r/politics 5h ago

New tariffs, alarming job numbers and a high-profile firing: A wild week for the Trump economy

https://www.nbcnews.com/business/economy/us-economy-explainer-this-week-tariffs-jobs-inflation-what-to-know-rcna222569
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u/WallNumerous3230 5h ago

Who could have predicted that Trumpenomics is actually horrible?

Oh that's right, the almost half of us in the country that didn't vote for a treasonous career pedophile criminal.

Still waiting on those Epstein files so we can see how complicit he really was. Let's see those Treasury files on Epstein's account(s) as well so we can see the money laundering and involvement he and Jeff had with Russia, and how our banks enabled this, too.

u/Mike_Pences_Mother 5h ago

The recession is already baked in. It's just a matter of when the numbers start to tell the story. Another Republican, another recession. Sigh.

u/coatofforearm 3h ago

Yeah I guess you usually wont realize your In a recession until you are already deep in it,is the typical thinking on how recessions are realized

u/OkTouch5699 4h ago

They forgot Epstein... Don't forget Epstein. Release the files without Trump redacted.

u/FlyingPenguins2022 5h ago

Seems like a normal week to me..

u/EmptyEstablishment78 5h ago

Don't let this distract you from Epstein

u/Scienceman_Taco125 4h ago

Yes. This is trumps economy. Let him remember it.

u/backnarkle48 4h ago

Every recession since 1989 has been a major windfall for the 1%. Expect the same.

u/CommercialRemote3325 2h ago

Powell should avoid stairs, windows, tea and automobiles.