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#stagflation

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Kim Perales<p>“Consumer sentiment is declining rapidly for HHs</p><p>•Consumer worries about losing their jobs are at levels normally seen during recessions </p><p>•A record-high share of consumers think business conditions are worsening</p><p>•HH’s income expectations are declining</p><p>•Inflation expectations are rising at an unprecedented speed</p><p>The bottom line is that consumer sentiment is <br>🚨DETERIORATING AT AN ALARMING RATE.”<br>-T Slok, economist at Apollo</p><p><a href="https://toad.social/tags/Trumpcession" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Trumpcession</span></a> <a href="https://toad.social/tags/Stagflation" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Stagflation</span></a> <a href="https://toad.social/tags/Economy" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Economy</span></a> <a href="https://toad.social/tags/Jobs" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Jobs</span></a> <a href="https://toad.social/tags/USPol" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>USPol</span></a></p>
Kim Perales<p>"The gloom is becoming bipartisan..."</p><p>'Despite their greater confidence following the election, Republicans posted a sizable 10% decline in their expectations .. For Independents and Democrats, the expectations index declined an even steeper 12 and 24%" (U of Michigan)<br>-C Quintanilla</p><p><a href="https://toad.social/tags/Trumpcession" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Trumpcession</span></a> <a href="https://toad.social/tags/Stagflation" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Stagflation</span></a> <a href="https://toad.social/tags/Coup" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Coup</span></a> <a href="https://toad.social/tags/Trump" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Trump</span></a> <a href="https://toad.social/tags/Resist" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Resist</span></a> <a href="https://toad.social/tags/USPol" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>USPol</span></a></p>
Kim Perales<p>"There are a lot of Trump-aligned voices telling people to calm down. Selloffs happen.</p><p>And it’s true. People tend to regret panicking. </p><p>But this is one of the fastest selloffs of the last century, while the President pursues a policy that virtually no economist will defend."<br>-J Weisenthal</p><p>Treasury Sec Bessent says a🚨‘DETOX' period for the economy doesn't have to be a recession.</p><p>It'll be a deep <a href="https://toad.social/tags/recession" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>recession</span></a>.</p><p><a href="https://toad.social/tags/Trumpcession" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Trumpcession</span></a> <a href="https://toad.social/tags/Trump" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Trump</span></a> <a href="https://toad.social/tags/Stagflation" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Stagflation</span></a> <a href="https://toad.social/tags/StockMarketCrash" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>StockMarketCrash</span></a> <a href="https://toad.social/tags/Musk" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Musk</span></a> <a href="https://toad.social/tags/DOGE" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>DOGE</span></a> <a href="https://toad.social/tags/Coup" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Coup</span></a> <a href="https://toad.social/tags/Resist" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Resist</span></a> <a href="https://toad.social/tags/USPol" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>USPol</span></a></p>
Kim Perales<p>“Are tariffs bad for growth? Yes, say 5 decades of data from 150 countries”</p><p>‘I’m not going to bend at all’: Trump doubles down on tariff plans as stocks sink"</p><p>"The WH is focused on the ‘real economy’ &amp; not concerned about ‘a little’ market volatility"<br>-TSY Sec Bessent</p><p>Trump surrounds himself with yes-men -only they lie more eloquently. They're more responsible for the carnage than Trump -could stop the <a href="https://toad.social/tags/tariffs" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>tariffs</span></a> <a href="https://toad.social/tags/firings" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>firings</span></a> <a href="https://toad.social/tags/stagflation" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>stagflation</span></a> <a href="https://toad.social/tags/recession" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>recession</span></a>... </p><p><a href="https://toad.social/tags/USPol" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>USPol</span></a> <a href="https://toad.social/tags/Coup" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Coup</span></a> <a href="https://toad.social/tags/Resist" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Resist</span></a><br><a href="https://www.cnbc.com/2025/03/13/trump-tariffs-eu-stocks-sink.html" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" translate="no" target="_blank"><span class="invisible">https://www.</span><span class="ellipsis">cnbc.com/2025/03/13/trump-tari</span><span class="invisible">ffs-eu-stocks-sink.html</span></a></p>
