Trump Is Crashing the Economy So Badly that 58% of Americans Think We're Already in a Recession

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Ben Keenan Just Can't Stop Talking

Ben Keenan

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Trump Is Crashing the Economy So Badly that 58% of Americans Think We're Already in a Recession

Ben Keenan Just Can't Stop Talking

6 minutes 16 seconds

7 months ago

Trump Is Crashing the Economy So Badly that 58% of Americans Think We're Already in a Recession

Here's what happened April 8, 2025:

At least 44 people died and more than 160 others were injured after a roof fell in at a nightclub in Santo Domingo in the Dominican Republic, authorities say. Apparently this was an iconic nightclub with attendees that included politicians, athletes, performers, and more attending a merengue concert.
In a massive escalation, Donald Trump has increased reciprocal tariffs on China to 104% after China didn’t remove their reciprocal tariffs on the US. For context, we get 16.5% of our imported goods from China, meaning that now, nearly 1 in every 5 items you buy will be DOUBLE the price it was yesterday. Thanks Trump.
Democratic Senator from Oregon, Ron Wyden, announced a bipartisan resolution to end Trump’s global tariffs - cool, only 2 issues. 1. Republican House Speaker Mike Johnson will NEVER bring this to a vote in the House, and 2. Even if he DID bring this up for a vote and it passed, Trump already said he would veto it. So what do we do now…
The Denver Nuggets NBA team have fired their coach, Michael Malone, despite him being the winningest coach in franchise history and also winning the only championship in franchise history - THEN they also fired their GM, Calvin Boot. Recession core.
In a new court filing, we learned that the IRS has agreed to share the personal information of undocumented taxpayers with ICE
As of 12:45pm, the S&P 500 completely wiped out the full last year of gains, with a new Cygnal poll reporting that 58% of Americans believe that we are currently in a recession. And yet Trump’s disapproval number is still only like 55% - I need to speak to that 3% of folks that think we’re in a recession, but approve of Trump, expeditiously
After filing for bankruptcy, Big Lots - the giant retail store - announces store reopenings and maybe it’s a me thing, but do I just not know what bankruptcy means. Shouldn’t they just be gone with no money?
Texas’s Republican Attorney General, the notoriously corrupt Ken Paxton, has announced a primary challenge to Republican Senator John Cornyn. Now, while Ken Paxton becoming a Senator would be one of the worst things I could imagine for the Senate, the possibility of enough people hating him and the primary getting nasty could be a really good opportunity for Texas to elect a Democrat in a Blue Wave year…something to consider when looking at who could potentially run.