Liberals claimed Trump would end democracy. They were wrong again.

[m.knox]

Histrionics. Demagoguery.... That's all it is.

https://www.usatoday.com/story/opin...p-economy-democracy-israel-putin/84605162007/

Halfway through 2025, I can't help but recall the bevy of lies that progressives and the mainstream media told me about Donald Trump before and after he won a second term as president.

I was told Trump would be the end of American democracy, the beginning of American fascism, the ruin of our economy and the best thing ever to happen to Russian President Vladimir Putin.

None of that has happened, and I don't know whether to be disappointed or elated. But I must ask: What happened? And why have things gone so right when they were supposed to be so wrong?

Progressives were wrong about the Trump economy​

Progressives have persistently forecast imminent economic doom since Trump was reelected in November.

In April, the Associated Press reported: "President Donald Trump has panicked global financial markets, raised the risk of a recession and broken the political and economic alliances that made much of the world stable for business after World War II."

That same month, Sen. Brian Schatz, D-Hawaii, declared that "Donald Trump is ruining the economy on purpose." And The American Prospect, in an article headlined, "The Great Trump Crash?," predicted that tariffs would "mean an instant, near-total halt of trade between China and the U.S."

None of those dire predictions proved to be true. The S&P 500 and the Nasdaq recently reached record highs. Employers added more jobs than expected last month. The inflation rate ticked higher in June, but remains far below the 40-year high that Americans suffered under during the Biden administration.

 

[91Joe95]

You forgot stupidity.

 

[interrobang]

Trump did end the left's interpretation of their ideal version of democracy.

 

[bdroc]

Histrionics. Demagoguery.... That's all it is.

https://www.usatoday.com/story/opin...p-economy-democracy-israel-putin/84605162007/

Halfway through 2025, I can't help but recall the bevy of lies that progressives and the mainstream media told me about Donald Trump before and after he won a second term as president.

I was told Trump would be the end of American democracy, the beginning of American fascism, the ruin of our economy and the best thing ever to happen to Russian President Vladimir Putin.

None of that has happened, and I don't know whether to be disappointed or elated. But I must ask: What happened? And why have things gone so right when they were supposed to be so wrong?

Progressives were wrong about the Trump economy​

Progressives have persistently forecast imminent economic doom since Trump was reelected in November.

In April, the Associated Press reported: "President Donald Trump has panicked global financial markets, raised the risk of a recession and broken the political and economic alliances that made much of the world stable for business after World War II."

That same month, Sen. Brian Schatz, D-Hawaii, declared that "Donald Trump is ruining the economy on purpose." And The American Prospect, in an article headlined, "The Great Trump Crash?," predicted that tariffs would "mean an instant, near-total halt of trade between China and the U.S."

None of those dire predictions proved to be true. The S&P 500 and the Nasdaq recently reached record highs. Employers added more jobs than expected last month. The inflation rate ticked higher in June, but remains far below the 40-year high that Americans suffered under during the Biden administration.

First of all it's ridiculous to say that Trump is trying to ruin the economy on purpose. Why would he do that? You can disagree with his policies but all presidents want to be remembered for doing great things for the country.

Wrt to the economy holding up I would say it's too early to say. Biden's economy benefitted from pent up demand after Covid and about $4 trillion of what I call excess spending (American rescue plan, Inflation reduction act, Infrastructure and jobs act, Chips act, etc). If Trump does nothing but allow those programs to fade away he will have to deal with an economy with much less government stimulus. IMO we'll have to wait and see how things play out.

 

[m.knox]

First of all it's ridiculous to say that Trump is trying to ruin the economy on purpose. Why would he do that? You can disagree with his policies but all presidents want to be remembered for doing great things for the country.

Wrt to the economy holding up I would say it's too early to say. Biden's economy benefitted from pent up demand after Covid and about $4 trillion of what I call excess spending (American rescue plan, Inflation reduction act, Infrastructure and jobs act, Chips act, etc). If Trump does nothing but allow those programs to fade away he will have to deal with an economy with much less government stimulus. IMO we'll have to wait and see how things play out.

Be advised that hate corrupts logic and reasoning, and there is more than enough hate on the left to have it make perfect sense to them.