Kim Perales<p>Treasury Secretary Bessent said the White House is focused on the ‘real economy’ and not concerned about ‘a little’ market volatility.</p><p>Trump's meanness &amp; erraticism is problematic for his advisors, but Bessent is a smooth talker, paints Trump's plan to destroy the fed govt, as a minor hiccup, &amp; normalizes an imminent, catastrophic recession. </p><p>Please watch.</p><p><a href="https://toad.social/tags/Recession" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Recession</span></a> <a href="https://toad.social/tags/MarketCrash" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>MarketCrash</span></a> <a href="https://toad.social/tags/Stagflation" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Stagflation</span></a> <a href="https://toad.social/tags/Coup" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Coup</span></a> <a href="https://toad.social/tags/Resist" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Resist</span></a> <a href="https://toad.social/tags/Tariffs" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Tariffs</span></a> <a href="https://toad.social/tags/Firings" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Firings</span></a> <a href="https://toad.social/tags/Musk" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Musk</span></a> <a href="https://toad.social/tags/DOGE" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>DOGE</span></a> <a href="https://toad.social/tags/USPol" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>USPol</span></a></p><p><a href="https://www.cnbc.com/video/2025/03/13/treasury-sec-bessent-on-200-percent-eu-alcohol-tariff-threat-not-sure-why-thats-a-big-deal-for-markets.html" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" translate="no" target="_blank"><span class="invisible">https://www.</span><span class="ellipsis">cnbc.com/video/2025/03/13/trea</span><span class="invisible">sury-sec-bessent-on-200-percent-eu-alcohol-tariff-threat-not-sure-why-thats-a-big-deal-for-markets.html</span></a></p>
William Lindsey :toad:<p>T"hat might be the greatest bait and switch in American political campaign history, from 'lower prices on Day 1' to '100 years of economic pain.'”</p><p>~ kos</p><p><a href="https://toad.social/tags/Musk" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Musk</span></a> <a href="https://toad.social/tags/Trump" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Trump</span></a> <a href="https://toad.social/tags/economy" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>economy</span></a> <a href="https://toad.social/tags/stagflation" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>stagflation</span></a> <a href="https://toad.social/tags/recession" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>recession</span></a> <a href="https://toad.social/tags/StockMarket" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>StockMarket</span></a> <a href="https://toad.social/tags/billionaires" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>billionaires</span></a> <a href="https://toad.social/tags/tariffs" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>tariffs</span></a> <br>/23</p><p><a href="https://www.dailykos.com/stories/2025/3/11/2309328/-Trump-is-full-of-excuses-as-he-tanks-the-economy" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" translate="no" target="_blank"><span class="invisible">https://www.</span><span class="ellipsis">dailykos.com/stories/2025/3/11</span><span class="invisible">/2309328/-Trump-is-full-of-excuses-as-he-tanks-the-economy</span></a></p>
William Lindsey :toad:<p>"The MAGA Republicans are torching your quality of life while pretending they’re doing you a favor. It’s not just dishonest—it’s dangerous. They’ve turned the U.S. Congress into a bad reality show, and everyday Americans are the ones paying the price."</p><p>~ Ben Meiselas</p><p><a href="https://toad.social/tags/Musk" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Musk</span></a> <a href="https://toad.social/tags/Trump" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Trump</span></a> <a href="https://toad.social/tags/economy" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>economy</span></a> <a href="https://toad.social/tags/stagflation" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>stagflation</span></a> <a href="https://toad.social/tags/recession" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>recession</span></a> <a href="https://toad.social/tags/StockMarket" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>StockMarket</span></a> <a href="https://toad.social/tags/billionaires" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>billionaires</span></a> <a href="https://toad.social/tags/tariffs" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>tariffs</span></a> <br>/22</p><p><a href="https://www.meidasplus.com/p/rep-joe-neguse-on-republicans-cheering" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" translate="no" target="_blank"><span class="invisible">https://www.</span><span class="ellipsis">meidasplus.com/p/rep-joe-negus</span><span class="invisible">e-on-republicans-cheering</span></a></p>
