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Lee Duna@lemmy.nz to News@lemmy.worldEnglish · 1 year ago

Trump says economic growth ‘shatters expectations’. Data says otherwise

www.aljazeera.com

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Trump says economic growth ‘shatters expectations’. Data says otherwise

www.aljazeera.com

Lee Duna@lemmy.nz to News@lemmy.worldEnglish · 1 year ago
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Data doesn’t support repeated claims by the White House of an economic boom in the US under President Trump.
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  • Hazmatastic@lemmy.world
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    I mean, I’m surprised our economy hasn’t crumbled, so it’s not technically untrue

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      It’s being stretched like a rubber band. When it snaps, it will be spectacular.

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      Enough of us still have morals. Dwindling, but enough.

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      Give it time.

    • Coldgoron@lemmy.zip
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      deleted by creator

  • 𝕱𝖎𝖗𝖊𝖜𝖎𝖙𝖈𝖍@lemmy.world
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    It definitely shattered my expectations, and they were low to begin with

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      Yeah this isn’t his best boast. After we saw the stock market tanking insanely I was shocked to see it resemble normal growth for a time. Wrecking the economy with moronic tariffs and then restoring it briefly by backing off isn’t something you can brag about

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        He hasnt even gotten to the truly moronic part of instituting actual tariffs yet. All the tanking that occurred previously was due to the threat of tariffs. Imagine how fucked the market and economy would be if every tariff he threatened actually came to fruition

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          That’s what I was thinking too

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        Yeah but if you can time the dips and rises, you can make shitton of money, which is exactly what his cronies are doing. Everytime fatass announces a tariff, the market reacts, and then soars when he backs off. It’s pure market manipulation.

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          Exactly

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    Data shows that the Epstein list still hasn’t been released.

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    Trump says […] Data says otherwise.

    Sums up his whole life, no?

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      I’ve never seen someone fail so successfully.

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    I mean. It did. Just not in a positive direction. I was expecting their economic and fiscal policies to have catastrophic implications, but even I’m impressed by how jaw-droppingly idiotic they’re being, and how quickly everything is starting to come unraveled.

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    This guy rapes children.

  • OutlierBlue@lemmy.ca
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    The party told you to reject the evidence of your eyes and ears. It was their final, most essential command.

    • George Orwell, 1984
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    Fake it til you make it, amiright?

    We need a new term for this level of willful ignorance.

    • phutatorius@lemmy.zip
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      We need a new term for this level of willful ignorance.

      Here are a few: “Unfitness for office.” “Criminal incompetence.” “Deliberate economic sabotage.” “Dictatorship of the scum of the earth.” “Kakistocracy.”

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      You can negatively “shatter expectations”

      • 𝕽𝖆𝖉𝖎𝖈𝖆𝖑 𝕽𝖊𝖇𝖊𝖑@sh.itjust.works
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        Trump fell into his current position of power simply because of his ability to effortlessly frame the fall of the US Empire as putting America first. While in reality, it’s all just a distraction to cover for billionaires hoarding more and more wealth while the rest of us continue to struggle more and more.

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        We usually use the word “disappointing” but a competent writer can put a positive spin on anything.

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  • MyOpinion@lemmy.today
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    Trump is a lying sack of shit.

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    Love to say it, even hard core republicans I know are regretting voting for the orange clown. Just yesterday one of them told me that. Trump’s reality distortion field is starting to fail.

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      Usually I dismiss thilese anecdotes but I am experiencing it too. Our company had a meeting with all of the field techs/machinists to explain how the “no tax on overtime” really works and I’ll tell you what, it’s not exactly “no tax on overtime”. Considering we basically run on overtime that rug pull may have been the last straw for a few of the red hats I know.

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        Hitting them in the selfishness is the only thing they understand.

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    Well, yeah. Anyone who had expectations is now feeling shattered.

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    Clearly, he’s talking about the expectations he had for himself vs going to jail. I’m just as surprised.

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    It did shatter expectations. It’s supposed to be good, but it’s crap.

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    Distraction.
    He’s a rapist, and on the Epstein list.

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    I mean, who do you believe the most, Trump or data? Don’t let me know.

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