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Farmer-Rick

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12. The economic trauma is just starting

Reply to Johonny (Reply #7)

Wed Apr 8, 2026, 10:00 AM

23 hrs ago

We feel it but we are just feeling the beginning of the economic downturn. It's going to get worse. So much damage to the oil market that it will take decades to fix. And when the cost of energy goes up, everything goes up.

See what happens when you let a psycho in the presidency. It doesn't just hurt the country he runs, it hurts the entire world.

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Impossible to disagree with a single word that Ben Rhodes (Obama era NSC official) is saying here: [View all] demmiblue Yesterday OP

Spot on. FalloutShelter Yesterday #1

Mr. Rhodes summed it up quite nicely. Swede Yesterday #2

Great summation. patphil 21 hrs ago #20

Back when competent people were in charge... Damn I miss it badly. Dave Bowman Yesterday #3

That is excellent... Spazito Yesterday #4

This goes back to 2018... sop Yesterday #5

And, PRE DT, the republican party actively attempted to sabotage it Cosmocat 22 hrs ago #17

Trump is like the firefighter who sets a fire in order to be the hero who puts it out. Ocelot II Yesterday #6

You are so right. murielm99 Yesterday #8

He's stopped another war--- lastlib 23 hrs ago #13

One other accomplishment he's pulled off. calimary 18 hrs ago #22

This is what losing feels like. We lost. Period. Johonny Yesterday #7

We lost when the American voters pulled the lever for Chump FakeNoose 23 hrs ago #11

The economic trauma is just starting Farmer-Rick 23 hrs ago #12

A nice statement of the obvious state of affairs. K&R NNadir Yesterday #9

And yet Trump, and the media, will portray it as a complete and total victory by the US. TheRickles 23 hrs ago #10

Pres. Obama got a MUCH BETTER DEAL WITH IRAN, but racist TACO just had to tear it up. MLWR 22 hrs ago #14

Wow. Spot on....unfortunately. hamsterjill 22 hrs ago #15

This was such a foreign policy fuck up. Buckeyeblue 22 hrs ago #16

Krasnov is such a ultralite001 22 hrs ago #18

I'm gonna keep saying it.. IMPEACH THIS MOTHERF*CKER. Joinfortmill 21 hrs ago #19

And I'm gonna keep echoing it. calimary 17 hrs ago #23

And this is why Figarosmom 20 hrs ago #21

I suspect in 2 weeks that everything will be great. chouchou 15 hrs ago #24

TY & Ben Rhodes Cha 13 hrs ago #25

Trump has been a black cloud over the US ever since his 2nd inauguration. Fla Dem 12 hrs ago #26

Ben is rather articulate and well informed vapor2 12 hrs ago #27

he is indeed Skittles 8 hrs ago #28