problems for Trump. Mastermind Joe.

    • TimLovesTech (AuDHD)(he/him)
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      He’s obviously in a bunker somewhere with a clone of Hunter’s laptop! This is why that Ukrainian company gave Hunter all that money ($3 million ) back when Joe was still VP, they knew in 2013 that in 2025 the people would be stupid enough to re-elect Trump and he would be doing the same thing as the first go just cranked to 11! Joe has been a manchurian candidate this whole time waiting to sabotage Trump to help Ukraine against Trump’s handlers. /s

      • @Lucky_777@lemmy.world
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        You know, I can see this easily believed by the MAGA faithful. Just has to come from Fox or Newsmax, then it’s from God’s mouth…to the cults ears.

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    “”"

    That didn’t happen.

    And if it did, it wasn’t that bad.

    And if it was, that’s not a big deal.

    And if it is, that’s not my fault. <-- here

    And if it was, I didn’t mean it.

    And if I did, you deserved it.

    “”"

    I hope all the republicans realize what horrible people they are before they die.

    • @michaelmrose@lemmy.world
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      He mishandled covid leading to lots of extra death and when they wouldn’t elect him again he organized a lynch mob to storm the capitol and we all watched both crisis play out live on TV. None the less 94% of those who consider themselves Republicans voted for Trump in 2024. They are absolutely incapable of learning.

      If we literally become the nazis and round up and murder millions before Trump offs himself in a bunker they will find a way to blame it on the Democrats and make Trump the victim then vote for someone who venerates him. We literally can’t fix them nor expect them to be fixed. We can only work on the folks in the middle the famous persuadable voter eg those too stupid to have a clear position.

    • @Cort@lemmy.world
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      With the tariffs being randomly lifted it seems like we’re at ‘i didn’t mean it’

      • Tarquinn2049
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        Privately, not publicly. And I think that chart is mostly about what step they are willing to say out loud so far. Since they need outside approval, when they fuck up, which is often, this is the tried and true path to get the least flack from the people they want to be praising them as soon as possible again.

        The regular narcissists in your life follow it too, it’s practically instinct.

    • @samus12345@lemm.ee
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      They won’t, and will live long comfortable lives with their obscene amounts of money rather than being hanged as traitors like they should.

      • @fishy@lemmy.today
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        You’re forgetting the poor uneducated rural voters who will directly suffer by their own hands, yet again.

        Can anyone remind me why we give the dumbest and least productive of us the most representation and govt handouts?

        • @samus12345@lemm.ee
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          Oh, you’re talking about Republican voters. They also won’t, and will blame DEI, woke, and Democrats for all their problems 'til the day they die.

    • @grue@lemmy.world
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      I hope all the republicans realize what horrible people they are before they die.

      I hope that realization comes as quickly as possible.

  • ThrowawayOnLemmy
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    I mean we all knew he was going to say this. Why do we even bother asking anymore?

  • Diplomjodler
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    When the Trumpers crawl through the rubble Trump has turned their country into, they’ll still think “how could Biden ever do this to us?”

  • @CharlesDarwin@lemmy.world
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    LOL, DUMBASS.

    He was handed an economy that was the envy of the world, and now look at it.

    What a freaking business GENIUS.

    “Nothing to do with tariffs”. You have to be a special kind of idiot - donvict-tier level idiot - to buy that. He’s fucked this country and fucked it so hard. And we haven’t even begun to see the real long-term consequences yet.

    I’m sure that if we even still have free and fair elections, that if the Democrats get in power, they’ll have to work to pull us out of the ditch, all the while the Fifth Column media will blame the Democrats for not doing it fast enough. Just like the last fucking times. I wish the Democrats would start doing real smashmouth politics if they ever even get one iota of power back. No more of this trying to uphold “norms” by “reaching across the aisle” to the “gentlemen” from such and such state. FUCK THAT NOISE. Obama did that most of his two terms, and kept pulling back a stump when he’d offer them an olive branch. And that’s what happened to a right-leaning centrist like Obama.

    FFS.

    • dual_sport_dork 🐧🗡️
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      You know, I made the exact same comment and made the exact same prediction yesterday, while watching their dumbass “first 100 days” press breifing. I would normally say that great minds think alike, however the damn book was not supposed to be an instruction manual.