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Trump’s Economic Promises Timeline​


8/9/24: “Starting on day one, we will end inflation and make America affordable again, to bring down the prices of all goods.”
NBC Montana, Trump Rally in Bozeman, MT, YouTube (August 9, 2024).
8/14/24 “Under my administration, we will be slashing energy and electricity prices by half within 12 months, at a maximum 18 months”
“Prices will come down. You just watch: They’ll come down, and they’ll come down fast, not only with insurance, with everything.”
PBS NewsHour, Trump Rally in North Carolina, YouTube (August 14, 2024).
8/17/24 “Starting the day I take the oath of office, I will rapidly drive prices down and we will make America affordable again. We’re going to make it affordable again.”
“We’re going to get your energy prices down. We’re going to get your energy prices down by 50%.”
PBS NewsHour, Trump speaks at campaign rally in Wilkes-Barre, Pennsylvania, YouTube (August 17, 2024).
9/5/24 @ 10:56 “We will bring our auto-making industry to the record levels of 37 years ago, and we’ll be able to do it very quickly through tariffs and other smart use of certain things that we have that other countries don't.”
@ 18:05 “Energy is going to bring us back. That means we’re going down and getting gasoline below $2 a gallon, bring down the price of everything from electricity rates to groceries, airfares, and housing costs.”
@ 48:04 “We will eliminate regulations that drive up housing costs with the goal of cutting the cost of a new home in half. We think we can do that.”
NBC News, Trump Addresses Economic Club Of New York, YouTube (September 5, 2024).
9/18/24 “While working Americans catch up, we’re going to put a temporary cap on credit card interest rates. We can’t let them make 25 and 30%.”
Former President Trump Campaigns in Uniondale, New York, C-SPAN (September 18, 2024).
9/29/24 “We're going to get the prices down. We have to get them down. It's too much. Groceries, cars, everything. We're going to get the prices down. While working Americans catch up, we are going to put a temporary cap on credit card interest rates at 10%. People are being made to pay 25%. Temporary ban.”
Speech: Donald Trump Holds a Campaign Rally in Erie, Pennsylvania, Roll Call (September 29, 2024).
10/1/24: “Starting on day one, we will end inflation and make America affordable again. We’ll do that. We’ve got to bring it down.”
PBS NewsHour, Trump delivers campaign remarks in Waunakee as vice presidential debate set to begin, YouTube (October 1, 2024).
11/04/24 “A vote for Trump means your groceries will be cheaper”
Former President Trump Campaigns in Pittsburgh, C-SPAN (November 4, 2024).
12/12/24 “I can’t guarantee anything. I can’t guarantee tomorrow”
Time Staff, Read the Full Transcript of Donald Trump’s 2024 Person of the Year Interview With TIME, TIME (December 12, 2024).
1/5/25 “We must secure our border, unleash American energy, and renew the Trump tax cuts, which were the largest in history, but we will make it even better - There will be no tax on tips. It will all be made up with tariffs, and much more, from countries that have taken advantage of the U.S. for years.”
Donald J. Trump (@realDonaldTrump), X (January 5, 2025, 9:11PM).
1/7/25 “We’re going to have prices down- I think you’re going to see some pretty drastic price reductions.”
Associated Press, Trump holds a press conference at Mar-a-Lago, YouTube (January 7, 2025).

https://doggett.house.gov/issues/trumps ... s-timeline

Reminder — Trump-run companies have filed bankruptcies six times:

https://www.washingtonpost.com/politics ... six-times/

Also

“… Trump Shuttle Airlines failed after two years, with a plane crashin the first two months. Trump Mortgage lasted a year and closed in 2007 due to the fact that Trump’s hired executive, E.J. Ridings, significantly inflated his resume.

Trump Steaks failed, Trump Magazine failed, GoTrump.com failed, Trump The Game failed, Trump Vodka failed.

Trump University failed with a $40 million lawsuit from the New York Attorney General. …”

theticker.org
Donald Trump’s failed business ventures indicate lack of economic knowledge - The Ticker
In the 2024 election, nine in 10 registered voters said that the economy was one of the top issues—and as the election results show, voters trust Donald Trump to handle things. But why? Throughout his career, Trump has poured money into countless failed ventures, which should raise questions...
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Stephen Miller is the biggest loser weasel I've ever seen. I punk and a loser his whole life (kinda like IB and Tree), completely ignorant of anything beyond his immediate personal gain. The fact that this fool is a top "adviser" to Trump is all you need to know about Trump...

Hedge,

Poor people do not care how much the stock market goes down. Poor people do not care how much more sales tax you have to pay for anything. All poor people want is a place to do well formed work that isn’t too far from home. The two coasts have said “fuck you” to that request for 40 years.

It’s over hedge. Poor people love this President. Get used to it.

Poor people live by one credo: when it really gets worse, we eat the children of those who made it happen after we cut off their faces to wear as masks.

"It’s over hedge. Poor people love this President. Get used to it."

Great, just what I've always dreamed of, to live in a country run by the petty grievances of the poor. I'm like Dave Chappell, I hate the poor...

He's joking but he's right...

"Poor people do not care how much the stock market goes down."

When they start getting laid off they'll care...

hedge wrote: ↑Mon Apr 07, 2025 11:52 am "Poor people do not care how much the stock market goes down."

When they start getting laid off they'll care...

They haven’t really been fully laid ON in decades.

hedge wrote: ↑Mon Apr 07, 2025 11:44 am "It’s over hedge. Poor people love this President. Get used to it."

Great, just what I've always dreamed of, to live in a country run by the petty grievances of the poor. I'm like Dave Chappell, I hate the poor...

The policy of both democrats and republicans for decades has been, give the losers entitlements and welfare and keep the alive and poor and losers. Trump’s policy is give them at least one chance at success, one chance to win. Now, not only is our stock market crumbling, so is every other stock market in the whole world. European leaders told CNN they want to cut a deal with the US and Trump today. None of these countries can survive without the US market.