Friday, June 13, 2025

Team Trump Gets a Brutal Reminder About the Weak Economy

Partway through Treasury Secretary Scott Bessent's testimony before the House Ways and Means Committee, Democratic Rep. Don Beyer of Virginia focused attention on an underappreciated story: just how weak the U.S. economy has been since Donald Trump returned to power.

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BEYER: Isn't this embarrassing?

BESSENT: You seem not to have seen the economic data. GDP growth has been quite substantial

BEYER: GDP growth is half what it was last year, sir

BESSENT: Job growth is solid

BEYER: Job growth is a third what it was last year, sir[image or embed]

" Aaron Rupar (@atrupar.com) Jun 11, 2025 at 1:55 PM

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Idiot

#1 | Posted by LegallyYourDead at 2025-06-12 04:14 PM

Facts are non-existent in this clown ass administration.

#2 | Posted by Nixon at 2025-06-13 08:25 AM

Price increases from Trump's TACO tariffs have yet to really hit us but they're coming.

If the reported 55% tariffs on Chinese goods (same as the old tariffs) hold, will "de minimus" tariff exemptions (for goods under $800) be restored? If not, all of us will be paying higher prices for everything coming from China

Most of the cost will be borne by the lower and middle classes so billionaires can get their unneeded tax cuts.

#3 | Posted by AMERICANUNITY at 2025-06-13 05:10 PM

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