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FightFight's JournalTrump's cuts hit red states, triggering GOP pushback--FAFO
Republican lawmakers are pushing back against sweeping cuts to the federal government launched by President Donald Trump and Elon Musk, as their downsizing crusade begins to hit GOP constituents.
A growing number of GOP lawmakers are trying to intervene with the Trump administration and are weighing legislation to circumvent the changes. But with the Department of Government Efficiency and the Office of Management and Budget moving at a rapid clip and flouting federal law to carve up the government, the lawmakers face monumental challenges in getting the White House to spare their constituents from the ax.
Idaho Republican Rep. Mike Simpson, a senior appropriator whose district is home to a number of National Park Service sites, said in an interview his staff is talking to the administration about how an OMB-directed, government-wide hiring freeze will affect the National Park Service. The park service fired 1,000 full-time staff Friday but said seasonal hiring is resuming, exempting 5,000 seasonal jobs from the hiring freeze.
https://www.politico.com/news/2025/02/14/doge-trump-omb-gop-00204435?cid=apn
FAFO
MAGA Farmer Shocked He Was Screwed Over By Trump https://crooksandliars.com/2025/02/maga-farmer-shocked-he-was-screwed-over
FAFO: MAGA Nurse Loses Job Due To Trump's Policies https://crooksandliars.com/2025/01/fafo-maga-nurse-loses-job-due-trumps
As egg prices continue to soar, grocers like Trader Joe's limit how many cartons customers can buy
https://www.msn.com/en-us/shopping/general/as-egg-prices-continue-to-soar-grocers-like-trader-joe-s-limit-how-many-cartons-customers-can-buy/ar-AA1yPUx3?ocid=BingNewsSerp 00BIRD FLU HAS BEEN ONGOING SINCE THE BIDEN ADMINISTRATION FOR ALL OF 2024
FAFO
Hundreds of Americans Get Surprise Electric Bill After Trump Change--The company alerted the customer that the $100 has been debited to their account and is due on their next invoice.
https://www.newsweek.com/surprise-electric-bill-alabama-trump-executive-order-2030874
FAFO:
Trump Erases Biden Era Drug Reduction Plan For Seniors
Seniors will pay more for life saving medications due to Trump's new policy.
Hundreds of Americans Get Surprise Electric Bill After Trump Change
Source: newsweek
On February 4, Huntsville Utilities in Alabama sent some of its customers a letter alerting them that a grant they previously received was no longer valid. The grant was distributed by the Community Action Partnership of Huntsville/Madison & Limestone Counties.
In a photo of one such letter posted on Facebook, the utility company told its customer that the grant they had received "for $100 on January 23, 2025, is no longer valid due to President Trump's Executive Order to rescind the funding behind the grant."
The company alerted the customer that the $100 has been debited to their account and is due on their next invoice.
Read more: https://www.newsweek.com/surprise-electric-bill-alabama-trump-executive-order-2030874
FAFO
MAGA Farmer Shocked He Was Screwed Over By Trump https://crooksandliars.com/2025/02/maga-farmer-shocked-he-was-screwed-over
FAFO: MAGA Nurse Loses Job Due To Trump's Policies https://crooksandliars.com/2025/01/fafo-maga-nurse-loses-job-due-trumps
As egg prices continue to soar, grocers like Trader Joe's limit how many cartons customers can buy
https://www.msn.com/en-us/shopping/general/as-egg-prices-continue-to-soar-grocers-like-trader-joe-s-limit-how-many-cartons-customers-can-buy/ar-AA1yPUx3?ocid=BingNewsSerp 00BIRD FLU HAS BEEN ONGOING SINCE THE BIDEN ADMINISTRATION FOR ALL OF 2024
December - Ford Motors announced they will contribute $1 million to Trump's inaugration--February FAFO
February
Ford CEO warns Trump tariffs threaten to ‘blow a hole’ in US auto industry
https://www.msn.com/en-au/news/other/ford-ceo-warns-trump-tariffs-threaten-to-blow-a-hole-in-us-auto-industry/ar-AA1z0NJD?ocid=BingNewsVerp
The CEO of the Ford Motor Company has warned that President Donald Trump’s tariffs threaten to “blow a hole” in the U.S. auto manufacturing industry.
