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Yo_Mama_Been_Loggin

(126,580 posts)
Fri Jul 18, 2025, 05:13 PM Jul 18

Will America ever recover from what Trump has wrought?

By Froma Harrop / Creators.com

There are a lot of things Donald Trump does not like. Find a common theme, and one may conclude that Trump doesn’t like America. This thought is not original to me. Democratic strategist James Carville offers it as his theory of why Trump wreaks so much damage on this country.

Trump knows what he’s doing and apparently takes pleasure in the damage caused. Why he’s doing it seems tied to his stated need for “vengeance.” Also to the personality disorder known as “malignant narcissism.” Let the psychiatrists take it from there.

What I offer is his acts of sabotage in list form.

Start with the economy. Trump’s tax-and-spending bill will eventually stall the economy by tacking as much as $6 trillion onto the national debt. He’s further promoting financial instability by deregulating crypto, an ideal medium for committing fraud, tax evasion and other criminal activity.

https://www.heraldnet.com/opinion/harrop-will-america-ever-recover-from-what-trump-has-wrought/

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Will America ever recover from what Trump has wrought? (Original Post) Yo_Mama_Been_Loggin Jul 18 OP
Not in my lifetime... S/V Loner Jul 18 #1
Not just America Lulu KC Jul 18 #2
From what I can tell, *rump's main goal has been to weaken the dollar, Uncle Joe Jul 18 #3
Yes, if we have a huge Bluenami DavidDvorkin Jul 18 #4

Uncle Joe

(62,512 posts)
3. From what I can tell, *rump's main goal has been to weaken the dollar,
Fri Jul 18, 2025, 06:43 PM
Jul 18

whether by policy, or erratic behavior.

Thanks for the thread Yo_Mama_Been_Loggin

DavidDvorkin

(20,273 posts)
4. Yes, if we have a huge Bluenami
Fri Jul 18, 2025, 11:00 PM
Jul 18

Resulting in taxing the rich, corporations, and wealth; an expanded Supreme Court; Trumpists purged from the Executive Branch; voting rights legislated and strongly enforced; and probably other changes that I'm not thinking of at the moment.

We could back on track immediately and start fairly quickly fixing the damage.

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