William Lindsey :toad:<p>"Donald Trump’s global tariffs on steel and aluminum imports came into force on Wednesday, placing a 25% tax on all imports of the metals into the US from any country 'with no exceptions or exemptions.'</p><p>The move threatens to push up prices for consumers as they bear the brunt of resulting product cost rises, in everything from houses and vehicles to home appliances and beverage cans."</p><p>~ Clea Skopeliti</p><p><a href="https://toad.social/tags/Musk" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Musk</span></a> <a href="https://toad.social/tags/Trump" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Trump</span></a> <a href="https://toad.social/tags/economy" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>economy</span></a> <a href="https://toad.social/tags/stagflation" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>stagflation</span></a> <a href="https://toad.social/tags/recession" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>recession</span></a> <a href="https://toad.social/tags/StockMarket" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>StockMarket</span></a> <a href="https://toad.social/tags/billionaires" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>billionaires</span></a> <a href="https://toad.social/tags/tariffs" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>tariffs</span></a> <br>/21</p>
William Lindsey :toad:<p>"So, the stock market’s been sliding like bacon grease on a hot griddle. On Monday and Tuesday all three major indices had their worst days since August, and fears of a looming recession are already here. And only 50 days into Dear Leader’s reign!"</p><p>~ Marcie Jones</p><p><a href="https://toad.social/tags/Musk" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Musk</span></a> <a href="https://toad.social/tags/Trump" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Trump</span></a> <a href="https://toad.social/tags/economy" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>economy</span></a> <a href="https://toad.social/tags/stagflation" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>stagflation</span></a> <a href="https://toad.social/tags/recession" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>recession</span></a> <a href="https://toad.social/tags/StockMarket" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>StockMarket</span></a> <a href="https://toad.social/tags/billionaires" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>billionaires</span></a> <a href="https://toad.social/tags/tariffs" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>tariffs</span></a> <a href="https://toad.social/tags/firings" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>firings</span></a> <a href="https://toad.social/tags/workers" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>workers</span></a> <a href="https://toad.social/tags/FederalGovernment" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>FederalGovernment</span></a> <a href="https://toad.social/tags/Tesla" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Tesla</span></a> <a href="https://toad.social/tags/insanity" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>insanity</span></a><br>/20</p><p><a href="https://www.wonkette.com/p/newsmax-host-trumps-big-balls-are" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" translate="no" target="_blank"><span class="invisible">https://www.</span><span class="ellipsis">wonkette.com/p/newsmax-host-tr</span><span class="invisible">umps-big-balls-are</span></a></p>
William Lindsey :toad:<p>“I’m going to say this at risk of my job. But what President Trump is doing is insane. It is absolutely insane. It is about the eighth reason we’ve had for the tariffs. …</p><p>Insanity is not a strategy. I’m sorry."</p><p>~ CNBC senior economics reporter Steve Liesman </p><p><a href="https://toad.social/tags/Musk" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Musk</span></a> <a href="https://toad.social/tags/Trump" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Trump</span></a> <a href="https://toad.social/tags/economy" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>economy</span></a> <a href="https://toad.social/tags/stagflation" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>stagflation</span></a> <a href="https://toad.social/tags/recession" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>recession</span></a> <a href="https://toad.social/tags/StockMarket" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>StockMarket</span></a> <a href="https://toad.social/tags/billionaires" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>billionaires</span></a> <a href="https://toad.social/tags/tariffs" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>tariffs</span></a> <a href="https://toad.social/tags/firings" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>firings</span></a> <a href="https://toad.social/tags/workers" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>workers</span></a> <a href="https://toad.social/tags/FederalGovernment" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>FederalGovernment</span></a> <a href="https://toad.social/tags/Tesla" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Tesla</span></a> <a href="https://toad.social/tags/insanity" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>insanity</span></a><br>/19</p><p><a href="https://www.thedailybeast.com/cnbc-reporter-shreds-trumps-insane-tariff-moves/" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" translate="no" target="_blank"><span class="invisible">https://www.</span><span class="ellipsis">thedailybeast.com/cnbc-reporte</span><span class="invisible">r-shreds-trumps-insane-tariff-moves/</span></a></p>
