In addition to taking credit for the drop in migrants that started months ago, expect Trump to also credit his tariffs or tariff threats for the drop in overdose deaths that began last year. - ThreadSky

radleybalko.bsky.social • 96 days ago

In addition to taking credit for the drop in migrants that started months ago, expect Trump to also credit his tariffs or tariff threats for the drop in overdose deaths that began last year.

Reposted from Greg Sargent

This is getting overlooked, but the whole premise of Trump's threat of tariffs is based on a lie. He's claiming Mexico must be bullied into stopping migrants. But Mexico is *already* doing this. That's a big reason crossings have dropped. 1/

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rollwithit.bsky.social•95 days ago

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jeffownby.bsky.social•96 days ago

MSM is broken.

elkmovie.bsky.social•96 days ago

Democrats: fail to take credit for good stuff accomplished on their watch

Republicans: takes credit for good stuff accomplished on Democrats' watch

And this is more-or-less why we are where we are now

worldcitizen1994.bsky.social•96 days ago

Something tells me that she will *not* be taking trump's crap.

ewengel.bsky.social•96 days ago

You spotted that, too? He can threaten tariffs, change literally nothing, take credit for Biden's work, proclaim himself satisfied, and claim that he bullied everyone into compliance. It's evil but ingenious. And his low-info devotees will be none the wiser.

neuroid99.bsky.social•96 days ago

And it will become gospel to Republicans.

mitchsolomon.bsky.social•96 days ago

Lots of pundit class talking about what Dems could have done, need to do, working class blah blah. But what's obvious is that they are getting beaten by a merchandising juggernaut in the global 24/7 marketing machine we confront in all aspects of life. Go around and get yourselves a new model

dangaulin.bsky.social•96 days ago

By January, Trump will falsely claim that Mexico stopped the caravans and fentanyl in response to his tariff bluff so they won't be needed. MAGA will hail him as a genius. MSN will report with no comment or context.

dangaulin.bsky.social•95 days ago

My timing was off; it only took a few days.

https://www.detroitnews.com/story/news/world/2024/11/27/trump-mexicos-president-agrees-to-stop-migration-through-southern-border/76631197007/

plantz3610.bsky.social•96 days ago

He's going to claim his strong man bluster works after he accepts some nominal concessions IMHO.

melindamazoue.bsky.social•96 days ago

He will also take full credit for all of the infrastructure projects that are underway all across the U.S. thanks to Biden’s historic infrastructure plan and Pete Buttigieg’s skillful implementation.

polittlecat.bsky.social•96 days ago

and the media will yawn.

steevo57.bsky.social•96 days ago

He will. One of the best tactics which those who want to resist Trump can use is to take a current snap shot of all economic/social data and then bookmark these against the movement in these factors over the course of Trump’s term.

polittlecat.bsky.social•96 days ago

and the MSM will neglect to point that out.

tomlommel.com•96 days ago

One of my big concerns is that his goons will hollow out the federal agencies that maintain these stats to the point where we won't have accurate, reliable numbers in three years. The stats will be whatever he wants them to be.

athenabird.bsky.social•96 days ago

Absolutely

kevinrusch.com•96 days ago

More importantly, expect ZERO pushback from the press on this, who will be hyperventilating about something else.

wendella.bsky.social•96 days ago

Yep. Trump takes credit for EVERYTHING (including the orbit of Earth around the sun), and rejects blame for ANYTHING.

eaglzfan67.bsky.social•96 days ago

Only if the media let's him. That is why we must demand truth

dustcongress.bsky.social•96 days ago

in other words expect trump to continue to lie about everything!

hurl777f.bsky.social•96 days ago

Also, inflation and unemployment numbers are currently at or near goals. By Feb., he'll be taking credit.

athenabird.bsky.social•96 days ago

Nah, by Feb 28 we will be in a tarriff-induced recession. And with the DOGes firing most of the Federal workforce, expect high unemployment (with unemployment pay sharply curtailed).

hurl777f.bsky.social•96 days ago

This could also happen 😞

paated.bsky.social•96 days ago

Expect Mexico's president to pushback. World leaders are as sick of Trump as we are.

mrbrains.bsky.social•95 days ago

Wait hold up. I’m sorry are people saying trump might not know what he’s doing and he’s bullshitting everyone ? Because he’s never acted that way before

sejarzo.bsky.social•96 days ago

What I will never, ever understand is how the RWNJs will always place the blame for addictions, fentanyl deaths, etc. on the supply of illicit drugs rather than demand from American users.

paul-lukasiak.bsky.social•96 days ago

1/ That's easy to understand. They'll lie because the truth doesn't help them.

What I will never understand is why Dems watch the mainstream media repeat Trump's lies without attacking the media for doing so. Its not enough to 'correct' Trump's lies, you have to stop the media from treating

paul-lukasiak.bsky.social•96 days ago

2/ Trump's lies as if they were, or might be, credible.

But the Weimar Dems are much too comfy with legacy media people to ever publicly take them to task --and really, naming and shaming them is the only way they'll change.

Just ask the RWNJs whose talking points those folks repeat.

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