‘I hate to predict things’: Trump downplays US recession fears amid trade tariffs
By: Guardian News
This is a guy who has no clue what he is doing.
Unfortunately this is not Trump driving a casino into bankruptcy. Because Trump supporters elected this buffoon, he has the power of the presidency and the ability to screw things up on a global level.
Which he is doing.
S E E D E D C O N T E N T
(Transcript formatted by ChatGPT):
Interviewer: Let me stay on the economy for a moment because there are rising worries about a slowdown. You've got the Atlanta Federal Reserve saying we're going to have a contraction in the first quarter. Look, I know that you inherited a mess, and you said that. You've only been here—are you expecting a recession this year?
Trump: Um, I hate to predict things like that. There is a period of transition because what we're doing is very big. We're bringing wealth back to America—that's a big thing. And there are always periods where it takes a little time. It takes a little time.
Interviewer: Can you give us a sense of whether or not we are going to get clarity for the business community?
Trump: Well, I think so. But, you know, the tariffs could go up as time goes by, and they may go up. And, you know, I don't know if it's predictability. I think so.
Interviewer: That's not clarity.
Trump: No, I think—I think that they say that, you know, it sounds good to say, but for years, the globalists—the big globalists—have been ripping off the United States. They've been taking money away from the United States. And all we're doing is getting some of it back, and we're going to treat our country fairly.
I wanted to help the American carmakers. Until April 2nd, it becomes all reciprocal—what they charge us, we charge them. It's a big deal. What they charge us, we charge them.
But this is short term, and I felt that, for the good of the American carmakers and the USMCA—you know, the USMCA, which is Mexico and Canada—I thought it would be a fair thing to do. And so I gave them a little bit of a break.
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When this idiot took office the economy was doing great except for interest rates (which were lowering) and prices. The stock market was doing great and the future looked bright.
He has only been in office for 50 days.
Imagine the next 50...
I have been.
It is a function of Trump's poll numbers and the level of damage he does to the economy and the stock market.
So far it seems his supporters are doubling down defending his outrageously bad decisions with a major league dose of wishful thinking and naive trust.
No, I think—I think that they say that, you know, it sounds good to say, but for years, the globalists—the big globalists—have been ripping off the United States. They've been taking money away from the United States.
Aha--- that explains it!
Those damn "Globalists"-- they've been taking away all of our money for years! For decades! Centuries even!
No wonder we're the poorest country in the entire world!
Apologies-- I "inadvertently" left off the "/sarcasm" part!