Trump's Most Dangerous Pick So Far

[DonViejo]

March 26, 2019 at 8:57 am EDT By Taegan Goddard

Catherine Rampell: “President Trump has made a lot of ill-advised nominations. But perhaps no single choice could inflict more long-term damage than the one he announced Friday: Stephen Moore, Trump’s pick to join the Federal Reserve Board.”

“Moore’s many economic claims over the years have revealed him to be, shall we say, easily confused…”

“A newspaper banned him from its pages because of his struggles in getting basic statistics right. During the dozens of times I’ve debated him on TV, he has persistently misstated easily Google-able facts. These include whether the country is experiencing deflation, whether Canada’s tariffs are ‘twice as high as’ ours, and whether the Fed predicted that Trump would crash the stock market. (Nope, nope, and huh?)”

“Now, somehow, Moore has been nominated to the Fed.”

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https://politicalwire.com/2019/03/26/trumps-most-dangerous-pick-so-far/

[still_one]

1. Nope. He is only one member, and the other members will make him essentially irrelevent.

[Cicada]

3. Actually, many economists fear an economic slowdown, maybe low interest rates are ok

Of course this bozo Stephen Moore pushed for high interest rates after the Great Recession, because a Democrat was president, but now he wants low interest rates, because a Republican is president. Ms Rampall taught me that. She is flat out killer bee.

[still_one]

6. He is a jackass, but at least today the other board members will keep him in check

However, if trump fired Powell and appointed him in his place, that would be horrendous

[LuvNewcastle]

2. Well, there's no such thing as truth, anyway.

There's just facts and alternative facts, to paraphrase Kelly Ann Conway.

[c-rational]

4. Another heart stopping announcement. I have never felt so off as I have with this POS in the

White House. And on another thread I read the ACA is under attack again. How did we come to this?

[Pachamama]

5. I don't believe he will be confirmed....

That will be economic and political suicide for the GOP....

But hey - that hasn't stopped them, has it?