Donald Trump spent his first 100 days back in the Oval Office driving an economy that the world envied to the brink of crisis, risking America’s reputation as a financial safe haven and fostering fear among voters who’ve lost confidence in his leadership.

Americans were desperate for relief from high grocery prices and bought into Trump’s promise to make America affordable again in November 2024, partly out of nostalgia for the pre-pandemic economy of his first term.

But the president deliberately and singlehandedly adopted policies that are almost certain to spike prices even more; that could lead to shortages; and that have CEOs and small businesses dealing with chaos and the possibility of a recession.

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[–] 254 points 1 year ago (15 children)

Sure, but have you considered that Kamala had a weird laugh

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  • [–] 75 points 1 year ago (3 children)

    Musk will light your taxes on fire. Obama was huge on deportation. Kamala is a gun owner. OK, why won't you vote for Kamala then? "I just don't like her. She laughs weird." I couldn't believe it, but it shouldn't shock me. How do you even keep going after that?

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  • [–] 67 points 1 year ago (3 children)

    It wasn't really about the laugh.

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  • [–] 36 points 1 year ago (1 child)

    Yea, some of them also noticed she is a minority and a woman. Sadly our country has not accepted those groups are just as capable as white men to lead a country.

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  • [–] 56 points 1 year ago (3 children)

    This is such a stupid argument and I wouldn’t believe it if it wasn’t for my dad. He keeps talking about her laugh and I explain to him that it’s appropriate to express all emotions…. And he doesn’t believe it. He’s also unable to connect me being in therapy and his behavior.

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  • [–] 22 points 1 year ago (5 children)

    Also, those dumbass's who think a woman can't be president.

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    [–] 80 points 1 year ago (3 children)

    So here's the fucking thing.

    The crisis is already here. Go take a peak at the ports on the west coast right now. Go look at business forecasts.

    This man systematically destroyed a working economy in a business quarter.

    The repercussions of these actions are going to be felt for at least a decade.

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  • [–] 37 points 1 year ago (1 child)

    They will be felt for the rest of the century.

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    [–] 53 points 1 year ago (2 children)

    The brink? lol we’ve gone off the cliff and are in free-fall

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    [–] 41 points 1 year ago (1 child)

    And just think, there were those out there that doubted he would get anything done. /s

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    [–] 38 points 1 year ago (2 children)

    Zero grocery, zero price. You cannot complain about avocado prices if there was no avocado imported, eh?

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    [–] 35 points 1 year ago* (last edited 1 year ago) (1 child)

    brink of a crisis

    Ummm I don't think the meaning of a crisis is understood anymore. Brink implies risking a crisis, where the usa has been in a full on crisis on many fronts for about 100 days. I would even say that they are past the initial crisis point and are getting way to cocky this far into a multi pronged collapse.

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  • [–] 34 points 1 year ago (23 children)

    Is he that stupid that he really beleives his plan will work? Or is he so afraid of Putin's kompromat that he'll destroy his own country in order to keep it hidden?

    Why not both?

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  • [–] 50 points 1 year ago (1 child)

    He is the dictator of the US. This is how he extracts every last cent possible from the working class to fund tax breaks and handouts for the ultra-wealthy. Accountability is not a factor for someone like this who has lived his whole life with no accountability and continually failed upward to the highest office. He "doesn't need your vote" anymore, he is there and he's not planning on leaving this time no matter what the voters say.

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  • [–] 11 points 1 year ago

    Is he that stupid that he really beleives his plan will work?

    Absolutely, have you seen any sign of high intelligence coming from tRump?

    Or is he so afraid of Putin’s kompromat that he’ll destroy his own country in order to keep it hidden?

    I am increasingly doubting this. Do you really think a tape of some prostitutes pissing on him would change anything at this stage?

    I also do not buy the notion tRump is a russian asset because he is just too stupid to be recruited... he is too stupid to be easily manipulated though.

    His stupidity, at full and constant display and perfectly complimentary of the USA's population ignorance, is more than enough to explain where we are and far far more likely than any other theories...

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    [+] 23 points 1 year ago* (last edited 1 year ago) (3 children)
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    [–] 22 points 1 year ago

    Hyuck hyuck hyuck

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  • [–] 20 points 1 year ago (2 children)

    And some people still say he has business skills...

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    [–] 20 points 1 year ago (1 child)

    MAGAts know nothing but hurting others.

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    Not even. Him and Elon biffed every other form of autocratic guidance that laid out steps to take.

    Cutis Yarvin is furious at how incompetent Musk and Torange have been. By 100 days in they should have been drowning journalists in foam. They haven't even hit 50% of Project 2025 progress.

    Rank amateur bitches. Can't even do authoritarianism well.

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    [–] 15 points 1 year ago

    It’s bad now? You have no idea! All import stopped and or halted when your orange diaper introduced tariffs on everything. Meaning you’re just seeing the start of it.

    Tariffs are still unclear because he’s changing them every damn second. Meaning companies are still hesitant about shipping goods because of the uncertainty regarding tariffs.

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  • [–] 14 points 1 year ago (5 children)

    Trump’s promise? I don’t remember him promising much anything at all until the very tail end of the campaign, and even then it was kinda offhand. OTOH, the troll farms were in absolute overdrive talking about eggs, groceries, worthless higher education, gas prices (even though they are higher now) and of course bashing Harris over tons of things that weren’t even jobs she had the authority to do.

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    [–] 14 points 1 year ago*

    Biden kinda restored USA's image pretty fast in the world stage, and then made it quite a lot better by standing firmly with Ukraine. After Trump's second term... it wouldn't be enough. Because now we know it wasn't just a one-off mistake or a fluke. 30-50% of americans actually think like that.

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    [–] 12 points 1 year ago* (last edited 1 year ago) (1 child)

    You know, right before lockdown I was hanging out with a friend and I said something to the effect of 'eh, I do feel like people are overreacting a bit but at least this should normalize mask wearing when you're sick like in parts of Asia.'

    Right now I have a very similar feeling hunch of 'at least this should kill the myth that republican presidents are better for the economy' and I can't wait for the american people to once again show me just how stupid they are.

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