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Bluestocking

(448 posts)
Sun Nov 9, 2025, 10:48 AM Nov 9

I wonder if Rump is the only US president

To take a decent recovering economy and crash it in such a short period of time. It took W 8 years to create the Great Recession. Rump has done it in less then a year.

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I wonder if Rump is the only US president (Original Post) Bluestocking Nov 9 OP
W had 2 recessioms RazorbackExpat Nov 9 #1
But that early edhopper Nov 9 #2
Bush was doing all sorts of crap as soon as he was out of the starting gate RazorbackExpat Nov 9 #4
Wasn't that mainly edhopper Nov 9 #6
The Economy started cratering edhopper Nov 9 #3
Ike and Reagan both had recessions starting in July of their inaugural year; shrub had a recession that started in march unblock Nov 9 #5
He did the same thing last time Sailingdiver Nov 9 #7

RazorbackExpat

(836 posts)
4. Bush was doing all sorts of crap as soon as he was out of the starting gate
Sun Nov 9, 2025, 11:00 AM
Nov 9

Two months was enough time for him to start screwing the economy.

edhopper

(36,936 posts)
3. The Economy started cratering
Sun Nov 9, 2025, 11:00 AM
Nov 9

soon after Reagan took office.


Still don't understand why people thought he was good for the Economy?

unblock

(55,834 posts)
5. Ike and Reagan both had recessions starting in July of their inaugural year; shrub had a recession that started in march
Sun Nov 9, 2025, 11:02 AM
Nov 9

Sailingdiver

(329 posts)
7. He did the same thing last time
Sun Nov 9, 2025, 11:28 AM
Nov 9

The dumb orange hued sexual abuser killed the economy last time his dumbass was soiling the WH. Luckily for him, C-19 came along and disguised his disaster. The cult were blinded or stupid and totally missed him driving the economy in the ditch and blamed it all on covid.

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