Summary
Donald Trump declined to rule out a U.S. recession in 2025, citing a “period of transition” due to his trade policies.
When asked if tariffs would fuel inflation, he acknowledged the possibility but pointed to lower interest rates.
Despite stock market volatility, he insisted “you have to do what’s right.” The Atlanta Federal Reserve warned of economic contraction, raising recession fears.
Commerce Secretary Howard Lutnick dismissed concerns, predicting strong growth. Trump’s stance contrasts with his past claims that trade wars are “good and easy to win.”
There is one thing I can predict: if Trump’s policies tank our economy. He will blame everyone but himself.
No, it’s not a certainty that Trump’s policies will cause a recession. What if we get hit by a giant meteor before then, wiping out humanity before the tariffs have a chance to do any damage? Or if God finally decides He has had enough and exercises His Ultimate Recall Vote on Trump and his presidency tomorrow?
Biden, hunters laptop, DEI, Hilary, assorted transgender concerns.
Didn’t miss any other causes of the upcoming recession?
Edit: tan suits.
- not being Christian enough
- too many people vaccinated
- too many people wearing masks
- no prayer in schools
- violent TV shows/video games
- the gay agenda
- satanic panic
- colored jelly bracelets
- rainbow parties
- migrants hiking to the border
- drugs
- Dungeons and Dragons
- Harry Potter/witchcraft
All pitched by the right as to why our country is off-course.
That’s correlation not causation. We all know the root cause was the tan suit.
So will his piece of shit voters so never let them squirm their way out of accountability for electing Nero
There are plenty of “leftists” on Lemmy who will say they aren’t to blame though
America couldn’t forgive Biden for unavoidable global inflation. They better be raging when this totally avoidable and reckless inflation begins.
How do we separate him from his cult though? That’s the real question. Who would have thunk that in a month, he’s destroyed our economy. How can we destroy his cult’s adoration in the same amount of time?
Sure there’s the maga cultists, but that is not the majority of people who voted for Trump. I honestly think a self-inflicted recession may turn out to be a good thing.
Right now Trump is behaving like, and being treated by the opposition like he’s invincible. But I do not think we are at the point where maga has such a hold on power that they can withstand being broadly unpopular. There is still a lot of the government and civil society that remains intact, and could be a platform for stopping the authoritarian takeover, but they are going to need a huge amount of public support. Causing a recession when your mandate was to improve the economy may be enough for this.
The longer this festers, the more maga will be able to destroy or compromise the state and civil society. I think we need to force the crisis sooner rather than later.
It’s ridiculous that Biden wasn’t celebrated for avoiding a recession in the U.S. when there was a global recession and analysts were certain we were going to have one here.
Fox News is still calling it the tail end of bidens inflation. They’re happy to extend that for 40 years or so.
The guy that predicts he’s going to make everything better all the time, every day. “I don’t like to predict things”
This fucking clown.
To paraphrase the Narcissist’s Prayer, he’s currently moving from “That won’t happen” to “And if it does, it won’t be that bad” and on to “And if it is, that’s not a big deal.”
So expect “And if it is, that’s not my fault” in the not terribly distant future.
Is it too early to call it the Trump Slump?
