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Recession of 2025 - ? (Original Post) roamer65 Aug 2025 OP
The dicktator just knocked down the guard rail called the BLS Norbert Aug 2025 #1
Trump will only hildegaard28 Aug 2025 #6
I think we are in for one fairly soon. Xolodno Aug 2025 #2
Well hildegaard28 Aug 2025 #7
How can buiseness make plans or the FED change interest rates if the numbers doc03 Aug 2025 #3
Good question... EVERYTHING about the Liar-in-Chief is fake!! InAbLuEsTaTe Aug 2025 #4
G.O.P. Cancel Culture will surely cancel "recession" BoRaGard Aug 2025 #5
I think the trump slump has already started. usedtobedemgurl Aug 2025 #8

Norbert

(7,854 posts)
1. The dicktator just knocked down the guard rail called the BLS
Fri Aug 1, 2025, 05:09 PM
Aug 2025

It will now be like driving a car without a dashboard. Do I have enough gas in the car. I don't know. What's the temp in the cooling system? Beats me...

I'm thinking a great(er) depression by this time next year. He is doing everything possible to crash and burn the USA.

hildegaard28

(792 posts)
6. Trump will only
Fri Aug 1, 2025, 05:49 PM
Aug 2025

Have the Greatest Depression. His depression will make other depressions look weak in comparison.

Xolodno

(7,370 posts)
2. I think we are in for one fairly soon.
Fri Aug 1, 2025, 05:15 PM
Aug 2025

Problem is, it takes awhile for a cycle to hit home. Thankfully, the Fed manages the economy, not the dumbass in the Whitehouse.

doc03

(39,187 posts)
3. How can buiseness make plans or the FED change interest rates if the numbers
Fri Aug 1, 2025, 05:16 PM
Aug 2025

from the BLS are fake?

BoRaGard

(7,591 posts)
5. G.O.P. Cancel Culture will surely cancel "recession"
Fri Aug 1, 2025, 05:31 PM
Aug 2025

just as they cancelled "climate change."

Meanwhile, official GOP government polls show that 94% of US proles think the Administration is doing "great."

usedtobedemgurl

(2,071 posts)
8. I think the trump slump has already started.
Fri Aug 1, 2025, 05:51 PM
Aug 2025

They will never tell us how bad it will get. We will only know the depths from our experience and the experiences of those around us.

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