Jim Farley spoke out this week about the 25 percent across-the-board trade tariffs looming for Mexican and Canadian imports to the U.S., including for steel and aluminum, and warned that it could trigger major job losses in Trump-voting states.
Canada is the biggest source of U.S. imported steel, which is key to the American auto industry, and the tariffs importers like Ford will have to pay will significantly hurt American consumer prices and competition with foreign vehicles.
December
Ford, GM donate $1 million and contribute vehicles to Trump's inauguration
https://www.reuters.com/business/autos-transportation/ford-donates-1-million-fleet-vehicles-trumps-inauguration-2024-12-23/
Republicans Reveal Trump Tax Plan Will Cost US $4.5 Trillion
he Republican House Budget resolution out Wednesday reveals the Ways and Means Committee will get $4.5 trillion to lock in tax cuts, one of President Donald Trump's major proposals.
The GOP also seeks an increase in the debt limit by $4 trillion, the resolution says.
The plan, which includes a substantial increase in the debt limit, highlights the party's commitment to making permanent the tax cuts enacted during the Trump administration.
https://www.newsweek.com/republicans-reveal-trump-tax-plan-will-cost-us-45-trillion-2030024
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The Trump Tax Cuts 2018 Worked (As a Scam)
Republicans said the reform would grow the economy by up to 6 percent, stimulate business investment, and pay for itself. None of that happened.--Business investment declined, dragging down economic growth. And the federal deficit exceeds $1 trillion.
Trump’s trade policies have cost thousands of U.S. manufacturing jobs
Trump administration’s overall weak trade agenda, COVID-19—and that administration’s mismanagement of the crisis—has wiped out much of the last decade’s job gains in U.S. manufacturing.
Nearly 1,800 factories have disappeared under Trump between 2016 and 2018,
DEBT AND DEFICIT
Trump Built a National Debt So Big (Even Before the Pandemic) That It’ll Weigh Down the Economy for Years The “King of Debt” promised to reduce the national debt — then his tax cuts made it surge. Add in the pandemic, and he oversaw the third-biggest deficit increase of any president. https://www.propublica.org/article/national-debt-trump
The national debt has risen by almost $7.8 trillion during Trump’s time in office
TRUMP HAD THE THIRD-BIGGEST PRIMARY DEFICIT GROWTH, 5.2% OF GDP, BEHIND ONLY GEORGE W. BUSH (11.7%) AND ABRAHAM LINCOLN (9.4%).--All Republicans
Republican tax cuts are the driving force behind the country’s worsening fiscal outlook.
If not for the Bush tax cuts and their extensions — as well as the Trump tax cuts — revenues would be on track to keep pace with spending indefinitely, Instead, these tax cuts have added $10 trillion to the debt since their enactment and are responsible for 57 percent of the increase in the debt ratio since 2001
https://finance.yahoo.com/news/gop-tax-cuts-driving-us-160437971.html
Reagan took the deficit from $70 billion to $175 billion. Bush 41 took it to $300 billion. Clinton got it to zero. Bush 43 took it from zero to $1.2 trillion. Obama halved it to $600 billion. Trump’s got it back to a trillion."
President Biden is on track to reduce the deficit 60 percent in 2023
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Trump+Bush tax cuts are 39% of national debt. If you exclude COVID relief, the only bipartisan deficit spending since housing crash, it's over 60%
Ford CEO says 25% tariff on Canada, Mexico would 'blow a hole' in US auto industry
Ford CEO Jim Farley, on the eve of traveling to Washington to meet with members of Congress on President Donald Trump's proposed tariffs, did not mince words Tuesday during an investor conference.
While Trump has talked about strengthening the U.S. auto industry, which would be a signature accomplishment, "So far what we're seeing is a lot of cost and a lot of chaos," Farley said.
"Let's be real honest: Long term, a 25% tariff across the Mexico and Canada borders would blow a hole in the U.S. industry that we've never seen," Farley said. "Frankly, it gives free rein to South Korean, Japanese and European companies that are bringing 1.5 million to 2 million vehicles into the U.S. that wouldn't be subject to those Mexican and Canadian tariffs. It would be one of the biggest windfalls for those companies ever."
https://www.msn.com/en-us/money/other/ford-ceo-says-25-tariff-on-canada-mexico-would-blow-a-hole-in-us-auto-industry/ar-AA1yQgFm?ocid=BingNewsVerp
Ford's CEO Jim Farley Warns of "Devastating" Consequences of Trump's Tariffs on U.S. Auto Industry
Source: techcrawlr
Ford’s CEO Jim Farley is raising alarms about the potential impact of tariffs on imports from Mexico and Canada, set to begin on March 1. He believes these new tariffs, which could reach as high as 25%, will hurt the US auto industry badly.
