Trump announces tariffs on 200B in chinese goods

[conan]

Their are other countries with cheap labor.

Why do you want to prop up a brutal dictator that suppresses speech, jail political opponents?

Oh wait…you’re one of THEM.

[dantes]

What? Why would they get 10 cents on a dollar for US treasuries?

[ImRightYoureWrong]

@NebraskaFootball

Well, we are actually overdue for our next recession. Whether I like it or not, that’s just a historical fact.

Yea we dont usually float below 4% unemployment for very long

[Orygun]

Literally almost the entire congressional GOP, most CEOs, the Chamber of commerce and most rational people think that engaging in trade wars with most of the world at the same time is insane.

But Trump’s base would follow their leader anywhere he wants to go.

[Orygun]

Remember when “executive privilege” was out of control…?

[Yossarian]

@ImRightYoureWrong

@NebraskaFootball

Well, we are actually overdue for our next recession. Whether I like it or not, that’s just a historical fact.

Yea we dont usually float below 4% unemployment for very long

Well… it go up to 4% for June.

[Morgan]

@Jezcoe

The recession will hit its stride after the mid terms and the Democrats will get the blame.

For better or worse (better in this case) it doesn’t work that way. Voters collectively hold the president and his party responsible for the economy regardless of who controls Congress and whether the president is actually able to enact his agenda. Republicans tried blaming the 2008 recession on Democratic control of Congress too and you saw how well that worked out for them.

[lulubee]

@conan

Why do you want to prop up a brutal dictator that suppresses speech, jail political opponents?

Says the Poots lover.

[Jezcoe]

@Morgan

@Jezcoe

The recession will hit its stride after the mid terms and the Democrats will get the blame.

For better or worse (better in this case) it doesn’t work that way. Voters collectively hold the president and his party responsible for the economy regardless of who controls Congress and whether the president is actually able to enact his agenda. Republicans tried blaming the 2008 recession on Democratic control of Congress too and you saw how well that worked out for them.

Well… by 2010 they took Congress and a bunch of State positions… so it worked out pretty well for them.

[Morgan]

Sure, because Obama was president then, the opposition basically always wins seats in a midterm, and the country was still recovering from a recession that the government didn’t do enough to counteract.

If Trump doesn’t manage to become popular I’d expect something of a replay of 06/08 in the next couple elections with Democrats winning lots of seats and then something of a swing back toward Rs in 2022 during the first term of the Gillibrand or whoever administration.

[blueapplepaste]

@NebraskaFootball

Well, we are actually overdue for our next recession. Whether I like it or not, that’s just a historical fact. I guess if we need to have someone speed up the process, and allow us to feel the pain that was largely inevitable at some point, then it might as well come on the back of someone as unqualified as Trump.

Even though it won’t be wholly his fault, as a recession was fairly inevitable. Maybe for the low-info folks, they will tie him to it regardless. And use this as a learning experience of why it is a horrible idea to support someone who has literally no clue, and I repeat, not the first clue at all, of what it takes to lead the United States of America.

Unfortunately you’re correct. We are due for a recession. Agree it won’t be 100% Trump’s fault. But he’s certainly doing a bunch to hasten its arrival.

[conan]

I thought that’s what you libs want…a recession. So you can gain back power again so you can use goverment as a weapon against your political enemies.

[Blackwolf]

@conan

So you can gain back power again so you can use goverment as a weapon against your political enemies.

The only one I’ve seen pumping that fantasy here for the last two years is you. Along with the fear that if the Democratic Party takes over you yourself will be punished.