If there is a recession, it will not have been caused by complex fluctuations in the economy. It will have been caused by Trump’s intentionally reckless chaos. Presidents rarely have this direct responsibility for economic cycles but this would be an exception. - ThreadSky

ianbassin.bsky.social • 1 day ago

If there is a recession, it will not have been caused by complex fluctuations in the economy.

It will have been caused by Trump’s intentionally reckless chaos.

Presidents rarely have this direct responsibility for economic cycles but this would be an exception.

Reposted from Catherine Rampell

@byheatherlong.bsky.social: A Trump recession has become a real possibility www.washingtonpost.com/opinions/202...

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kbeveridge.bsky.social•1 day ago

There he goes again, just making America "great" like he said he would. Someone make it stop!!!

mbsolheim.bsky.social•1 day ago

I fear an actual depression

noncynic.bsky.social•1 day ago

4 causes:

1. MAGA morons: easily manipulated votes
2. Business people: blind support of whichever party they think will make them more $
3. Musk & other ultra-rich: democracy is an inconvenience
4. Russia: Putin, Russian mafia, Trump family

3&4 are doing to the US what Putin has done to Russia.

xchainsawmascarax.bsky.social•1 day ago

He's committed treason twice already since taking office. I think tanking the economy is "on brand" at this point.

chall5610.bsky.social•1 day ago

And more importantly what will happen to the food supply in America if farmers cannot afford potash due to tariffs which is a critical component of fertilizer. Crops will die. Only 2 countries in the world export potash. Canada and Russia.

trueindependent.bsky.social•1 day ago

Spin the wheel every day to see what our current tariff policy is.

paprika2.bsky.social•20 hours ago

I don’t think there are any Republican President since Reagan who hasn’t hosted a recession. It always some shady business deals and tax cuts for the rich. The economy tanks and the Democrats have to mop it up.

brentshortridge.bsky.social•1 day ago

As of today, the lack of spine from GOP members makes them complicit.

watxhdog.bsky.social•1 day ago

# trumpcession

james00346.bsky.social•1 day ago

Too many of our politicians either back him, or remain silent. America needs a revolution.

nadatk.bsky.social•1 day ago

sueramey.bsky.social•1 day ago

Just drop the "G" and the OP becomes Oligarchy Party.

brainsnow.bsky.social•1 day ago

This is about the only time I’d pray and wish for a recession, and a deep one that makes clear that Trump chaos is to blame.

joelspiegel.bsky.social•1 day ago

Those words. “If” and “possibility”. I do not think they mean what you and that headline writer think they mean. I think you guys were looking for “when”.

newbandy15.bsky.social•1 day ago

Ignorance causing an ignor-cession

experimental22.bsky.social•1 day ago

True and true.

iwanttobecanadian.bsky.social•1 day ago

He does not care as long as he and his pals are making money.

wensilver.bsky.social•1 day ago

The Apprentice - White House Edition 2.0 is the series spinoff MOST OF AMERICA DID NOT VOTE FOR. EVER.

JFC. Captain Chaos & Ketamine Muskrat will kill us all, won’t they?
💀

reflogtseb.bsky.social•1 day ago

We’ll be ready I’m afraid.

greg0717.bsky.social•1 day ago

I hope someone is watching his finances; market manipulation used to be a crime! I’m telling you that he’s “buying low, to sell when high”.

facedamuzk.bsky.social•1 day ago

It’ll be a depression and the other comments about land and other assets being bought on the dirt cheap are correct.

oiiviermatras.bsky.social•1 day ago

🇨🇵betrayed allies begin to boycott your products, US soft power is allready dead .Soon expect poverty and unemployment

momtomissm99.bsky.social•1 day ago

If? Seems like a recession is coming. Oh! Is that the recession that was supposed to happen already but our intelligent President Biden managed to forestall it? I want an intelligent president again 😩

austenlied.bsky.social•1 day ago

Oh it’s going to happen. Jobs added last month fell below expectations and unemployment is on the rise.

intuitivenyer.bsky.social•1 day ago

I agree, which is why I questioned my broker when he said stock markets don’t care who is in the WH. I said that is because of regulations but what happens when you have someone in office who completely ignores them? Stable economies foster investment and growth, not tariffs or deregulation.

deetm2632.bsky.social•1 day ago

Chaos maker. Keep us confused. What to believe. Let’s not miss what he is really doing … Intentionality

joannbenthusen.bsky.social•1 day ago

And Faux is already calling it a “Biden Recession “.

up-owl-night.bsky.social•1 day ago

I've always said that Presidents have more power to destroy than to build. It takes great skill to accomplish the latter. Skill that FOTUS doesn't have and doesn't want.

yankee8255.bsky.social•1 day ago

Trumpcession or Trumpflation, which do you prefer?

graciejane.bsky.social•1 day ago

I’d prefer Trumpgone.

jtcompton.bsky.social•1 day ago

Consumers see what's happening. It's not about Biden, it's about Trump's impulsive, erratic character. It's about his chaos. Neither businesses nor individuals want to take risks, make big expenditures or speculative investments when the White House is such a circus.

docvalerie.bsky.social•1 day ago

All of this was foreseeable -and in fact was foreseen. But few have acknowledged this; instead ignored it.