William Lindsey :toad:<p>"As stock slumps drain America’s 401(k)s, Trump props up his billionaire sidekick. As Wall Street reeled for a second straight day on Tuesday, President Donald Trump chose not to appear with worried working people but to prop up the share prices and wealth of the world’s richest man – Elon Musk – with a bizarre sales pitch for Tesla on the White House South Lawn."</p><p>~ Stephen Collinson </p><p><a href="https://toad.social/tags/Musk" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Musk</span></a> <a href="https://toad.social/tags/Trump" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Trump</span></a> <a href="https://toad.social/tags/economy" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>economy</span></a> <a href="https://toad.social/tags/stagflation" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>stagflation</span></a> <a href="https://toad.social/tags/recession" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>recession</span></a> <a href="https://toad.social/tags/StockMarket" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>StockMarket</span></a> <a href="https://toad.social/tags/billionaires" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>billionaires</span></a> <a href="https://toad.social/tags/tariffs" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>tariffs</span></a> <a href="https://toad.social/tags/Tesla" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Tesla</span></a><br>/18</p>
William Lindsey :toad:<p>"You don’t need a PhD in Economics to understand that when an economy is slowing, cutting federal spending, causing massive layoffs and increasing taxes by way of tariffs are a recipe for financial disaster. ...</p><p>Trump just updated Marie Antoinette’s infamous line 'Let them eat Cake' when told that her subjects could not afford bread to, 'Let them drive Teslas.'”</p><p><a href="https://toad.social/tags/Musk" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Musk</span></a> <a href="https://toad.social/tags/Trump" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Trump</span></a> <a href="https://toad.social/tags/economy" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>economy</span></a> <a href="https://toad.social/tags/stagflation" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>stagflation</span></a> <a href="https://toad.social/tags/recession" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>recession</span></a> <a href="https://toad.social/tags/StockMarket" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>StockMarket</span></a> <a href="https://toad.social/tags/billionaires" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>billionaires</span></a> <a href="https://toad.social/tags/tariffs" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>tariffs</span></a> <a href="https://toad.social/tags/firings" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>firings</span></a> <a href="https://toad.social/tags/workers" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>workers</span></a> <a href="https://toad.social/tags/FederalGovernment" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>FederalGovernment</span></a> <a href="https://toad.social/tags/Tesla" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Tesla</span></a><br>/17</p>
William Lindsey :toad:<p>"With Trump we are facing even more potential economic pain because Trump is combining tariffs-which are a tax on consumers—with massive cuts to federal spending and layoffs in the area of 20% of the federal workforce."</p><p>~ Dean Obeidallah</p><p><a href="https://toad.social/tags/Musk" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Musk</span></a> <a href="https://toad.social/tags/Trump" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Trump</span></a> <a href="https://toad.social/tags/economy" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>economy</span></a> <a href="https://toad.social/tags/stagflation" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>stagflation</span></a> <a href="https://toad.social/tags/recession" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>recession</span></a> <a href="https://toad.social/tags/StockMarket" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>StockMarket</span></a> <a href="https://toad.social/tags/billionaires" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>billionaires</span></a> <a href="https://toad.social/tags/tariffs" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>tariffs</span></a> <a href="https://toad.social/tags/firings" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>firings</span></a> <a href="https://toad.social/tags/workers" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>workers</span></a> <a href="https://toad.social/tags/FederalGovernment" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>FederalGovernment</span></a> <br>/16</p><p><a href="https://deanobeidallah.substack.com/p/trumps-response-to-causing-a-recession" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" translate="no" target="_blank"><span class="invisible">https://</span><span class="ellipsis">deanobeidallah.substack.com/p/</span><span class="invisible">trumps-response-to-causing-a-recession</span></a></p>
