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Donald Trump spent his first 100 days back in the Oval Office driving an economy that the world envied to the brink of crisis, risking America’s reputation as a financial safe haven and fostering fear among voters who’ve lost confidence in his leadership.

Americans were desperate for relief from high grocery prices and bought into Trump’s promise to make America affordable again in November 2024, partly out of nostalgia for the pre-pandemic economy of his first term.

But the president deliberately and singlehandedly adopted policies that are almost certain to spike prices even more; that could lead to shortages; and that have CEOs and small businesses dealing with chaos and the possibility of a recession.

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[–] [email protected] 6 points 3 hours ago* (last edited 3 hours ago)

Biden kinda restored USA's image pretty fast in the world stage, and then made it quite a lot better by standing firmly with Ukraine. After Trump's second term... it wouldn't be enough. Because now we know it wasn't just a one-off mistake or a fluke. 30-50% of americans actually think like that.

[–] [email protected] 9 points 4 hours ago

Risking America's reputation? Maybe we're slightly beyond that point.

[–] [email protected] 1 points 12 hours ago

The United States Federal Review said the economy has slightly dipped but it's so minor on the GDP of America that nothing has changed really from all indicators reviewed.

[–] [email protected] 6 points 13 hours ago* (last edited 13 hours ago)

Looking wistfully behind me at the "brink" of crisis

[–] [email protected] 12 points 15 hours ago (1 children)

Bankrupted a casino after his better half left. His ex wife. Consider it like his last admin. He had smart people corralling him. Now he just has yes men.

[–] [email protected] 4 points 12 hours ago

What they show us are the yes clowns. The concern needs to be the project 2025 people in the 2nd level positions implementing their agenda

[–] [email protected] 10 points 15 hours ago

It’s bad now? You have no idea! All import stopped and or halted when your orange diaper introduced tariffs on everything. Meaning you’re just seeing the start of it.

Tariffs are still unclear because he’s changing them every damn second. Meaning companies are still hesitant about shipping goods because of the uncertainty regarding tariffs.

[–] [email protected] 4 points 15 hours ago

Give the Orange Asswipe a break, the idiot is following his orders from the Kremlin and he is doing a fan-fucking-tastic job of destroying the US economy and foreign relations.

[–] [email protected] 37 points 16 hours ago (1 children)

And just think, there were those out there that doubted he would get anything done. /s

[–] [email protected] 8 points 16 hours ago

Getting things done usually means building. It's decidedly easier to tear things down and much harder to build them back up.

[–] [email protected] 32 points 16 hours ago (1 children)

Zero grocery, zero price. You cannot complain about avocado prices if there was no avocado imported, eh?

[–] [email protected] 8 points 15 hours ago (1 children)

Reminds me of my childhood in a communist country.

[–] [email protected] 10 points 14 hours ago

It's almost like human structures of power always end up with some asshole on top making everyone else suffer.

[–] [email protected] 64 points 18 hours ago (2 children)

So here's the fucking thing.

The crisis is already here. Go take a peak at the ports on the west coast right now. Go look at business forecasts.

This man systematically destroyed a working economy in a business quarter.

The repercussions of these actions are going to be felt for at least a decade.

[–] [email protected] 28 points 18 hours ago (1 children)

They will be felt for the rest of the century.

[–] [email protected] 31 points 17 hours ago (1 children)

Totally agreed.

These people literally are destroying the pre eminent power and completely usurping centuries old historical power hierarchies seemingly for the benefit of shorting the markets on their own whim.

As if those dollars they earn will be worth anything when hyperinflation hits.

[–] [email protected] 4 points 4 hours ago

Cash wealth is meaningless if you control all the actual assets. If you own all the houses, then you own all the houses.

They all fully understand this. Also they are well prepared for hyperinflation. Many people think that when the market has a massive crash they will finally own a house. Not true. The overwhelming majority of properties are already earmarked for pick up by the rich in that case. This is why boom/busts are important. They allow the rich to consolidate their wealth.

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