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Doodley

(11,217 posts) Tue May 27, 2025, 05:45 PM May 27

Markets, consumer confidence, Trump approval all improve as he lies about tariff deals. Meanwhile we are left [View all]

with at least 10% tariffs to pay forevermore, inflation, loss of trust with other nations, and devastating cuts to essential safety nets.

In other words, Trump is winning the messaging war and is getting away with leaving nearly all of us in a much worse position, and he is in a stronger position to implement attacks on our democracy and our basic human rights.

Other than hoping for a recession, how do Democrats get the message through that Trump is bad for the economy and bad for most Americans ?

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Markets, consumer confidence, Trump approval all improve as he lies about tariff deals. Meanwhile we are left [View all] Doodley May 27 OP

Stop spending. Retailers will feel it. Unfortunately so will retail workers. bucolic_frolic May 27 #1

I Keep Hearing This About The Markets... ProfessorGAC May 27 #2

I believe domestic investors came back Johonny May 27 #9

The message is life, liberty, and the pursuit of happiness stillcool May 27 #3

The Consumer Confidence Index from the Conference Board was up in May, BUT Wiz Imp May 27 #4

This makes sense to me BeerBarrelPolka May 27 #5

Yep it's up from below hell to right above it and MSM is celebrating bad news cause it's better than before uponit7771 May 28 #18

PEOPLE ARE STUPID! That is all. nt Jit423 May 27 #6

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What would you suggest to prevent the inevitable? Brother Buzz May 27 #8

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Do you feel BeerBarrelPolka May 28 #12

Do not be surprised if it's posting privileges are revoked. . . . nt Bernardo de La Paz May 28 #13

I figured I would be nice and try. BeerBarrelPolka May 28 #14

Nice job! marble falls May 28 #15

Boy howdy, that troll had a hair-trigger Brother Buzz May 28 #16

I love it when they don't last as long as it took them to type it. marble falls May 28 #17

Dems going to inde journalist cause traditional media is cooked uponit7771 May 28 #19

I believe this was the point D_Master81 May 27 #10