Trump and the bad economy

[Plankton5165]

The president doing a good job with the economy is ground zero.

[Kamala]

He's not doing much of anything, so...

[TheSaint250]

He's not doing much of anything, so...

Gotta agree here. There's been no major policy changes regarding the economy.

[Skunk]

He's not doing much of anything, so...

[True Federalist (진정한 연방 주의자)]

Since he hasn't been able to get anything passed, average so far, tho below average if he had.

[ProudModerate2]

He's not doing much of anything, so...

Gotta agree here. There's been no major policy changes regarding the economy.

I also agree.
And so I went with one level below "Average" and voted "Bad."

[Absentee Voting Ghost of Ruin]

If a ship captain spends all his time in his cabin or on his estate ashore, and his officers all wander around aimlessly saying "carry on lads" when they're not fighting duels with each other, I don't think they can be said to be doing their jobs enough to merit a rating on them.  

In the long run, they're setting the ship up for failure which is a terrible way to do their jobs.

[Amenhotep Bakari-Sellers]

It needs a boost with infrastructure spending, minimum wage hikes, tax credits to business for hiring Laborers. As well as passage of immigration reform.

With the uncertainty, segments of population will still be underemployed or not employed

[Young Conservative]

For every 1 Regulation implemented, they have eliminated 16. He's working to cut taxes. His election as a pro-business candidate rallied the stock market and investment (typical for Republican elections). Objectively, the economy is doing well. Saying the President is doing anything but well in regards to this is hackish.

[pbrower2a]

As Hoover was riding the Coolidge boom at this time in 1929, President Trump is riding the Obama economy this time in 2017. He has yet to be tested. "I" as in "Incomplete". 

[True Federalist (진정한 연방 주의자)]

For every 1 Regulation implemented, they have eliminated 16. He's working to cut taxes. His election as a pro-business candidate rallied the stock market and investment (typical for Republican elections). Objectively, the economy is doing well. Saying the President is doing anything but well in regards to this is hackish.

While there is some truth to what you say, the fear, uncertainty, and doubt he has generated in one of our largest economic sectors, healthcare offsets that, as does the fact to a large extent, those regulatory cuts you applaud are indiscriminate cuts being made because the easiest thing he can do is rollback recent regulations regardless of their effect.

[dw93]

As Hoover was riding the Coolidge boom at this time in 1929, President Trump is riding the Obama economy this time in 2017. He has yet to be tested. "I" as in "Incomplete". 

[GoTfan]

As Hoover was riding the Coolidge boom at this time in 1929, President Trump is riding the Obama economy this time in 2017. He has yet to be tested. "I" as in "Incomplete". 

Agreed, Obama set up an improving economy, and Trump's just riding the wave. Soon though, I say around this time next year, he's in for a rude awakening, because it's likely the economy tanks at some point during his Presidency, leading us to a 2008-esque crisis. The Republicans will cop the blame for it and it will be a Democratic rout in the midterms.

Another problem is that if a crisis happens next year, then Trump will also cop the blame, and his approval ratings would be lucky to break 20%, which in turn, means a lot of Democrats will be lining up to take a shot at him in 2020

[Technocracy Timmy]

As Hoover was riding the Coolidge boom at this time in 1929, President Trump is riding the Obama economy this time in 2017. He has yet to be tested. "I" as in "Incomplete". 

Agreed, Obama set up an improving economy, and Trump's just riding the wave. Soon though, I say around this time next year, he's in for a rude awakening, because it's likely the economy tanks at some point during his Presidency, leading us to a 2008-esque crisis. The Republicans will cop the blame for it and it will be a Democratic rout in the midterms.

Another problem is that if a crisis happens next year, then Trump will also cop the blame, and his approval ratings would be lucky to break 20%, which in turn, means a lot of Democrats will be lining up to take a shot at him in 2020

Or the incompetency of the Trump administration and the GOP lead to the Democrats having a trifecta in 2020 then the economy goes into a crisis when they're in power and they get slammed in 2022 and 2024.

[Badger]

For every 1 Regulation implemented, they have eliminated 16. He's working to cut taxes. His election as a pro-business candidate rallied the stock market and investment (typical for Republican elections). Objectively, the economy is doing well. Saying the President is doing anything but well in regards to this is hackish.

The stock market has been consistently "rallied" for 8 years prior to his inauguration.

There is nothing reliable for businesses to trust in regarding what comes next from the Court of the Orange King, but the Obama economy fortunately hasn't been derailed---yet.