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The sober people in the room are advising caution to protect the long term. The orange monkey screams about the next quarter
The orange monkey is screaming about the midterms. Despite everything else that matters, when it comes to elections James Carville still has it nailed: "it's the economy, stupid". American voters care first and foremost about their pocketbook. While other issues are at least close, polling shows Americans generally care about the economy the most. And as fucked up as it may be, the GOP has long held an edge in that area. But, thanks to Trump, that has been slipping. Between oil climbing above $100 and taking gas prices with it, grocery prices climbing, and inflation staying stubbornly high, Trump's ability to convince enough Republicans to ignore reality and keep voting for failed policies is falling apart. This latest screed is him trying to follow in Turkey's footsteps. Back at the start of that crisis, Erdogan kept forcing the Turkey Central bank to lower interest rates while inflation was going hyper, in complete contradiction to anyone with a clue how economics worked. But, easy money got him re-elected. Then he finally listened to reason, but the damage had been done and their economy is still struggling to recover. This is what Trump is trying to do here. Get the short term political win at the expense of fucking everyone's bank account.
That's classic Trump really. No consideration for anyone else, just trying try grab whatever thing he wants.
can't be made more apparent than by the obsessive push to bequeath a toxic barren wasteland planet to the next who knows how many generations of humans because BIG OIL NEEDS MORE MONEY RIGHT THE FUCK NOW
~~NEEDS~~
WANTS
Reason 5 million not to vote for a sleazy businessman for president.
What's extra stupid is that tiny-d donnie seems to be taking every step possible to cause more inflation. What does he expect the Fed to do?