Does Trump Want to Sandbag the Economy?
by Robert Kuttner
October 3, 2019
Economic growth is clearly slowing. Manufacturing output is down, as are exports, thanks to Trumps trade cold war with China.
The government has run out of stimulus tricks. Even interest rates that are close to zero, plus an immense fiscal jolt in the form of a trillion-dollar deficit (courtesy of Trumps tax cut for the rich) isnt fixing whats broken.
Corporate America is sitting on trillions in profits that it cant find ways to invest. Thus, stock buybacks.
(This is why massive public investment is the only solution to Americas sagging economy. But I digressthats a post for another day.)
Now, just to make things worse, Trump is launching a new trade war with
wait for it
Europe.
https://prospect.org/blogs/tap/does-trump-want-to-sandbag-the-economy-tariffs-trade-war-EU/
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What is it with this guy? Does he want to sink his own presidency and chances for re-election? Well, you might try such search terms as Ukraine, treason, civil war, and impeachment, and that old favorite, certifiably insane.
Newest Reality
(12,712 posts)flibbitygiblets
(7,220 posts)TheRealNorth
(9,500 posts)Trump will find a scapegoat, the MAGATS will believe him, and the MSM will scratch their heads and say, "I don't know, there are 2 sides to every story...."
He's already laid the groundwork to blame the Fed (Strong Dollar Is to blame), despite that the dollar has been pretty strong compared to other currencies for at least the past 30 years. Who knows how much play he will get out of that.
machoneman
(4,016 posts)Sure he will. He'll even say that if they drop the impeachment process, the economy will soar overnight!
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