- cross-posted to:
- politics@lemmy.world
- cross-posted to:
- politics@lemmy.world
Summary
Trump’s economic policies, particularly his tariffs, are proving disastrous after being “sanewashed” by media during the campaign.
After making tariffs central to his campaign, he twice imposed them—only to backtrack amid market turmoil. Despite clear evidence that tariffs are taxes that raise prices, his allies continue pushing economic falsehoods.
Meanwhile, Trump’s pledge to balance the budget contradicts his record, as he added $2.1 trillion to the deficit, while Democratic presidents have historically reduced it.
His proposed $7 trillion tax cuts, paired with $4.5 trillion in spending cuts, would create massive deficits and harm working-class Americans.
The actual origin was darker than that.
It comes from Steve Bannon’s (not trump’s) plan to take control of the government by moving tens of thousands of people (pieces) into strategic places in state legislature over the course of the past 8 years, culminating in the Supreme Court. Bannon referred to it as playing 4D chess in articles on Brietbart and podcasts like 10 years ago.