William Lindsey :toad:<p>"He belittled them as unworthy of nation status, rolled his eyes at our historic ties, and threatened them with the 'friendly' possibility of absorption as our 51st state. And then he instigated a game of economic chicken with them."</p><p><a href="https://toad.social/tags/Musk" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Musk</span></a> <a href="https://toad.social/tags/Trump" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Trump</span></a> <a href="https://toad.social/tags/economy" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>economy</span></a> <a href="https://toad.social/tags/stagflation" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>stagflation</span></a> <a href="https://toad.social/tags/recession" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>recession</span></a> <a href="https://toad.social/tags/StockMarket" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>StockMarket</span></a> <a href="https://toad.social/tags/billionaires" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>billionaires</span></a> <a href="https://toad.social/tags/tariffs" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>tariffs</span></a> <a href="https://toad.social/tags/Canada" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Canada</span></a><br>/15</p>
William Lindsey :toad:<p>"It bears reflecting for a minute on the hand Trump currently holds. His sheer capricious scorn and malice have forged, out of practically nowhere, a political coalition of anti-American zealotry in Canada, our heretofore friendly neighbor in the north."</p><p>~ Andrew Egger</p><p><a href="https://toad.social/tags/Musk" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Musk</span></a> <a href="https://toad.social/tags/Trump" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Trump</span></a> <a href="https://toad.social/tags/economy" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>economy</span></a> <a href="https://toad.social/tags/stagflation" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>stagflation</span></a> <a href="https://toad.social/tags/recession" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>recession</span></a> <a href="https://toad.social/tags/StockMarket" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>StockMarket</span></a> <a href="https://toad.social/tags/billionaires" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>billionaires</span></a> <a href="https://toad.social/tags/tariffs" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>tariffs</span></a> <a href="https://toad.social/tags/Canada" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Canada</span></a><br>/14</p><p><a href="https://www.thebulwark.com/p/our-brave-president-goes-war-ontario-ford-tariffs-trade-trump-canada" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" translate="no" target="_blank"><span class="invisible">https://www.</span><span class="ellipsis">thebulwark.com/p/our-brave-pre</span><span class="invisible">sident-goes-war-ontario-ford-tariffs-trade-trump-canada</span></a></p>
William Lindsey :toad:<p>"He’s a psychopath gleefully breaking the world economy while pretending there will be some glorious payoff on the other side. </p><p>Is it any surprise? Trump never pretended otherwise. He did say on the campaign trail, 'I don’t care about you. I just want your vote.' </p><p>Trump’s superpower is that people believe his lies and don’t believe his truths."</p><p>~ kos</p><p><a href="https://toad.social/tags/Musk" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Musk</span></a> <a href="https://toad.social/tags/Trump" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Trump</span></a> <a href="https://toad.social/tags/economy" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>economy</span></a> <a href="https://toad.social/tags/stagflation" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>stagflation</span></a> <a href="https://toad.social/tags/recession" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>recession</span></a> <a href="https://toad.social/tags/Tesla" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Tesla</span></a> <a href="https://toad.social/tags/DelusionsofGrandeur" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>DelusionsofGrandeur</span></a> <a href="https://toad.social/tags/delusional" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>delusional</span></a> <a href="https://toad.social/tags/narcissist" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>narcissist</span></a> <a href="https://toad.social/tags/egomaniac" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>egomaniac</span></a><br>/13</p><p><a href="https://www.dailykos.com/stories/2025/3/11/2309328/-Trump-is-full-of-excuses-as-he-tanks-the-economy?pm_campaign=front_page&amp;pm_source=top_news_slot_2&amp;pm_medium=web" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" translate="no" target="_blank"><span class="invisible">https://www.</span><span class="ellipsis">dailykos.com/stories/2025/3/11</span><span class="invisible">/2309328/-Trump-is-full-of-excuses-as-he-tanks-the-economy?pm_campaign=front_page&amp;pm_source=top_news_slot_2&amp;pm_medium=web</span></a></p>
William Lindsey :toad:<p>"The two most powerful men in America have gone stark raving mad. ...</p><p>I don’t see how you can look at recent statements by Donald Trump and Elon Musk without concluding that both men have lost their grip on reality."