Farley explained that the tariffs are already causing chaos and increasing costs for automakers, even though they haven’t been enforced yet. He warned that if they continue, the effects could be severe, affecting both manufacturers and customers.
During an investment conference, Farley highlighted how President Trump’s push to make the US auto industry stronger and bring more production here had been a major goal. But instead of benefiting from this strategy, Farley said the industry is now facing extra financial strain and uncertainty.
Read more: https://techcrawlr.com/fords-ceo-jim-farley-warns-of-devastating-consequences-of-trumps-tariffs-on-u-s-auto-industry/
Want A Better Economy? History Says Vote Democrat
Personal disposable income has grown nearly 6 times more under Democratic presidents
Gross Domestic Product (GDP) has grown 7 times more under Democratic presidents
Corporate profits have grown over 16% more per year under Democratic presidents (they actually declined under Republicans by an average of 4.53%/year) Average annual compound return on the stock market has been 18 times greater under Democratic presidents (If you invested $100k for 40 years of Republican administrations you had $126k at the end, if if you invested $100k for 40 years of Democrat administrations you had $3.9M at the end)
Republican presidents added 2.5 times more to the national debt than Democratic presidents
The two times the economy steered into the ditch (Great Depression and Great Recession) were during Republican, laissez faire administrations
Why Are Republican Presidents So Bad for the Economy? G.D.P., jobs and other indicators have all risen faster under Democrats for nearly the past century. https://www.nytimes.com/2021/02/02/opinion/sunday/democrats-economy.html
U.S. Jobs, Income, GDP Growth 'Startlingly' Higher Under Democratic Presidents https://www.newsweek.com/us-jobs-income-gdp-growth-startlingly-higher-under-democratic-presidents-analysis-1566313
Over the last 6 decades--60 years or so, history has tended to favor Democratic presidents in terms of economic performance https://www.usnews.com/news/blogs/data-mine/2015/10/28/which-presidents-have-been-best-for-the-economy
During the final 3 years of Barack Obama's presidency 2014. 2015 . 2016 , the number of jobs added was 1.5 million greater than the number added during Trump's first 3 years in office 2017 2018 2019 https://www.snopes.com/fact-check/obama-created-more-jobs-trump
Trump inherited a booming economy — and handed Biden a nation 'in shambles' https://www.nbcnews.com/business/economy/trump-inherited-booming-economy-handed-biden-nation-shambles-n1255033
Trump to leave office with the worst jobs record since Herbert Hoover https://finance.yahoo.com/news/trump-leave-office-worst-jobs-030044152.html
Trump will be first president since WWII to lose jobs during tenure. The U.S. lost 140,000 jobs in December 2020 in the final jobs report of Trump’s presidency. This means the nation has about 3 million fewer jobs than it did 4 years ago UNDER THE BLACK GUY --OBAMA, meaning Trump will be the first president to lose jobs over his term since employment data was collected in this way. NBC News Now correspondent Simone Boyce explains how it all unfolded.
https://www.nbcnews.com/now/video/trump-will-be-first-president-since-wwii-to-lose-jobs-during-tenure-
U.S. manufacturers blame Trump-era tariffs for inflation’s rise https://www.marketwatch.com/story/u-s-manufacturers-blame-trump-era-tariffs-for-inflations-rise-11622387247
U.S. Travel Association Warns of Economic Tourism Disaster After Thousands of Canadian Tourists Cancel Trips in Protest
Canadian travelers decided to fight back against an announcement made by the 47th President of the United States on Saturday to impose a 25% tariff on most imported goods from their country, by canceling their vacation trips to the United States in protest.
The travel boycott, in addition to other boycotts raised by Canadians frustrated with the executive order that not only imposes tariffs on Canadian goods but also goods from Mexico and China, is meant to hurt the United States where it counts the most: their tourism economy.
