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Screenshot of the chart by the Peterson Institute, from a news TV broadcast on MSNBC.

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[-] trek32@lemmy.world 23 points 3 months ago

Trump is such a clown that when he speaks the internet is left talking about how he sounds like an angry idiot toddler. But he ends up getting a pass on his asinine policies because we are too busy talking about the insane stuff like "eating dogs" and him choosing to be Putin's bitch.

Let's not forget that his vision for "the economy" is also BS. His policy ideas are all bankrupt. The health care plan is not coming in 2 weeks. His administration inflicted on America's budget the most insane deficit and debt of any single presidential term: https://www.propublica.org/article/national-debt-trump

His ideas on tariffs are insane and debunked by serious economists. The whole thing is bananas. His plan for tariffs would hurt American workers. And in typical GOP fashion, the pain hits harder on the working class.

For anyone that wants to read a real economics analysis, here is a detailed study from the Peterson Institute for International Economics,

Why Trump’s Tariff Proposals Would Harm Working Americans

https://lowellmilkeninstitute.law.ucla.edu/wp-content/uploads/2024/08/Peterson-Institute-for-International-Economics-Why-Trumps-Tariff-Proposals-Would-Harm-Working-Americans.pdf

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