Summary
Donald Trump declined to rule out a U.S. recession in 2025, citing a “period of transition” due to his trade policies.
When asked if tariffs would fuel inflation, he acknowledged the possibility but pointed to lower interest rates.
Despite stock market volatility, he insisted “you have to do what’s right.” The Atlanta Federal Reserve warned of economic contraction, raising recession fears.
Commerce Secretary Howard Lutnick dismissed concerns, predicting strong growth. Trump’s stance contrasts with his past claims that trade wars are “good and easy to win.”
“He puts the ‘if’ in tariffs,” Harry Shearer, Le Show
There is one thing I can predict: if Trump’s policies tank our economy. He will blame everyone but himself.
So will his piece of shit voters so never let them squirm their way out of accountability for electing Nero
There are plenty of “leftists” on Lemmy who will say they aren’t to blame though
For real, I’m getting tired of seeing that bullshit
Biden, hunters laptop, DEI, Hilary, assorted transgender concerns.
Didn’t miss any other causes of the upcoming recession?
Edit: tan suits.
- not being Christian enough
- too many people vaccinated
- too many people wearing masks
- no prayer in schools
- violent TV shows/video games
- the gay agenda
- satanic panic
- colored jelly bracelets
- rainbow parties
- migrants hiking to the border
- drugs
- Dungeons and Dragons
- Harry Potter/witchcraft
All pitched by the right as to why our country is off-course.
Don’t forget porn, video games, and not injecting bleach.
It’s Obama’s fault. He shouldn’t have had that Dijon mustard
That’s correlation not causation. We all know the root cause was the tan suit.
There’s an alternate universe where Obama has never owned a tan suit, Harambe is still alive, and President AOC is in office after President Sanders’ retirement…
That’s the universe where the Brooks Brothers Riot didn’t succeed and Al Gore became president.
Recessions are created to sell items to rich people with a discount
It’s not an if it’s a when.
No, it’s not a certainty that Trump’s policies will cause a recession. What if we get hit by a giant meteor before then, wiping out humanity before the tariffs have a chance to do any damage? Or if God finally decides He has had enough and exercises His Ultimate Recall Vote on Trump and his presidency tomorrow?
Damn Biden comet
Giant Meteor 2028: Just End It Already
He’s playing the market. Tank and buy low, then you let the next admin fix it. Plus they can still blame Dems for tanking it.
The guy that predicts he’s going to make everything better all the time, every day. “I don’t like to predict things”
This fucking clown.
Well, he ended the war in Ukraine in 24 hours, didn’t he?
He removed all doubt that he’s Putin’s stooge. Never mind the war.
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Uhhhhh…no.
Is it too early to call it the Trump Slump?
Trump stock dump
Being an idiot is something trump mother has predicted long ago
America couldn’t forgive Biden for unavoidable global inflation. They better be raging when this totally avoidable and reckless inflation begins.
They absolutely won’t because it was always in bad faith
Depends on how the propaganda mill tells them to feel.
Hahahaha you know they won’t it’s a fucking cult
They’ll be praising him for how good the stuff is that they scavenged from their neighbours burnt out homes. And saying how nice it is not to have mortgage payments on the cave they live in
Sure there’s the maga cultists, but that is not the majority of people who voted for Trump. I honestly think a self-inflicted recession may turn out to be a good thing.
Right now Trump is behaving like, and being treated by the opposition like he’s invincible. But I do not think we are at the point where maga has such a hold on power that they can withstand being broadly unpopular. There is still a lot of the government and civil society that remains intact, and could be a platform for stopping the authoritarian takeover, but they are going to need a huge amount of public support. Causing a recession when your mandate was to improve the economy may be enough for this.
The longer this festers, the more maga will be able to destroy or compromise the state and civil society. I think we need to force the crisis sooner rather than later.
Yes, sooner rather than later is the Project 2025 plan. They need violence to break out soon in order to get martial law in place so that the '26 midterm elections are suspended.
How do we separate him from his cult though? That’s the real question. Who would have thunk that in a month, he’s destroyed our economy. How can we destroy his cult’s adoration in the same amount of time?
You can’t unless you can alter the brainwashing information flow feeding directly into their minds.
It’s ridiculous that Biden wasn’t celebrated for avoiding a recession in the U.S. when there was a global recession and analysts were certain we were going to have one here.
The average American saw a year of pandemic and 3 of “recession imminent” with some financial hardships and thought that their life was shit under Biden so he’s to blame.
Fox News is still calling it the tail end of bidens inflation. They’re happy to extend that for 40 years or so.
everytime things bet better it’s reagan’s policies finally working. anytime things get worse it’s obama’s fault.
If it crashes, I’m sure it will be Biden’s fault. Also: Kamala’s.
Also, I’m sure Kamala would have been just as bad because something something neocon genocide…
In any case, I think the corporate media would be doing the very least if they called it the Trump Depression/Recession.
I’ve never actually seen Trump think proactively. Perhaps it’s my bias, or perhaps I don’t consider him thinking of his own future as proactive thinking…
He’s deliberately causing a crash so billionaires can buy everything up at a dime to the dollar.
He’s admitting that it’s going to happen. What he isn’t admitting to, is that he’s the one at fault for it.
The US is definitely going to have a recession, I just hope it’s not going to be s full on depression.
Please try to become as self sufficient as possible. I already have laying hens and a salsa garden, I’m going to try for dry beans this year.
I hate to predict things
That’s a huge part of your fucking job! Anticipating the consequences of your decisions.
Period of transition, huh? Like 4 year period? Then we elect a Democrat that fixes the economy and Trump goes, “That’s my economy!”
The cycle continues…
More like 7 years. Their goal is always to break it so bad it takes a whole administration to fix
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