Where do we attribute our failure at every level - from individuals through groups and institutions, to swaths of demographics? Mosts eemed to experience a disjunction with reality on this.

rlfdr.bsky.social•1 day ago

I think Trump is profiting off the market fluctuations. He is definitely profiting from promoting crypto.

johnnyboyyy6.bsky.social•1 day ago

It's not an accident.
The billionaires want to BUY everything at bargain-basement prices...

nadatk.bsky.social•1 day ago

this was going to be my reply as well.
only the rich get richer

patriciapaterson.bsky.social•1 day ago

Trump’s to blame!

julheb.bsky.social•1 day ago

palmertree.bsky.social•1 day ago

Lots of takes of this sort, and this is not a hill I want to die on, but under the hood, things had been weak, and Trump is making way worse.

The cyclical economy has been turning. Trump poured gasoline on that.

sactosteve.bsky.social•1 day ago

Doing Putin’s bidding.
Call it what it is!

elonispsycho24.bsky.social•1 day ago

#Trumpcession
#TrumpSlump
Trump-Musk agenda

Call them by their names!!

main-jul.bsky.social•1 day ago

It will be caused by his chaos, yes— but also very much by those who have enabled him.

jamesfromqueens.bsky.social•1 day ago

A recession is going to look like an economic boom in a few years when we are foraging for food and eating bugs from the ground.

kimseitz.bsky.social•1 day ago

Can we be sure the numbers are correct monthly?

dom-ma.bsky.social•22 hours ago

Theres no need to speculate about a possible recession. It already started.

nunujones.bsky.social•1 day ago

This is intentional. Driving down the stock market will allow the wealthy to buy up shares at rock bottom prices and gain control over major companies.

kellyf.bsky.social•1 day ago

I haven’t heard any experts saying this so maybe I’m off, but I think we’d be very lucky to get away with just a recession. I see a lot of signs of depression on the horizon.

attempt57.bsky.social•1 day ago

What really riles me is that his unhinged decisions have damaging impacts all over the world - and we didn't get the chance to vote.

ditsy.bsky.social•1 day ago

With Krasnov, a depression is not out of the question.

xollyolsenx.bsky.social•1 day ago

I think a recession would be the better end of what's coming...

Think depression, and you might get pleasantly surprised by a recession.

notmyvote.bsky.social•1 day ago

Do we think? I put the WaPo near the top the top of my “Mainstream Media Outlets Whose Leadership Caved and Allowed This Bullshit” list.

madridteacher.bsky.social•1 day ago

He'll never take responsibility for the recession or depression.

geosb3.bsky.social•1 day ago

MAGA lemmings will think whatever Trumpy tells them.

bunnyamendt.bsky.social•1 day ago

Donald Trump promised to pardon murderes and pedophiles if they voted for him.

https://youtube.com/shorts/nSYZwTBKO2s?si=YdHoYdZ2GohzYfxG

capecodcountry.bsky.social•21 hours ago

It is intentional, but he will blame it on Joe Biden & the democrats. He never takes responsibility for any of his failings.

justjoan67.bsky.social•1 day ago

Recession may be the goal. Then the rich and a large corporations can buy up property, warehouses full of goods, and contracts on the cheap.

momtomissm99.bsky.social•1 day ago

you're not wrong.

pcoyote41.bsky.social•1 day ago

https://www.gregpalast.com/the-voting-trickery-that-elected-trump/

bergerbeebs.bsky.social•1 day ago

Oh thank you excessively smart person who went to Wharton. (and maybe flunked out???)

binomine.bsky.social•1 day ago

I think you are giving too much credit to Trump. This is the Muskcession, not the Trump recession, since Trump just plays golf and does what he is told.

lamingus.bsky.social•1 day ago

This administration real mantra is “let’s make America small again”.

sueramey.bsky.social•1 day ago

Trump's to blame, but he and the GOP will never admit it. They'll always blame the "woke" and the Dems and the socialists and the communists -- whatever their favorite word for us who choose to stand up against their atrocities.

deesull.bsky.social•1 day ago

Yes.

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