The U.S. Travel Association has warned that the U.S. government’s move to impose steep tariffs against neighboring countries will lead to an economic tourism disaster for the United States after thousands of Canadian travelers canceled their trips immediately following the President’s announcement.
https://www.thetravel.com/us-travel-association-warns-of-economic-tourism-disaster-after-thousands-of-canadian-tourists-cancel-trips-in-protest/
Trump to pause enforcement of law banning bribery of foreign officials
Source: cnbc
President Donald Trump will sign an executive order directing the Department of Justice to pause enforcing a nearly half-century-old law that prohibits American companies and foreign firms from bribing officials of foreign governments to obtain or retain business.
The pause will be implemented to avoid putting U.S. businesses at an economic disadvantage to foreign competitors.
Trump reportedly will tell Attorney General Pam Bondi to prepare new guidelines for Foreign Corrupt Practices Act enforcement.
Read more: https://www.cnbc.com/2025/02/10/trump-doj-foreign-corrupt-practices-act-pause.html
CORRUPION FROM TRUMP'S FIRST TERM
**John Adams quote State Dining Room White House includes: "May none but Honest and Wise Men ever rule under This Roof."**
1. Numerous Trump associates have pleaded guilty to federal charges
2. HHS Secretary Tom Price brought down by his habit of using private jets and military planes for travel
3. EPA chief Scott Pruitt resigned over a raft of shameless ethical offenses
4. **Trump’s first staff secretary Rob Porter beat the shit out of 2 wives**
5. His first nominee for labor secretary, Andrew Puzder, withdrew after revelations of beating the shit out of one wife
5. Paul Manafort indicted - laundering millions of dollars in income, evading taxes - serving jail time.
6. Gates, Manafort’s trusted aide and Trump’s deputy campaign chairman, testified he helped Manafort commit those crimes.
7. Trump University students scammed, he agreed to pay $25 million to settle
8. His lawyer Michael Cohen paid porn actress Stormy Daniels $130K not to share her story of boinking Trump months after the birth of his 5th child from his 3rd wife
9. Cohen jailed for an array of crimes
10. Commerce Secretary Wilbur Ross business associates accuse him of stealing over $120 million. If even half of the accusations are legit, He could rank among the biggest grifters in American history
11. Trump Foundation, accused of “sweeping violations of campaign finance laws, self-dealing and illegal coordination with the Trump campaign,”
12. His son killed an endangered animal then sought permission after the fact
13. Ivanka Trump’s ex-business partner ensnared in federal fraud probe
14. Melania Trump created a fake resume claiming to have graduated from college
15. Trump Inauguration Spending Under Criminal Investigation by the Feds
16. Trump advisor Gorka wears Nazi pin to White House
17. Trump nominee Monica Crowley accused of plagiarizing 50 passages of her book
18. Trump’s Supreme Court pick Neil Gorsuch allegations of plagiarizing parts of his book
19. Trump nominee Kavanaugh accused of attempted rape and mysterious donations
20. Melania Trump’s 2016 Republican National Convention speech mirrors former first lady Michelle Obama
21. **Trump adviser George Nader pleads guilty to child porn, transporting 14-year old boy for criminal sexual activity**
22. **NOT NADER--DIFFERENT GUY--Trump's Former Oklahoma Campaign Chair Will Plead Guilty to Child Sex Trafficking**
23. **THIS IS A DIFFERENT GUY THAN THE PREVIOUS 2--former judge and Campbell County, Kentucky, Trump campaign chairman, arrested for child sex crimes**
24. Gerald Delamus, “Veterans for Trump” co-chair New Hampshire, Sentenced to 7 years in prison for role in Cliven Bundy’s 2014 armed standoff
25. Trump administration seeks to conceal Secret Service spending on his travel until after election
26. Trump inauguration donor pleads guilty to obstruction of investigation into sources of contribution
27. Giuliani, paid by Iranian terrorist group MEK, pushes belligerent Trump policy on Iran
28. Lobbyist with close ties to Trump raided by FBI in fraud probe
29. Erik Prince, Trump ally and brother of Secretary DeVos, may have broken Venezuela sanctions
30. Trump administration fights imposition of new sanctions on Russia
31. Trump pays $2 million to charities as part of settlement over bogus foundation
32. 3 women accuse Trump Appointee Gordon Sondland of sexual misconduct, experienced retaliation for speaking up
