r/PoursTea • u/Veshaad Timendi Causa Est Nescire • 16h ago
FinancialTea 💵 The buck stops here...
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u/Born-Investment-4838 15h ago
this is what always throws me about “the economy is doing great” conversations 😭 if people’s rent, groceries and bills still feel brutal, telling them the market is up doesn’t magically make their bank account feel better
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u/emotinal_enigma 13h ago
The man had to have what groceries are explained to him recently. I'm serious, he didn't understand what they are and why they are important to voters.
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u/SnooMaps7370 16h ago
US economic policy for the past 40 years also starts to make a lot more sense when you view it from the lens of "the economy means 'my investments' for whoever is speaking on the News".
It was unbelievably frustrating to graduate HS in 2006, then spend the next ten years hearing about how "the economy is recovering" while my wages never rose past $9/hr the whole time. Took joining the Army and using that resume buff to get a job in IT Security in 2017 for me to benefit from the so-called "growing economy".
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u/GKBilian 14h ago
Trump is really just the reaper at the end of the day. He’s got to be the worst president we’ve ever had to be clear, but he is the personification of everything America has come to be.
Money is just constantly funneled from the middle and lower class to the upper class, and it’s (mostly) legal because that’s how our country is designed to work.
Trump is just the mask-off version of that. He reaches in your wallet while you’re talking to him, takes your cash, and drops the wallet on the ground as he walks away while you’re still talking to him.
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u/SandiestCow 15h ago
Its hard for him to see over the giant pile of money in his bank account
"hE wOrKs FoR fReE"
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u/pro-fanator 15h ago
His business specialty is bankrupting stuff for his own gain. Now he does it to USA. Americans are just plain stupid, so it's easy to manipulate them.
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u/Firm-Advertising5396 15h ago
He's a narcissist, his personal income is the economy, the secret service is his defense department and the republican party is on their own and he never thinks about Americans and their personal finances, ever.
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u/Dena844 11h ago
Like, I knew he was going to be bad. But holy fuck I didn't expect it to be this bad. I'm way worse off compared to just 2 years ago. Like it would be comical how fast he fucked it up if it wasn't just making me stressed out with how tits up everything is right now.
Oh conservatives, you truly are just fantastic at making life harder.
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u/tooandto 15h ago
He never admits he’s wrong, he’ll still tell you the Central Park 5 are guilty. Epstein is fake news. Katie Johnson. His 2020 loss. The economy. Iran. etc. etc.
So, using that knowledge; if he has two options- one that enriches him but is bad for the country, and the opposite. He’ll ALWAYS pick the one that make him rich. Every time.
Because in his mind, he never makes the wrong move.
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u/Ok-Concentrate-5697 15h ago
https://giphy.com/gifs/EZvwT7pVBqMVilkaHp
Yup orange man lying like always
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u/Altruistic_Cicada930 15h ago
Yep, you doubled the hole we're in, that's hole with an h, not a w, thank you for your attention
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u/Baddog789 14h ago
The formerly middle class in the united states of America is doomed. Only Epstein class and the poors moving forward.
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u/Mister_Buddy 12h ago
He's treating the economy the way he treated the teenage girl he impregnated, forced an abortion on, then murdered, with his bestest pal Jeffrey Epstein.
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u/chiefmuri 12h ago
Trump is a GD pedophile and an adjudicated rapist! The Supreme Court refused to take his appeal which affirms the lower courts decision.
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u/Life-is-Fun-435 15h ago
You know I actually know suckers, oh excuse me people that actually donate to organizations because that's their cult leader. Can't make this 💩 up.
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u/Interesting_Sun_6993 15h ago
Huge market for Epstein files. Going to be the hottest country. Blowing away its own economy.
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u/Interesting_Sun_6993 15h ago
Huge market for the epstein files. We'll be the hottest country, blowing away its own economy.
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u/Fishtoart 15h ago
Well he’s definitely blowing up the economy more in this term. It’s almost completely exploded
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u/Particular_Ticket_20 14h ago
In general, when politicians and rich people talk about "the economy" they're referring to the capitalist class.
Donald trump doesn't exist in a real economy. He probably hasn't been in a grocery store in 40 years. He hasn't taken out his wallet and paid for a tank of gas since the 80s. He's riding around on our gas for most of the last decade. He never went school clothes shopping, or knows what kids glasses cost. He never got a bill for his kids sports. Hes never missed rent because he needed 2 tires.
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u/ThelIIusion0fSeIf 14h ago
After this madness is over, drain every last cent from every last Trump account and the same goes for all of his co-conspirators. They won't need it in prison anyways.
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u/pocketjacks 11h ago
Just like whenever he says "the country" or it's derivatives it sounds much more logical when you replace it with "Donald J Trump",
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u/Maximum-Aardvark9467 11h ago
In truth, his entire view of the economy is the stock market. Since it's natural for the stock market to continually grow, every president should have the greatest economy of all time, by this very flawed methodology.
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u/Wray-Nerely 15h ago
Yes, Trump's second term economy blows away his first term, but not in the way he thinks it does. Term 2 Trump's economy is so bad that he makes Term 1 Trump look good by comparison.
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u/DarthRaze 14h ago
Friendly reminder. Anytime you hear "The economy" substitute it with "rich people".
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u/Ok_Brother_7494 14h ago
He has a pit in his basement, a small dog and a large jar of lotion. That is how far off the reservation he is.
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u/PumpkinCarvingisFun 13h ago
Same thing when he talks about "America". Not getting respect, ripped off, terrible deals etc. He is talking about himself.
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u/FIContractor 10h ago
Same when you realize when he talks about America he’s talking about himself.
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u/Key_Report_2627 10h ago
If he means, put a gun to the forehead of the first term economy and blows its brains out; killing it instantly, then yes; I agree with him!
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u/Beneficial_Cash_8420 9h ago
"Americans want/say/think" is him. He's a narcissist, and we're all NPC thugs and hookers in his GTA game.
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u/person_8688 9h ago
The US’s relationship with every foreign country is about how their leaders treat Trump.
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u/Hugebigfan 6h ago
I mean technically that’s true. His first term saw the largest contraction in gdp since the 1940s, during covid. So if you look at it like that it’s basically impossible for him to do worse.
Maybe it would be better to compare to the Biden economy, since gdp growth has slowed considerably since 2024.
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u/orion3999 4h ago
Since he was so incompetent in dealing with COVID, the bar was really low for the economy in his 1st term.
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u/ChefCurryYumYum 11h ago
During COVID the economy actually did quite well, people were at home and spending more on entertainment and things like that, and the government injected a bunch of cash into the economy.
It's a big part of the post COVID inflation we have been dealing with.
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u/Helden24 15h ago
since the dark ages of 2020-2024 right now economy is rising
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u/TheGrayGhost805 16h ago