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Johnny2X2X

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12. I said this under Biden
Mon Aug 4, 2025, 08:19 AM
Aug 2025

Biden's economy delivered more gains for the middle and working classes than any in a generation. Wage growth exceeded inflation easily and for an extended period of time, these gains were concentrated on the lower income earners. He had record job growth, robust GDP growth, and historically high health care coverage. Savings were at all time highs as were retirements and the net worth of the bottom 80%. Given he inherited a disaster from Trump, his economy was a miracle and should have saw him re-elected in a landslide.

But here's what I said at the time. The corporate media and the GOP were able to convince most of the country the economy was terrible, and when the economy is really terrible under Trump, they'll convince people the opposite. The economy is faltering quickly, people are losing their jobs, businesses are closing, prices are higher, the economy isn't producing many jobs anymore, and wages will start falling soon too. The media is so in the bag that MAGA will be standing in soup lines talking about how great everything is now economically.

That jobs report Friday happens under Joe Biden and it would have been a month long story, it will be off the landing pages by mid week because it's Trump. I remember one month under Biden, we were expecting a monster month of like 320,000 job gains and instead got a mere 170,000, the media went crazy for weeks with the "biggest jobs miss ever!" Yet it was still a solid month for jobs gains. The corporate media wants lower wages and a terrified work force and they know that Trump is working hard to deliver that for them, so we're not going to get the coverage of the collapsing economy that people think.

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How MAGA will gradually leave TSF [View all] no_hypocrisy Aug 2025 OP
I'm not as optimistic as you are. Gimpyknee Aug 2025 #1
Different circumstances today. no_hypocrisy Aug 2025 #2
Its been almost 10 years of inflation because of him Hornedfrog2000 Aug 2025 #3
This is different. This inflation is going to be a sudden 10+% increase of prices. no_hypocrisy Aug 2025 #5
It will be brutal for all of us Hornedfrog2000 Aug 2025 #6
I think he'll continue to blame Biden bif Aug 2025 #21
Not this time. no_hypocrisy Aug 2025 #24
I hope you're right, I really do. But even if they do Eliot Rosewater Aug 2025 #29
He will blame it on Biden, Obama and Clinton and MAGA will believe every word. travelingthrulife Aug 2025 #26
Bankrupted MAGAs Dave Id Aug 2025 #9
It won't resonate with a lot of MAGAs when prices go up suddenly no_hypocrisy Aug 2025 #10
No matter what they will not blame trump for it Tribetime Aug 2025 #25
I can explain that. Morbius Aug 2025 #4
I respectfully disagree. no_hypocrisy Aug 2025 #8
TSF BradBo Aug 2025 #7
It will be interesting to see which of his followers Heidi Aug 2025 #11
I said this under Biden Johnny2X2X Aug 2025 #12
It is not about economics - speak easy Aug 2025 #15
+1 leftstreet Aug 2025 #27
Trump rso Aug 2025 #16
Propaganda is strong Johnny2X2X Aug 2025 #17
Prices rso Aug 2025 #19
Not so sure Johnny2X2X Aug 2025 #20
Well said. Gimpyknee Aug 2025 #23
While it's true that MAGA has memories Klondike Kat Aug 2025 #13
Disagree. MAGA gets high on cruelty, speak easy Aug 2025 #14
Unless he stops appearing in public altogether, his physical downfall is SHOWING! Brainfodder Aug 2025 #18
It's more likely that war or other international affairs will disassemble his ideological coalition. David__77 Aug 2025 #22
OK, they may leave Trump, but... ananda Aug 2025 #28
Nobody replacing Trump will be as bad. no_hypocrisy Aug 2025 #30
They will pivot to Vance. LuvLoogie Aug 2025 #31
Respectfully, berksdem Aug 2025 #32
You had me until customerserviceguy Aug 2025 #33
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