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We don’t need a recession, but Trump is leading us to one.
Because he knows — for sure — that after we recover from the recession, everything will be beautiful.
How long will the recession last, how much damage will it cause, he won’t tell us.
Of course, he doesn’t know, but he acts as if he did.
Federal Reserve Chairman, Jerome Powell, told us the other day that the economy is doing well.
But that’s not enough for Trump who must do his magic and push tariffs on everyone.
So everything will be beautiful.
Other nations have other ideas about our president.
They see, clearly, the predicament we’re in.
A narcissist president, desperate for continuous admiration and flattery, choosing to stir the latent narcissism in his followers.
‘We will be great again! Leave it up to me,’ he tells us. ‘You don’t have to do anything, just follow the script. Watch me do my magic!’
‘I got this, believe me. Please, don’t do anything except adore me. For I am without fault.’
‘If I say to you that I will end the war, I will end it. I will do what must be done. Humiliate Zelensky if I must, force him to kneel before me and thank us for all we’ve done for him.
Putin is a master. He is such an admirable thinker. He saw that Ukraine’s revolt against Russia’s domination would be a bad example for his people and did what needed to be done. Protect them by slaughtering Ukraine.
I say to you…
