Trump economy best ever? Sure let's look at it!
Real wages largely went up because of minimum wage increases across multiple states. Something Trump had no hand in, and is against raising federal minimum wage. Labor participation rate has stayed flat, despite how much he likes to tout his great "headline unemployment" numbers. Trump rails against China and intl trade but our trade deficit has gone up under his watch despite his promise to "Make America Great Again," bring back manufacturing, and reduce our reliance on foreign trade. Then there's the obscene deficit spending coupled with extreme tax cuts during boom times, the opposite of what we should be doing during an expansion. Republicans had both chambers of congress and used Trump to push the same agenda they always do, cut taxes, raise spending, delete regulations, blame the dems. He's a useful idiot for the republican party's decades old agenda.
But SP500 is hitting all time highs so apparently best economy ever!
Trump thinks he knows more about any given topic than anybody else. Garbage trait for a leader. At the start of all the virus he was confident we would have zero cases within a few weeks. He's an obvious idiot who speaks and throws tantrums like a child, and he's taking yall for a ride. Trump's not a leader, he's a republican tool. This is Mitch's America and he's using Trump and his base to achieve his goals.
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