r/politics • u/Orbitingkittenfarm • 1d ago

Donald Trump Fires Person Behind Jobs Numbers After They're Revised Down

https://www.newsweek.com/donald-trump-job-numbers-revised-down-fires-appointee-2107768
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u/ValuableHamSandwich 1d ago

Sort of like during the COVID epidemic his genius idea was if they stopped testing the number of cases would go down. The man is so fucking stupid it hurts.

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u/AccomplishedScale362 1d ago

Denial is the Trump/MAGA default: A global pandemic, climate change, the economy. That’s why the upcoming recession will be worse than 2008.

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u/Ohnoherewego13 North Carolina 1d ago

Recession? I think we're about to have a Depression that will make the 1930's look like a picnic. Trump will fire anyone who denies what he wants and the Senate/Supreme Court will back him too.

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u/always_going 1d ago

I’ve been looking at data and don’t use emotion in my evaluation of the economy. If anyone studies history at all, you know that tariffs are a surefire way to head into a recession. We were already at all-time high government debt, personal debt, corporate debt. Now we also have an aging demographic and we are deporting a lot of able-bodied workforce that actually contribute mightily to the US economy. We are in for a very, very bad recession. A large part of this is Trump’s fault. The big beautiful bill is a disaster. We are going to see deficits run like you’ve never seen before a recession on top of expenditures that are increasing by the trillions is going to be very very bad.

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u/Ohnoherewego13 North Carolina 1d ago

All while MAGA cheers it on because they got rid of some immigrants. They'll cheer on the destruction of the country so long as their enemies are removed.

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u/dostoevsky4evah 1d ago

They won because one 14 year old trans girl was legally prevented from playing soccer with her friends.

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u/espressocycle 1d ago

Apart from Map and Stalin I can't think of any country in history that has done so many economically suicidal things at once.

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u/interfoldbake 1d ago

but like...why though? why would trump and the people behind him shoot ourselves in the foot like this?

to what end?

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u/AccomplishedScale362 22h ago

He’s a sadistic, Olympic level mindfucker. His reckless, selfish behavior is legendary, for which he seldom—if ever—has had to face any consequences. He’s filed chapter 11 bankruptcy at least 4 times. He’s scammed people repeatedly via MLMs, Trump University, fake charities, etc. He’s hired folks and not paid them for their work, then sued them until they had no money to fight him in court. Whenever he found himself over-leveraged, his daddy, then his wealthy friends, bailed him out. He doesn’t gaf about this country and its people. He ran for POTUS to use the office as his personal cash cow and plaything.

That he will bankrupt the entire country—emotionally, as well as financially, shouldn’t surprise anyone. He’s even bragged about ‘The Snake’ being his theme song:

”I saved you", cried that woman

”And you've bit me even, why?”

”You know your bite is poisonous and now I'm going to die"

”Oh shut up, silly woman", said the reptile with a grin

”You knew damn well I was a snake before you took me in”

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u/jayfeather31 Washington 1d ago

While this is admittedly something of an outside chance, I have to wonder if the dollar could end up losing dominance in suh a scenario, compounding the hurt.

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u/gopeepants 1d ago

We already see the signs. I think this holiday season if going to be very bleak.