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Related: Editorials & Other Articles, Issue Forums, Alliance Forums, Region ForumsUpdated: Records trump has broken
Last edited Wed Jun 3, 2020, 11:28 AM - Edit history (2)
Trump holds record for:Largest stock drop in history
Largest # of unemployed in history
Highest national debt ever
Most convicted presidential team members in history.
Largest number of people in world infected by COVID-19 virus.
Largest number of people dying in world because of COVID-19
Largest drop in retail sales ever - 8.7% March 2020
Lowest oil price in history, briefly dropping into the negative
US private payrolls drop by 20.2 million in April, the worst job loss in the history of ADP report
New: More Americans Disapprove of Trump Than Any President at This Point in Their Term. May 2020. (FiveThirtyEights Nate Silver)
New: Record number of lies told to the American people. In 1,226 days, President Trump has made 19,127 false or misleading claims (WaPo dbase)
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Updated: Records trump has broken (Original Post)
Laura PourMeADrink
May 2020
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UTUSN
(70,496 posts)1. K&R
Demovictory9
(32,324 posts)2. k&r
Frustratedlady
(16,254 posts)3. I hope you realize you have made his day! You know how he loves to win!
He'll appear in the morning, chest out with that stupid smirk on his mug and we will have to listen to his statements about his greatest achievements that he has reached more than any president in history...bigly!
Shame on you!
Laura PourMeADrink
(42,770 posts)4. You know that's partly right. He is putting all his eggs
In the "greatest economic comeback ever" basket. He realized it was just too damn hard to do it responsibly and would take too long. He has to make it happen by at least October.
Claims an astounding pent up demand. Which may be true but for two things..1) there won't be a magic day when everyone will go out and spend $, it will be gradual and 2) material things aren't as center stage as usual to people during a life and death situation.