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[–] 18USCode2381@infosec.pub 16 points 7 hours ago* (last edited 7 hours ago)

The last three months of 2024, while Biden was president, GDP was +2.4%. Biden left Trump one of the most stable and capable economies on the planet.

Within three months, Traitor Trump has wrecked the economic prospects of all Americans and begun backsliding US growth, -0.3%.

The fascist clown that can’t manage a bottle of water, operate an umbrella, or navigate a 10 degree ramp is gaslighting you.

Don’t believe what conservative fascists say, watch what they do.

Source with imagery available here: https://www.bea.gov/news/2025/gross-domestic-product-1st-quarter-2025-advance-estimate

[–] DarkFuture@lemmy.world 6 points 6 hours ago

"Infrastructure week is coming next week."

[–] altphoto@lemmy.today 9 points 7 hours ago (1 children)

10 to 20 years. Thanks Mr orange man! What was the problem that needed this solution?

[–] DarkFuture@lemmy.world 3 points 6 hours ago

Lol. It's the Republican party. They have to manufacture problems to complain about, then not solve them.

[–] Gregg@lemm.ee 44 points 10 hours ago (1 children)

It’s funny how whenever a Democrat inherits a shit economy they have to be blamed for it on day one yet now we’re crowing the opposite because the party of feels not reals demands it

[–] prole@lemmy.blahaj.zone 25 points 8 hours ago (1 children)

It's not even an exaggeration, this happens literally every time. It's unreal that it still works as well as it does.

[–] Xanthobilly@lemmy.world 8 points 4 hours ago

It’s because the media is complicit. They enable the discourse to be so lopsided. Propaganda.

[–] some_guy@lemmy.sdf.org 19 points 9 hours ago

It can't be that tariff's are destroying the economy. /s

[–] BrianTheeBiscuiteer@lemmy.world 17 points 10 hours ago

I mean, Hiroshima came back after we decimated it, so yeah, I guess we'll have growth again someday.

[–] JailElonMusk@sopuli.xyz 56 points 12 hours ago

The Narcissist Prayer by Dayna Craig

That didn't happen

And if it did, it wasn't that bad

And if it was, that's not a big deal

And if it is, it's not my fault

And if it was, I didn't mean it

And if I did, you deserved it

[–] theneverfox@pawb.social 17 points 10 hours ago (1 children)

Overhang? More real estate terms...I should start keeping a list

Dude is regressing so fast it's crazy

[–] empireOfLove2@lemmy.dbzer0.com 11 points 10 hours ago

One of the later signs of dementia is a belief that one is in a younger age. Where older, stronger memory connections hang on after more recently formed ones have been lost.

[–] orclev@lemmy.world 29 points 12 hours ago (2 children)

Exactly how long that takes will depend on how the next couple elections go. Certainly nothing is improving while the Cheeto is in office.

[–] GuyFawkes@midwest.social 5 points 11 hours ago (2 children)

I appreciate the “s” on “elections”, but “couple” feels extremely optimistic to me.

[–] BrianTheeBiscuiteer@lemmy.world 2 points 10 hours ago

Even Russia has elections, they're rigged to high hell.

[–] orclev@lemmy.world 3 points 11 hours ago (1 children)

If Democrats take a majority in both houses and win the presidency they can roll back everything Trump has changed. It won't undo the damage to foreign relations and US soft power, but at least it will stop the hemorrhaging. There's going to be a deep hole to climb out of, but with Republicans out of the picture we can stop digging deeper.

[–] IsaamoonKHGDT_6143@lemmy.zip 3 points 10 hours ago (1 children)

They are likely to get a majority, but a supermajority in Congress would be better.

In addition, three-thirds of the states must be Democrats so they can add several amendments.

[–] forrgott@lemm.ee 1 points 7 hours ago (1 children)
[–] AmidFuror@fedia.io 3 points 7 hours ago

Commenter meant four quarters.

[–] entwine413@lemm.ee 5 points 12 hours ago

That's cute to think elections can stop this.

[–] synae@lemmy.sdf.org 2 points 7 hours ago (1 children)

Aside from the par-for-the-course blame shifting, surely he means "hangover"?

[–] ToastedRavioli@midwest.social 2 points 6 hours ago

If you told me he sees Biden floating over him all the time like a ghost of Christmas past, Id believe it

[–] Ioughttamow@fedia.io 14 points 11 hours ago

So this administration is incompetent, blaming their many failings on Biden. Or… this administration is incompetent, incapable from preventing that wily and tenacious Biden from sneaking back in and shuffling papers around overnight

[–] Mostly_Gristle@lemmy.world 7 points 10 hours ago

Gonna be even more fun when all the empty trucks leaving from the empty west-coast ports I've been reading about for the past few days become empty shelves over the next few weeks. The real pain hasn't even started yet.

Lmao

📉🔻

[–] ExtantHuman@lemm.ee 4 points 11 hours ago (1 children)

Yes, growth will take a while now that you've crippled our global trade, severely hindering our access to necessary materials

[–] Empricorn@feddit.nl 1 points 1 hour ago

And alienated our allies!

[–] antisocialite@lemmy.today 4 points 12 hours ago (1 children)

The Party of personal responsibility.

[–] Wiz@midwest.social 4 points 9 hours ago

The buck stops with the previous guy.