Saturday, January 18, 2025

Has Trump Promised Too Much for US Economy?

Looming over the president-elect are warnings that many of his policies are more likely to hurt the economy than help it. ... "There's no clear path forward at this time for how to meet all these goals because they're inherently contradictory," said Romina Boccia, director of budget and entitlement policy at the Cato Institute. Here's a closer look at his key promises.

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Has Trump promised too much to the US economy? EPA Trump delivers an economic speech in Pennsylvania Donald Trump has promised big changes for the world's largest economy. On the agenda are "an end to the devastating inflationary crisis," tariffs and major tax cuts, regulation, and the size of ...

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Guy is a flimflam artist preying on the hopes of the desperate, hateful, ignorant and desperately hateful ignorant.

Anyone who actually expects him to deliver on all of those promises is as dumb as he looks.

#1 | Posted by censored at 2025-01-18 09:05 AM

Well... he sure came through on the Wall paid for by Mexico!

I expect all these promises to turn out just as well.

#2 | Posted by Corky at 2025-01-18 09:19 AM

Has Trump promised too much for the US economy?

Yeah, why not be blunt about it. HE LIED

OMG I'm stunned. Whoda thunk it? Stop the presses!

#3 | Posted by Twinpac at 2025-01-18 06:10 PM

He never promised to do anything. He did say, however, that he was going to "look into" a lot of things.

#4 | Posted by REDIAL at 2025-01-18 07:04 PM

Republicl0wns wanted you to believe he will become "presidential" once he is in office... same as 8 years ago. The election result did not cure his dementia.

#5 | Posted by RightisTrite at 2025-01-19 06:31 AM

REDIAL

"He never promised to do anything."

Tell that to the suckers who believed his lies and voted for him because of the price of groceries.

#6 | Posted by Twinpac at 2025-01-19 06:56 AM

Those on the left should hold him to every utterance issued in the past four years. Where are the jobs, low prices, cheap gas, better healthcare, new roads, and greater national prestige so loudly and surely promised? Ask every day. And ask every congressman and senator up for election in 2026. Make them understand they are being watched and judged. Start the day after the inauguration ...

#7 | Posted by catdog at 2025-01-19 11:13 AM

MAGA will forget how to fry eggs.

They won't be able to afford them.

#8 | Posted by Zed at 2025-01-19 11:59 AM

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