Congratulations, Republicans! Your fear of pronouns is tanking the economy. | Opinion

We are quickly seeing the consequences of reelecting Donald Trump to a second presidential term and expecting him to be an effective leader.

Last week, Trump announced a 10% tariff on all countries, sending the global economy into a tailspin...

Except for some slight improvements this week, the damage is done. A Deutsche Bank survey predicted that there is a 50-50 chance of a recession thanks to the tariff trade war. Goldman Sachs recently put it at 45%.

This is what Republicans voted for. From the beginning, Trump has been open about his plan to implement tariffs that were destined to tank the economy. Now it’s actually happening, and the consequences for the average American will be swift. But it does remind me of something.

It’s time for Republican leaders to admit they never truly cared about the economy. In reality, the GOP war on "wokeness" sent us into economic uncertainty and almost immediately undid the Democratic leaders' economy that anybody who paid attention to facts knew was getting stronger with each month and had become strong globally.

Essentially, Republicans were more afraid of pronouns than they were worried about the economy.
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Trump and Republicans have become the de facto economic experts, despite the actual consequences of their bad policies, because they have spent the past decade insisting that Biden was tanking the economy. He wasn't. Trump is.

Biden's economy was strong. That's just the truth.


What's happening now is self-inflicted.

Where is the Republican outrage on behalf of the everyday American now?


This is not “medicine.” It’s self-sabotage. Republicans need to be honest with themselves: Clearly, this was never about the economy. It was always about Republican control and discrimination becoming the law of the land. - USA Today