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Trump's Economy Is Collapsing, And It's By Design

Your loss is his gain

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Mar 04, 2025
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Less than two months into his second term, Donald Trump is already tanking the economy — and it all seems completely intentional.

First, he wrecks the stock market

The stock market has been spiraling ever since Trump announced his reckless tariffs last week.

But this morning, it officially crashed — with the S&P 500 wiping out $3.4 trillion in value and erasing every single gain made since the November election.

Not to mention

The Atlanta Fed model now predicts America’s GDP will shrink by 2.8% in Q1 of 2025, signaling a potential recession.

And yet…

The billionaires are still riding with Trump.

Here’s the deal

When stocks crash, desperate people panic-sell at rock-bottom prices — often out of necessity.

Then, the ultra-wealthy swoop in, buy up assets for pennies on the dollar, and multiply their net worth while the rest of the country suffers.

It’s exactly what happened during the 2008 financial crisis.

And just like clockwork

Trump is doing it again — manipulating the economy to benefit the top 1% (and himself) while forcing everyone else to foot the bill.

The crazy part is, this was all planned out in advance

Elon Musk telegraphed this on the campaign trail, warning that we should “brace for temporary hardship" to "fix" the economy.

In reality, that "pain" is just another transfer of wealth to the billionaire class.

And to make matters worse:

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