Sure that's fine. It looked like we were getting a downturn of some sort this year no matter what the government did anyway just based off the debt term structure.
Are you kidding? This is the type of thing Tr*mp has always done. He occupied the office before, remember? I swear no one remembers the disaster that was 2016-2020. I don't know how anyone could forget. Historians ranked him the 3rd worst presidential term ever.
The mental gymnastic of a MAGA supporter. Shocked by the guy who wouldn't accept that he was wrong about the weather and drew a new path with a sharpie. These guys don't like the weather for Chrissake and blame the "other side"!
> downturn of some sort this year no matter what the government did anyway just based off the debt term structure
But I guess not far from the mental gymnastic of "this is not happening due to flip flopping on tariffs".
I am sure as things get worse many people will use this same excuse of "But I didn't know he was going to do this" excuse to distance themselves for the mess which is coming.
> It looked like we were getting a downturn of some sort this year no matter what the government did anyway just based off the debt term structure.
Who was predicting a downturn in 2025? What predictions of a downturn were being published in December 2024?
The fact of the matter is is that the numbers at the 2024 were looking great:
> Trump hammered the administration for creating an “economic catastrophe,” but some of his favorite gauges for assessing economic performance have been humming.
So you voted for tariffs by voting for Trump, and by voting for tariffs you voted for economic instability. There was nothing in the pre-Trump policies and economic thinking that would have caused an economic downturn.
Further, you voted for the gutting and privatization government functions:
msgodel|7 months ago
Don't fire people for reporting data though.
UmGuys|7 months ago
thisisit|7 months ago
> downturn of some sort this year no matter what the government did anyway just based off the debt term structure
But I guess not far from the mental gymnastic of "this is not happening due to flip flopping on tariffs".
I am sure as things get worse many people will use this same excuse of "But I didn't know he was going to do this" excuse to distance themselves for the mess which is coming.
For now yay! for massaged data going forward.
throw0101d|7 months ago
Who was predicting a downturn in 2025? What predictions of a downturn were being published in December 2024?
The fact of the matter is is that the numbers at the 2024 were looking great:
> Trump hammered the administration for creating an “economic catastrophe,” but some of his favorite gauges for assessing economic performance have been humming.
* https://www.politico.com/news/2024/11/15/biden-economy-donal...
And the only predictions of a downturn in 2025 was if Trump made good on his threats of tariffs:
* https://chamber.ca/news/trumps-25-tariff-threat-new-analysis...
So you voted for tariffs by voting for Trump, and by voting for tariffs you voted for economic instability. There was nothing in the pre-Trump policies and economic thinking that would have caused an economic downturn.
Further, you voted for the gutting and privatization government functions:
* https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Project_2025