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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
(10,333 posts)mitch96
(15,653 posts)how to use a calculator?
Hekate
(100,132 posts)Silent Type
(12,412 posts)wryter2000
(47,940 posts)N/t
William Gustafson
(532 posts)Maru Kitteh
(31,246 posts)She knows very well that she is lying.
Irish_Dem
(79,773 posts)NoMoreRepugs
(11,802 posts)Chasstev365
(7,111 posts)Stop; I can't breathe! 😆😆😆😆😆😆😆😅😅😅😅😆😆😆😆😆😆😆😆😅😆😆😆
Paladin
(32,276 posts)madamesilverspurs
(16,463 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
(39,567 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
(21,768 posts)wryter2000
(47,940 posts)You win the internet
Ocelot II
(129,046 posts)but the student has now overtaken the master.
fujiyamasan
(1,227 posts)dweller
(27,835 posts)From a tub of bloody Fruit Smack in which she bathes daily
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Wiz Imp
(8,948 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
(8,948 posts)spooky3
(38,266 posts)DBoon
(24,723 posts)mwmisses4289
(3,221 posts)And I don't smoke!
John Farmer
(371 posts)DavidDvorkin
(20,493 posts)He said, "Sir..."
dalton99a
(92,080 posts)for his fantastic work on tariffs
Solly Mack
(96,327 posts)dchill
(42,660 posts)Sadly, no.
bucolic_frolic
(54,023 posts)Power up the Way Out Machine, Mr. Peabody.

