Pain for the American Consumer

Discussion in 'Politics' started by Nine_Ender, Mar 11, 2025.

  1. Nine_Ender

    Nine_Ender

    Trump's trade war is going to drive up price inflation, hurt supply chains, drop the stock market, and cost millions their jobs. He won't know what hit him until it's happened. Of course, he could just become a lame duck President who doesn't give a shit about his supporters for all we know.

    Did anyone come out of George W. Bush's second term congratulating him on a job well done ? Something about a bank crisis, massive unemployment, crashing markets tends to distract people from partisan politics. Will Trump get far enough down this path to outdo George ?
     
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  2. Ricter

    Ricter

    It's tragic how the nation's inequality is metastasizing. We have a massive cohort of MAGA, which I've just started to think of as a cry for help (need to consider that more, but it hit me when I was reviewing some old footage from small-town America), who are "propagandized" to blame liberals for everything that's going wrong, for all that Trump can't get done or fixed.

    Left and right are so close to being aligned, they just don't see it, our donor class must be very nervous. Well, of course they are, they're building bunkers, figurative and literal.
     
  3. Nine_Ender

    Nine_Ender

    Wait, you mean there won't be a Tesla in every driveway and gold plated bathroom fixtures ?
     
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  4. Ricter

    Ricter

    Lol. Hey, I'm old school, I'm still waiting for my flying car, moonbase colonies, and the George Jetson lifestyle. At least the robot slaves are coming.
    :)
     
  5. Buy1Sell2

    Buy1Sell2

    Let's let this play out.
     
  6. notagain

    notagain

    Ford suspended the 25% tariff on electricity so he realizes Trump's not kidding.
    The bureaucracy is Trump's real enemy, he needs to Vivek them in half.
    I'm not worried about prices when every bureaucrat is a commie.