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Related: Editorials & Other Articles, Issue Forums, Alliance Forums, Region Forums"The president has a photographic memory and a tremendous gift with numbers"
"It was an amazing, fact-filled speech"
"Every economist agrees we will be rich beyond our wildest dreams"
- Karoline Leavitt
walkingman
(11,152 posts)mitch96
(15,875 posts)how to use a calculator?
Hekate
(100,133 posts)Silent Type
(12,412 posts)wryter2000
(47,940 posts)N/t
William Gustafson
(557 posts)Maru Kitteh
(32,009 posts)She knows very well that she is lying.
Irish_Dem
(82,309 posts)NoMoreRepugs
(12,227 posts)Chasstev365
(8,124 posts)Stop; I can't breathe! 😆😆😆😆😆😆😆😅😅😅😅😆😆😆😆😆😆😆😆😅😆😆😆
Paladin
(32,354 posts)madamesilverspurs
(16,534 posts)"The president has a pornographic memory and a tremendous grift with numbers"
"It was an amazing, fantasy-filled speech"
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Brother Buzz
(40,401 posts)BOSSHOG
(44,738 posts)Except those who dont. Have we got to day one yet? Lines rehearsed before the speech. If the speech was fact filled why did trump give it?
LuckyCharms
(23,061 posts)wryter2000
(47,940 posts)You win the internet
Ocelot II
(131,216 posts)but the student has now overtaken the master.
fujiyamasan
(2,023 posts)dweller
(28,667 posts)From a tub of bloody Fruit Smack in which she bathes daily
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Wiz Imp
(10,401 posts)Wow. Every economist, eh? I challenge them to name just one who isn't on their payroll.
These economists certainly don't agree "we will be rich beyond our wildest dreams"
https://nymag.com/intelligencer/article/trump-tariffs-effects-economy-recession-expert-predictions.html
What Economic Experts Are Predicting About Trumps Tariffs
Goldman Sachs says there is now a 35 percent chance of recession (up from 20% previously)
S&P Global forecasts growth slowdown (The risks to our baseline are firmly on the downside)
CNBC survey of economists indicates economic growth has hit a new post-COVID low (A CNBC survey that averages forecasts from more than a dozen economists indicates that policy uncertainty and sweeping new tariffs from the Trump administration are combining to create a stagflationary outlook for the U.S. economy)
J.P. Morgan has lowered its GDP estimate too ( The firm is now predicting 1.6 percent GDP growth for the year, which is a 0.3 percent decrease from its past estimates)
Mark Zandi at Moodys Analytics says Trump is providing fodder for an economic downturn (raising his odds for a recession to 40 percent from 15 percent at the beginning of 2025)
Yales Budget Lab says auto tariffs will raise new-car prices by an average of $6,400
Wedbush analyst Dan Ives says tariffs would send the auto industry into pure chaos
Trump-honored economist Arthur Laffer says auto tariffs could do irreparable damage if the United StatesMexicoCanada Agreement is abandoned
Wiz Imp
(10,401 posts)spooky3
(38,859 posts)DBoon
(25,143 posts)mwmisses4289
(4,711 posts)And I don't smoke!
John Farmer
(410 posts)DavidDvorkin
(20,683 posts)He said, "Sir..."
dalton99a
(95,240 posts)for his fantastic work on tariffs
Solly Mack
(97,265 posts)dchill
(42,660 posts)Sadly, no.
bucolic_frolic
(55,805 posts)Power up the Way Out Machine, Mr. Peabody.
Falconry
(42 posts)riversedge
(81,528 posts)Blue Owl
(59,616 posts)LetMyPeopleVote
(181,997 posts)
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