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Bluestocking

(653 posts)
Sun Nov 9, 2025, 11:48 AM Nov 2025

I wonder if Rump is the only US president

To take a decent recovering economy and crash it in such a short period of time. It took W 8 years to create the Great Recession. Rump has done it in less then a year.

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I wonder if Rump is the only US president (Original Post) Bluestocking Nov 2025 OP
W had 2 recessioms RazorbackExpat Nov 2025 #1
But that early edhopper Nov 2025 #2
Bush was doing all sorts of crap as soon as he was out of the starting gate RazorbackExpat Nov 2025 #4
Wasn't that mainly edhopper Nov 2025 #6
The Economy started cratering edhopper Nov 2025 #3
Ike and Reagan both had recessions starting in July of their inaugural year; shrub had a recession that started in march unblock Nov 2025 #5
He did the same thing last time Sailingdiver Nov 2025 #7

RazorbackExpat

(938 posts)
4. Bush was doing all sorts of crap as soon as he was out of the starting gate
Sun Nov 9, 2025, 12:00 PM
Nov 2025

Two months was enough time for him to start screwing the economy.

edhopper

(37,367 posts)
3. The Economy started cratering
Sun Nov 9, 2025, 12:00 PM
Nov 2025

soon after Reagan took office.


Still don't understand why people thought he was good for the Economy?

unblock

(56,198 posts)
5. Ike and Reagan both had recessions starting in July of their inaugural year; shrub had a recession that started in march
Sun Nov 9, 2025, 12:02 PM
Nov 2025

Sailingdiver

(365 posts)
7. He did the same thing last time
Sun Nov 9, 2025, 12:28 PM
Nov 2025

The dumb orange hued sexual abuser killed the economy last time his dumbass was soiling the WH. Luckily for him, C-19 came along and disguised his disaster. The cult were blinded or stupid and totally missed him driving the economy in the ditch and blamed it all on covid.

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