33. Trump reported higher figures to lenders, lower figures to tax authorities
34. Trump’s new press secretary has 2 DUI arrests, was fired for plagiarism and cheating on expenses
35. Trump’s top border official broke FBI rules to fund happy hours
36. RNC spent $94,800 on a mass order of Don Jr.’s book
37. Trump Organization CFO Allen Weisselberg under investigation by Manhattan D.A.
38. Nikki Haley used insecure email system to send “confidential” information as U.N. ambassador
39. Pay-for-play scheme between the RNC and Trump nominee for ambassador to the Bahamas; asked to give $500,000 while nomination hung in air
40. Trump associate Roger Stone guilty of witness tampering, obstruction, lying to Congress in effort to protect Trump
41. Trump considered firing inspector general of intelligence community for doing their job and passing along whistleblower complaint
42. Senior Trump official at State embellished resume, even created a fake TIME cover
43. EPA chief of staff under investigation for document destruction
44. Prosecutor in Stone trial demonstrates Trump lied to Mueller on WikiLeaks
45. Lawsuit: Trump’s phone records substantiate claims by Summer Zervos that he sexually harassed her
46. Trump switches residence from New York to Florida to avoid N.Y. authorities from prying--florida has a Republican governor
47. White House blocked State Department statement on Russian attack on Ukrainian military vessels
48. Top Trump aide used position to quash VA whistleblowers, retaliate against others
49. New Jersey seeks to revoke liquor license for Trump golf club after over-served man caused fatal wreck
50. Trump campaign stiffs Albuquerque for $211,000 costs for rally
51. Trump considers federal government shutdown to obstruct impeachment inquiry
52. Kushner company sued by Maryland attorney general for hundreds of thousands of violations while renting “rat-infested properties”
53. **THE KICKBACK-Firm donated $500,000 to pro-Trump super PAC day after awarded defense contract**
54. Trump pushes out postmaster general for not doubling rates on Amazon for package delivery
55. 281 lobbyists work or worked for Trump administration
56. National Enquirer shredded documents related to Trump after reporters started calling about payoff for mistresses
57. CIA’s top lawyer made criminal referral to DOJ, which did not open an investigation
58. Trump pushed China’s Xi to investigate Biden in June call stashed in code word clearance server
59. Trade associations, foreign government book Trump hotel rooms that never get used
60. Pentagon spent $184,000 at Trump’s Turnberry resort
61. **SHARPIE GATE-- Commerce Secretary Ross threatened mass firings if NOAA scientists contradicted Trump on Hurricane Dorian**''
62. Air Force paying Trump for use of Scottish resort, keeping it afloat financially
63. Trump on track to spend $340 million in taxpayer money at his own properties in just 3 years
64. White House admits Trump lied to manipulate the markets
65. Trump operatives register as foreign agents for Libyan wealth fund
66. Defense Department reexamines $10 billion contract with Amazon after Trump criticism of Post coverage
67. **Pence fails to pay $24,000 security bill for event at gay-owned club**
68. Trump lawyer paid $250,000 for HUSH MONEY $1.6 million deal for ex-Playboy model- she was impregnated by RNC official
69. **Trump, his company & 3 of his spawn face class-action lawsuit --People scammed into spending money on fraudulent, multilevel marketing scheme**
70. Chinese billionaire, Mar-a-Lago member, accused of being a communist spy
71. Interior Secretary met with attorney same day she told a U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service official to back off Trump donor development
72. Businessman donates $750,000 in fireworks for Trump event, lobbied and received reprieve from Chinese tariffs
73. Heather Nauert, former State Department spokesperson, was paid by FOX News while in government
74. Whistleblower: Pompeo abused security detail to pick up Chinese food, dog
75. Kushner failed to disclose numerous meetings with foreign leaders to State Department
76. **Chilean billionaire rented home to Jared Kushner and Ivanka Trump then got permission for mine**
77. Trump owes D.C. $7 million in 2017 inauguration costs
78. Kushner part-owned company received $90 million from anonymous offshore investors
79. State Department funds trolls targeting journalists, human rights activists
80. Trump’s former business partner says Trumps evaded taxes in Panama
81. Sprint executive with Trump at his golf course while Sprint awaits government approval for a merger
82. Bank chairman indicted for arranging $16 million in loans to Manafort in exchange for nomination as Army Secretary
83. **Kushners get $800 million federally-backed apartment loan**
84. Deutsche Bank staff saw suspicious activity within Trump, Kushner businesses
85. **Trump borrowed millions then named Florida bank’s CEO to board of directors of Miami branch of Atlanta Fed**
86. Trump pardons mail fraud guy who wrote glowing book about him
87. Barr lied to Congress about conversations with Mueller
88. Taxpayers covered a $1,000 liquor bill for Trump staffers, others at Trump property
89. Former Models for Trump Agency Say They Violated Immigration Rules -Worked Illegally
90. Pipeline of Undocumented Workers from costa Rica for Trump Golf Course Was ‘Open Secret’
91. **Russian spy Maria Butina helped choose US Secretary of State Rex Tillerson**
92. White House overruled 25 security clearance denials
93. Trump re-election campaign shifted $1.3 million in donor money to businesses
94. Founder of massage parlor involved in prostitution sting attended Super Bowl party with Trump
95. Trump’s Virginia golf course cited for illegally cutting down trees from protected area
96. Trump Org insurance broker subpoenaed
98. Zinke, Interior Secretary, resigns amid seventeen investigations
99. Trump’s labor secretary, broke law as prosecutor in Jeffrey Epstein pedophilia case
100. Barr’s daughter joins Treasury-- son-in-law heads to White House
101. **Trump's Acting AG Matt Whitaker ran a “scam” patent company**
102. **Podiatrist provided Trump with bone spur diagnosis to avoid draft as favor to father**
102. Taxpayers cover $54,000 in tents for Mar-a-Lago New Year’s Eve party
103. Trump 2020 campaign used shell company to pay ad buyers at center of illegal scheme with NRA
104. VA secretary lied to Congress about pro-Confederate speeches
Trump Tax Cuts' Cost Estimated at $5 Trillion to $11 Trillion
Trump’s tax cut wish list would cost would the federal government between $5 trillion and $11.2 trillion in lost revenue over the next decade, according to a new analysis from a budget watchdog group.
https://www.yahoo.com/news/trump-tax-cuts-cost-estimated-152108816.html
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Republican tax cuts are the driving force behind the country’s worsening fiscal outlook.
If not for the Bush tax cuts and their extensions — as well as the Trump tax cuts 2020— revenues would be on track to keep pace with spending indefinitely, Instead, these tax cuts have added $10 trillion to the debt since their enactment and are responsible for 57 percent of the increase in the debt ratio since 2001
https://finance.yahoo.com/news/gop-tax-cuts-driving-us-160437971.html
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Trump Built a National Debt So Big (Even Before the Pandemic) That It’ll Weigh Down the Economy for Years The “King of Debt” promised to reduce the national debt — then his tax cuts made it surge. Add in the pandemic, and he oversaw the third-biggest deficit increase of any president. https://www.propublica.org/article/national-debt-trump
The national debt has risen by almost $7.8 trillion during Trump’s time in office
TRUMP HAD THE THIRD-BIGGEST PRIMARY DEFICIT GROWTH, 5.2% OF GDP, BEHIND ONLY GEORGE W. BUSH (11.7%) AND ABRAHAM LINCOLN (9.4%).--All Republicans
Trump tariffs will cost U.S. carmakers billions and are a 'bonanza' for Asian competitors, warns Ford CEO Jim Farley
Ford CEO Jim Farley assured investors that his team has a plan to shield the company from the worst effects of Donald Trump’s tariff threats—provided the former president doesn’t go beyond brinkmanship and posturing.
Ahead of any new import taxes, Farley said Ford and its suppliers intend to stockpile vehicles and parts that typically move between the U.S. and Mexico.
If tariffs take effect, the strategy would create a de facto trade barrier at the Rio Grande, halting cross-border shipments and sealing off operations.
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Donald Trump has gone silent on working class cost of living issues
For the past two years, Donald Trump has spread fear about the state of the United States and championed himself as the only man capable of saving the country from itself. Only he could bring down the price of groceries and gas. Only he could fix the broken health care system. Only he could fix the broken immigration system. Only he could end the wars in Ukraine and in the Middle East.
Now that the voters have drunk the Kool-Aid, the jig is up. The grift is over and the prize of the presidency is won. But will the buyers of the golden sneakers have buyer’s remorse? I suspect that for all but the most cult-following MAGA lemmings, the answer to that question is yes.
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]MORE JOBS GAINED UNDER BIDEN'S 4 YEARS THAN UNDER THE 8 YEARS OF FORMER PRESIDENTS TRUMP, OBAMA, OR GEORGE W. BUSH
https://www.axios.com/2025/01/10/iden-job-gains-obama-trump?utm_campaign=feed&utm_medium=referral&utm_source=later-linkinbio
Bidenomics Was Wildly Successful-----The president’s domestic record wasn’t just extraordinary. It might put Democrats back in power in four years.
https://newrepublic.com/article/189232/bidenomics-success-biden-legacy
Give Biden his due, he has been one of the best presidents of our time https://thehill.com/opinion/5068539-joe-biden-effective-president/
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2018
US farmers letting crops rot as storage costs rise due to China trade war
https://thehill.com/policy/finance/417803-us-farmers-letting-crops-rot-as-storage-costs-rise-due-to-china-trade-war/
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2019
Why Trump is bad for business
“What Trump has done to undermine our global leadership in terms of major multinational companies will be hard to undo,” says a former Republican cabinet member. it’s hurting commerce worldwide. Global growth will drop to 3% next year, predicts the International Monetary Fund, the slowest growth since the financial crisis. The No. 1 culprit: “rising trade barriers.”
https://fortune.com/longform/trump-policies-bad-for-business-trade-immigration-taxes-regulations-us-economy/
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Want A Better Economy? History Says Vote Democrat
Personal disposable income has grown nearly 6 times more under Democratic presidents
Gross Domestic Product (GDP) has grown 7 times more under Democratic presidents
Corporate profits have grown over 16% more per year under Democratic presidents (they actually declined under Republicans by an average of 4.53%/year) Average annual compound return on the stock market has been 18 times greater under Democratic presidents (If you invested $100k for 40 years of Republican administrations you had $126k at the end, if if you invested $100k for 40 years of Democrat administrations you had $3.9M at the end)
Republican presidents added 2.5 times more to the national debt than Democratic presidents
The two times the economy steered into the ditch (Great Depression and Great Recession) were during Republican, laissez faire administrations
Why Are Republican Presidents So Bad for the Economy? G.D.P., jobs and other indicators have all risen faster under Democrats for nearly the past century. https://www.nytimes.com/2021/02/02/opinion/sunday/democrats-economy.html
U.S. Jobs, Income, GDP Growth 'Startlingly' Higher Under Democratic Presidents https://www.newsweek.com/us-jobs-income-gdp-growth-startlingly-higher-under-democratic-presidents-analysis-1566313
Over the last 6 decades--60 years or so, history has tended to favor Democratic presidents in terms of economic performance https://www.usnews.com/news/blogs/data-mine/2015/10/28/which-presidents-have-been-best-for-the-economy
During the final 3 years of Barack Obama's presidency 2014. 2015 . 2016 , the number of jobs added was 1.5 million greater than the number added during Trump's first 3 years in office 2017 2018 2019 https://www.snopes.com/fact-check/obama-created-more-jobs-trump
Trump inherited a booming economy — and handed Biden a nation 'in shambles' https://www.nbcnews.com/business/economy/trump-inherited-booming-economy-handed-biden-nation-shambles-n1255033
Trump to leave office with the worst jobs record since Herbert Hoover https://finance.yahoo.com/news/trump-leave-office-worst-jobs-030044152.html
Trump will be first president since WWII to lose jobs during tenure. The U.S. lost 140,000 jobs in December 2020 in the final jobs report of Trump’s presidency. This means the nation has about 3 million fewer jobs than it did 4 years ago UNDER THE BLACK GUY --OBAMA, meaning Trump will be the first president to lose jobs over his term since employment data was collected in this way. NBC News Now correspondent Simone Boyce explains how it all unfolded.
https://www.nbcnews.com/now/video/trump-will-be-first-president-since-wwii-to-lose-jobs-during-tenure-
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