B-Man Posted July 21 Author Posted July 21 After Six Months, Let's Look At The Lefty Prophets Of Doom Vs. Reality Duane Patterson It's hard to believe, because of all the winning, but six months of the second term of President Donald Trump is in the books. As soon as the election results were clear last November 5th, the doomsaying on the left kicked into high gear, and for the most part, has not wavered in forecasting cataclysm to follow. Except a funny thing happened. The doom loop guaranteed with certainty by the soothsayers and political analysts on the left has just not materialized. Three days before the election, Vice-President Kamala Harris predicted that if Trump were to win, and after this first six months, thank Almighty God he did, we'd be in a recession by the middle of the following year, meaning now. When Trump began imposing the tariffs in March, Democrats in both Houses of Congress began to forecast economic doom ahead. Here's Delaware Senator Chris *****, the same Biden 2024 co-chair that had no idea Joe Biden's mental faculties had fallen further and faster than the Dow. Chuck Schumer in the Senate and Hakeem Jeffries in the House both tried to make 'Trump slump' go viral. Maybe if they would have been caught on a kiss cam at a Coldplay concert, they could have had that moment. Instead, we had weeks and weeks of Resistance media clips like this one featuring Brendan Boyle of Pennsylvania, wishcasting a recession for which they could blame the President. Inflation is in the mid-2's. Unemployment is holding steady at 4.1%. Private sector jobs are increasing while federal jobs are decreasing. GDP estimates for Q2 are around 2.4%, hardly a recession. What instead has taken place are trade deals with the United Kingdom, China, Vietnam, Indonesia, and India right around the corner, all of them reducing barriers to entry for U.S. goods in their markets, while raising revenue on goods coming into the United States. That tariff revenue has already exceeded $100 billion, and is already being used to help offset the deficit. In short, the Trump recession never happened, and virtually no one, outside of the doomsayers on the left, are talking about the country entering a recession this year any longer. MUCH MORE at the link: https://hotair.com/generalissimo/2025/07/21/after-six-months-lets-look-at-the-lefts-trump-prediction-scorecard-n3804976 .
Joe Ferguson forever Posted July 21 Posted July 21 same bottom dwelling 30 something percent. https://americanresearchgroup.com/economy/
JDHillFan Posted July 21 Posted July 21 8 minutes ago, Joe Ferguson forever said: same bottom dwelling 30 something percent. https://americanresearchgroup.com/economy/ If you are interested in truly abysmal numbers, I present to you: https://www.newsweek.com/congressional-democrats-favorability-polls-2093684
Wolfgang Posted July 26 Posted July 26 On 7/21/2025 at 4:24 PM, Joe Ferguson forever said: same bottom dwelling 30 something percent. https://americanresearchgroup.com/economy/
JDHillFan Posted July 26 Posted July 26 41 minutes ago, B-Man said: The objections to this should be fun to read. 1
B-Man Posted July 26 Author Posted July 26 Trump’s Good Advice By John Hinderaker President Trump is in Scotland, playing golf and meeting with European leaders. When he arrived, the most transparent president in history talked with the press. He had advice for Europeans. The London Times reports: Speaking to reporters after landing at Prestwick airport on Friday evening, Trump said: “On immigration, you better get your act together or you’re not going to have Europe anymore. You got to get your act together. “You know, last month, we had nobody entering our country. Nobody. Shut it down.” Referring to his predecessor, Joe Biden, Trump added: “We took out a lot of bad people that got there with Biden. “Biden was a total stiff. And what he allowed to happen, but you’re allowing it to happen to your countries. And you got to stop this horrible invasion that’s happening to Europe. Many countries in Europe. “Some people, some leaders have not let it happen. And they’re not getting the proper credit they should. I could name them to you right now, but I’m not going to embarrass the other ones. But stop. This immigration is killing Europe.” Where would Trump get that idea? Maybe from reading the London Times. {snip} Trump has spent his life negotiating with people whose interests are adverse to his. That’s the whole point of negotiation, to reconcile adverse interests. He doesn’t take it personally, and it isn’t hard for him to respect his negotiating partners and understand their point of view. In fact, that is indispensable if you are going to be a successful negotiator. It occurs to me that in this regard, Trump is quite different from most of his predecessors and most world leaders. His lifelong experience in dealing with rivals and opponents is fundamentally not ideological, but rather represents a rational search for accommodation and mutual self-interest. So far, that mindset appears to be working very well, and I, for one, find it refreshing. https://www.powerlineblog.com/archives/2025/07/trumps-good-advice.php
SectionC3 Posted July 26 Posted July 26 is a failure. Inflation is rampant, wars in Gaza and Ukraine, quality of life not improving for everyday Americans. But that swimmer who likes to whine now finished fourth in that race.
