Just Call Him Herbert Hoover Trump
Donald Trump is leading the economy to places where it hasn't been since the Great Depression as a president who cosplays Ronald Reagan is really Herbert Hoover.
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Donald Trump badmouthed the economy all through the 2024 presidential campaign. Trump promised that the sole act of sending him back to the White House would bring inflation down and lower costs.
Trump blamed Biden’s policies for inflation, but the then ex-president also seemed to be operating under the false belief that the economy had not changed in five years and his set of economic beliefs could be implemented right away with no consequences.
Here is the first consequence of Trump’s economic belief system:
