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Even after eliminating all those government programs and laying off/firing all those federal employees, Biden still somehow controls the economy!!! If only we could elect a new POTUS to right the ship!!!

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Even after eliminating all those government programs and laying off/firing all those federal employees,

the federal government still managed to spend over $200 billion more in BLOTUS’ first 100 days than same time frame last year.

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0.01% of that on his golf games

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While I do admit it’s impossible for one administration to improve/fix a nation’s economy in one year… But It doesn’t take much effort to run a already crumbling economy into the ground. Edit: I’m agreeing with yall. Just like Republicans expected Biden to “fix” the economy in is first 100 days, it’s literally impossible. But dumb ass Trump can sure as hell drive a already broken economy right off the cliff in 100 days.

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7 points

A president has a limited ability to positively affect the economy positively but a vast ability to make it worse.

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113 points

So Q2 will also be Biden? How about Q3? Biden? Q4?

For being sleepy joe. He sure is awake causing problems for Trump. Mastermind Joe.

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64 points

The Bidens will continue until the economy improves.

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18 points

Honestly surprised he hasn’t started blaming Obama.

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18 points

the good economy was lost in hillary’s emails.

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21 points

Yes, but somehow Q4 2024 was all Trump.

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He’s obviously in a bunker somewhere with a clone of Hunter’s laptop! This is why that Ukrainian company gave Hunter all that money ($3 million ) back when Joe was still VP, they knew in 2013 that in 2025 the people would be stupid enough to re-elect Trump and he would be doing the same thing as the first go just cranked to 11! Joe has been a manchurian candidate this whole time waiting to sabotage Trump to help Ukraine against Trump’s handlers. /s

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You know, I can see this easily believed by the MAGA faithful. Just has to come from Fox or Newsmax, then it’s from God’s mouth…to the cults ears.

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91 points

It actually is kinda Biden’s fault. See, under Biden, the economy actually grew last year, which is why this makes Trump look so bad.

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Also, that he ran for 2024, which is at least part of what allowed the current situation…

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“Biden is to blame for the economy. If he didn’t drop out and then he won the election, none of this would be happening right now, and I wouldn’t be blamed.” -tRumpo

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Also, and perhaps most importantly, that he appointed a do-nothing conservative attorney general who slow-walked prosecuting Trump for the coup attempt (among other things) instead of actually upholding the rule of law.

Trump shouldn’t have been able to run in 2024 in the first place because he should’ve been hanged for treason in 2021.

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Normally, I do give the benefit of a doubt for the first year or so of economic news under a new President no matter which party. Policies do not usually have time to have that kind of effect so quickly. It’s great when you can point to a President you don’t like and say “see, the economy went down”, but it usually doesn’t work that way.

Not this time. Trump moved so fast to break so much that he gets to own the whole thing. Doubly so when the Fed’s predictions had been pointing downward when they had been pointing upward before Trump took office.

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huh, I’m getting to the point where i can recognize genai instantly from just the thumbnail, neat

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6 points

It’s a particularly bland style

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AI, I need a picture with Linux red hat…

I’m sorry sir,
Or ma’am,

Both,

it seems I’m not allowed to show images of people with red hats. Would you like images of small cats instead?

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It’s important to note why he did the tariffs.

It wasn’t because there was an economic trade imbalance.

It wasn’t because he thought they were unfair.

It was because it is essentially the only non-military weapon he has and he wanted to look powerful.

It was because he wanted to alienate our allies under the direction of Putin.

It was because he wanted to feel like a big man. He wanted to show the world he was a dictator.

It was a selfish, dick-measuring move.

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I disagree.

He did the tariff BS in order to tank the US economy, so that the elite wealthy can buy/consolidate/privatize at rock bottom prices.

His regime was all by design. And all is going according to plan.

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And he can claim he’s cutting taxes, because to him the tariffs aren’t a tax which is a load of bull.

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Yep. There is a direct cause and effect here. He owns this shit.

He was handed a GREAT economy and he fucked it all up.

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3 points

Plus he’d be claiming all the credit if it were better

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And triply so when the effects of Trump’s shit “policies” were entirely predictable and warned about in advance.

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I mean we all knew he was going to say this. Why do we even bother asking anymore?

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32 points

I don’t think anyone asked, he threw some burgers at the wall and somebody read it like tea leaves

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15 points

berders

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Covfefe

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