Trumpenomics
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But that’s sort of irrelevant.
I think what we’re seeing here is that most industries aren’t making expansion plans in the face of economic uncertainty. That economic uncertainty, perhaps uniquely in our economic history, has a single author who just fired the head of his labor statistics department.
@jon-nyc said in Trumpenomics:
a single author who just fired the head of his labor statistics department.
I wonder if he was actually fired for pointing out that a 1500% decrease in expense is something that only a moron would talk about.
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@jon-nyc said in Trumpenomics:
a single author who just fired the head of his labor statistics department.
I wonder if he was actually fired for pointing out that a 1500% decrease in expense is something that only a moron would talk about.
@Doctor-Phibes said in Trumpenomics:
@jon-nyc said in Trumpenomics:
a single author who just fired the head of his labor statistics department.
I wonder if he was actually fired for pointing out that a 1500% decrease in expense is something that only a moron would talk about.
Maybe Trump was just confused and mistook an estimated savings range of 1% to 5% with a net reduction of 1500%.
That or Trump just rounded up to 1500% for the sake of simplicity.
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Get your back-to-school shopping done early before tariffs hit:
https://thehill.com/homenews/education/5435418-back-to-school-trump-tariffs-trade-war/
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Japan's trade deal:
https://www.washingtonpost.com/world/2025/08/08/us-japan-trade-deal-dispute/
With no provisions committed to a formal document, the fact sheets that both governments released have conflicting information.
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Another 90-day pause on tariffs on imports from China:
https://www.theguardian.com/us-news/2025/aug/11/trump-china-tariffs-deal-deadline
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I wonder how bad the facts culture is within the White House... I expect if anyone tells Trump real data it's like a recurring "Hitler finds out" scene playing over and over.
