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Trump: Economy Will Improve In Six Months To A Year (Original Post) USS_Dauntless 13 hrs ago OP
Does that equal 24 weeks? MacKasey 13 hrs ago #1
what happened to 'two weeks'? rurallib 13 hrs ago #2
Wunderin the same thing. It's been two weeks for the past 10 years. TheBlackAdder 5 hrs ago #36
Wasn't he just saying this week how great the economy was already doing? Beartracks 13 hrs ago #3
A+++++? underpants 12 hrs ago #13
Wwwwhat TexLaProgressive 13 hrs ago #4
Don't do that. USS_Dauntless 10 hrs ago #22
Downhill. On Trump's watch ? Yes, a clock is ticking. Tetrachloride 13 hrs ago #5
Yesterday he said the economy was the greatest Emile 12 hrs ago #6
Hopefully sooner rather than later. USS_Dauntless 10 hrs ago #23
You think it's bad now Bluestocking 12 hrs ago #7
Question is, USS_Dauntless 10 hrs ago #24
It's Possible ProfessorGAC 12 hrs ago #8
I wouldn't say it was 'fine' by any stretch SamuelTheThird 12 hrs ago #18
Totally Different Issue ProfessorGAC 12 hrs ago #20
Many people wouldn't consider those separate issues EdmondDantes_ 11 hrs ago #21
If we take the midterms in both JBTaurus83 12 hrs ago #9
Is that when being poor will be great again? dem4decades 12 hrs ago #10
Uh oh tavernier 12 hrs ago #11
This is my read of it, yes. :( Irish_Dem 12 hrs ago #15
The marmalade shartcannon is the perfect reverse barometer Brother Buzz 12 hrs ago #16
This is the second time he was handed a great economy, Emile 12 hrs ago #12
+1 dalton99a 12 hrs ago #14
And there are MILLIONS of people that do USS_Dauntless 10 hrs ago #25
Excuse me please malaise 12 hrs ago #17
Just in time for infrastructure week?? Vinca 12 hrs ago #19
He's banking on interest rates and ignoring inflation bucolic_frolic 10 hrs ago #26
You just might have it. He's banking on his new Fed Chair to do his bidding and manipulate the economy Deuxcents 9 hrs ago #31
Manipulate equals try to wreck it. And we think inflation is bad now, just wait. paleotn 8 hrs ago #34
Boy, that "two weeks" sure has been hammered by inflation, up 1200-2500%! RockRaven 10 hrs ago #27
He is so FULL OF SHIT. 💩💩💩 milestogo 9 hrs ago #28
And I'm the king of England! sakabatou 9 hrs ago #29
So 2 weeks... to the 8.51st power C_U_L8R 9 hrs ago #30
If it's already A++++ like he told us, how can it get better? Ocelot II 9 hrs ago #32
He'll just add another + and claim it's gotten even better, MarineCombatEngineer 8 hrs ago #33
This guy needs a dart in his ass. Talitha 8 hrs ago #35

Emile

(40,084 posts)
6. Yesterday he said the economy was the greatest
Sun Dec 14, 2025, 04:20 PM
12 hrs ago

it's ever been. Now he says it will get better in six months to a year.

When is this lying ass lunatic going to be out of our lives?

USS_Dauntless

(165 posts)
23. Hopefully sooner rather than later.
Sun Dec 14, 2025, 07:01 PM
10 hrs ago

And hopefully in a fashion that renders him unable to speak. His voice is like auditory cancer.

ProfessorGAC

(75,606 posts)
8. It's Possible
Sun Dec 14, 2025, 04:24 PM
12 hrs ago

With the economy anything is "possible" in a year.
That doesn't mean any of their policies are the cause.
Unless, of course, he rescinds all those stupid tariffs. That would be a good start.
Finally, despite his delusions, the economy was fine when he took over.
It's worse because he made it worse!

SamuelTheThird

(528 posts)
18. I wouldn't say it was 'fine' by any stretch
Sun Dec 14, 2025, 04:59 PM
12 hrs ago

Just look at the wealth gap. Obviously he's making things much worse. More than tariffs, deregulation is going to cause an economic catastrophe

ProfessorGAC

(75,606 posts)
20. Totally Different Issue
Sun Dec 14, 2025, 05:14 PM
12 hrs ago

You're conflating 2 topics.
Not that wealth disparity isn't a major issue, but has nothing to do with the point.

EdmondDantes_

(1,272 posts)
21. Many people wouldn't consider those separate issues
Sun Dec 14, 2025, 05:44 PM
11 hrs ago

Given things like wealth inequality leads to increased poverty, political instability, and our stock market growth is highly tied to a handful of companies, as well as the impact of inflation, heavy student loan debt, etc, it's hard to make a case that our economy has been fine in a long time.

JBTaurus83

(825 posts)
9. If we take the midterms in both
Sun Dec 14, 2025, 04:27 PM
12 hrs ago

Houses we need to send some serious bills for Canks to veto. Senate rules need to be changed. We should force him to veto a replacement for Roe V Wade, $15 minimum wage, restoration and expansion of union rights, ACA, repeal of tariffs etc. Do not let this mad man get protection from his senate puppets.

Emile

(40,084 posts)
12. This is the second time he was handed a great economy,
Sun Dec 14, 2025, 04:33 PM
12 hrs ago

and he ends up destroying it.

Only a very ignorant person would believe anything that this idiot has to say.

USS_Dauntless

(165 posts)
25. And there are MILLIONS of people that do
Sun Dec 14, 2025, 07:04 PM
10 hrs ago

believe anything that dibbles out of that disgusting, fetid maw of his.

bucolic_frolic

(53,659 posts)
26. He's banking on interest rates and ignoring inflation
Sun Dec 14, 2025, 07:08 PM
10 hrs ago

which is a Democrat hoax and does not effect grow-sir-eeeees

Deuxcents

(25,219 posts)
31. You just might have it. He's banking on his new Fed Chair to do his bidding and manipulate the economy
Sun Dec 14, 2025, 08:02 PM
9 hrs ago

paleotn

(21,352 posts)
34. Manipulate equals try to wreck it. And we think inflation is bad now, just wait.
Sun Dec 14, 2025, 09:02 PM
8 hrs ago

Saving grace is, discount rate decisions are made jointly by the Fed Board of Governors with input from the Fed regional banks. The Fed Chair is only one voice among many.

MarineCombatEngineer

(17,429 posts)
33. He'll just add another + and claim it's gotten even better,
Sun Dec 14, 2025, 08:32 PM
8 hrs ago

in fact, he'll probably announce the economy is better than any other economy in the whole universe.

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