</p><p>~ Paul Krugman</p><p><a href="https://toad.social/tags/Musk" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Musk</span></a> <a href="https://toad.social/tags/Trump" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Trump</span></a> <a href="https://toad.social/tags/economy" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>economy</span></a> <a href="https://toad.social/tags/stagflation" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>stagflation</span></a> <a href="https://toad.social/tags/recession" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>recession</span></a> <a href="https://toad.social/tags/Tesla" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Tesla</span></a> <a href="https://toad.social/tags/DelusionsofGrandeur" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>DelusionsofGrandeur</span></a> <a href="https://toad.social/tags/authoritarianism" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>authoritarianism</span></a> <a href="https://toad.social/tags/delusional" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>delusional</span></a> <a href="https://toad.social/tags/narcissist" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>narcissist</span></a> <a href="https://toad.social/tags/egomaniac" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>egomaniac</span></a><br>/12</p><p><a href="https://paulkrugman.substack.com/p/a-mind-is-a-terrible-thing-to-lose" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" translate="no" target="_blank"><span class="invisible">https://</span><span class="ellipsis">paulkrugman.substack.com/p/a-m</span><span class="invisible">ind-is-a-terrible-thing-to-lose</span></a></p>
William Lindsey :toad:<p>"Sources also tell WIRED that Musk has wanted a government shutdown—an aim that runs contrary to the White House’s stated desire to avoid one—in part because it would potentially make it easier to eliminate the jobs of hundreds of thousands of federal workers, essentially achieving a permanent shutdown."</p><p>~ Jake Lahut, Leah Feiger, Vittoria Elliott</p><p><a href="https://toad.social/tags/Musk" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Musk</span></a> <a href="https://toad.social/tags/Trump" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Trump</span></a> <a href="https://toad.social/tags/economy" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>economy</span></a> <a href="https://toad.social/tags/stagflation" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>stagflation</span></a> <a href="https://toad.social/tags/recession" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>recession</span></a> <a href="https://toad.social/tags/Tesla" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Tesla</span></a> <a href="https://toad.social/tags/shutdown" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>shutdown</span></a> <a href="https://toad.social/tags/firings" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>firings</span></a> <a href="https://toad.social/tags/workers" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>workers</span></a> <a href="https://toad.social/tags/FederalGovernment" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>FederalGovernment</span></a><br>/11</p><p><a href="https://www.wired.com/story/elon-musk-has-wanted-the-government-shut-down/" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" translate="no" target="_blank"><span class="invisible">https://www.</span><span class="ellipsis">wired.com/story/elon-musk-has-</span><span class="invisible">wanted-the-government-shut-down/</span></a></p>
William Lindsey :toad:<p>"For his $290 million contribution to the Trump campaign, Musk bought the presidency and a government subsidized ad for a Tesla. In the most blatant, shameless, and pure example of the quid pro quo grift - and direct violation of the Hatch Act - Donald Trump decided to hawk Teslas from the White House lawn on Monday. He was even handed a Tesla sales pitch during his remarks."</p><p>~ Wajahat Ali</p><p><a href="https://toad.social/tags/Musk" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Musk</span></a> <a href="https://toad.social/tags/Trump" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Trump</span></a> <a href="https://toad.social/tags/economy" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>economy</span></a> <a href="https://toad.social/tags/stagflation" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>stagflation</span></a> <a href="https://toad.social/tags/recession" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>recession</span></a> <a href="https://toad.social/tags/Tesla" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Tesla</span></a><br>/10</p><p><a href="https://thelefthook.substack.com/p/the-tesla-presidency-elon-musk-donald" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" translate="no" target="_blank"><span class="invisible">https://</span><span class="ellipsis">thelefthook.substack.com/p/the</span><span class="invisible">-tesla-presidency-elon-musk-donald</span></a></p>
William Lindsey :toad:<p>"Trump is acting like a raving madman. He continues to lobby for the hostile takeover of Canada, and the media pretends it does not hear an idea so lunatic that any other president uttering the idea would be removed from office under the 25th Amendment within hours.</p><p>Trump's daily ritual of imposing and lifting sanctions is so erratic that the stock markets are falling because of the uncertainty caused by his behavior."</p><p><a href="https://toad.social/tags/Musk" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Musk</span></a> <a href="https://toad.social/tags/Trump" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Trump</span></a> <a href="https://toad.social/tags/economy" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>economy</span></a> <a href="https://toad.social/tags/stagflation" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>stagflation</span></a> <a href="https://toad.social/tags/recession" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>recession</span></a> <a href="https://toad.social/tags/Tesla" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Tesla</span></a><br>/9</p>
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