JDHillFan Posted July 26 Posted July 26 21 minutes ago, SectionC3 said: is a failure. Inflation is rampant, wars in Gaza and Ukraine, quality of life not improving for everyday Americans. But that swimmer who likes to whine now finished fourth in that race. Unless you have your own definition of rampant that no one else is familiar with, your post is a hoax. https://www.usinflationcalculator.com/inflation/current-inflation-rates/ Many, many everyday Americans have 401k accounts. Despite the predictions of calamity (all of them hoaxes at this point) from you and your sort those retirement accounts are doing nicely YTD. Another hoax though I’m sure you have your own interesting view of “quality of life” for everyday Americans. Despite your record being atrocious up to now, there’s a reasonable chance you will eventually be right. Enjoy. 1
Pokebball Posted July 26 Posted July 26 44 minutes ago, SectionC3 said: is a failure. Inflation is rampant, wars in Gaza and Ukraine, quality of life not improving for everyday Americans. But that swimmer who likes to whine now finished fourth in that race. Dems are seething and moaning 1
SectionC3 Posted July 26 Posted July 26 3 hours ago, Pokebball said: Dems are seething and moaning At least somebody cares about this ess show. Meanwhile, you're still paying a lot for stuff. Promises made, promises broken. 4 hours ago, JDHillFan said: Unless you have your own definition of rampant that no one else is familiar with, your post is a hoax. https://www.usinflationcalculator.com/inflation/current-inflation-rates/ Many, many everyday Americans have 401k accounts. Despite the predictions of calamity (all of them hoaxes at this point) from you and your sort those retirement accounts are doing nicely YTD. Another hoax though I’m sure you have your own interesting view of “quality of life” for everyday Americans. Despite your record being atrocious up to now, there’s a reasonable chance you will eventually be right. Enjoy. As of recently, international stocks were beating the S&P by about 14% this year. Not that you care, because you lap up the Trump cult business. But if you mean that "doing nicely" is dramatically trailing indices that we've routinely beaten over the past decade, then yeah, things are pretty sweet.
JDHillFan Posted July 26 Posted July 26 11 minutes ago, SectionC3 said: At least somebody cares about this ess show. Meanwhile, you're still paying a lot for stuff. Promises made, promises broken. As of recently, international stocks were beating the S&P by about 14% this year. Not that you care, because you lap up the Trump cult business. But if you mean that "doing nicely" is dramatically trailing indices that we've routinely beaten over the past decade, then yeah, things are pretty sweet. You must believe that various 401k accounts do not include foreign investment options. That’s interesting. 1
SectionC3 Posted July 26 Posted July 26 1 hour ago, JDHillFan said: You must believe that various 401k accounts do not include foreign investment options. That’s interesting. Cool story. Apparently you’re cool with foreign equities outpacing our equities because of policy instability and tariffs. I’m not.
JDHillFan Posted July 26 Posted July 26 (edited) 34 minutes ago, SectionC3 said: Cool story. Apparently you’re cool with foreign equities outpacing our equities because of policy instability and tariffs. I’m not. I think you are doing well to be uncool with it. You’ve got 5 months of data to work with. What more do you need? On 3/4/2025 at 12:40 PM, SectionC3 said: Compound annual growth rate I believe was better under Biden. But yes, the market did well under both presidencies. Then again, here’s your take with 8 years of facts. What was it that led you to believe compound annual growth rate was better under Biden? Clearly it wasn’t data. Bottom line - you don’t seem very astute for someone claiming to be so well off. Edited July 26 by JDHillFan 1
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