Many here may not agree, we need Trumps incompetence, corruption to set off an economic recession,

[shockey80]

Now! That would destroy him. It would help to get him impeached because he would lose support. I am convinced Trumps incompetence and corruption will set off an economic recession, I don't want it to happen after the 2020 election. I want it to happen now.

I do not want a repeat of the Bush years were he destroyed the economy as he left the Whitehouse. Obama had to fix all the damage Bush did. Fuck that bullshit , no more.

[snowybirdie]

1. How about

Thinking of all the suffering that would cause. Think it through, my friend

[shanny]

12. Like it isn't going to happen anyway?

and meantime destruction of our nation, its laws, mores, soul or whatever--not to mention the planet--continues apace. Sadly, sooner is better than later.

[Farmer-Rick]

2. Unfortunately, the US economy is too big to turn on a dime

Anything done to the economy takes 4 to 8 years to affect a change in the US. Though rapid communication has increased the speed at which change ripples through.

[shanny]

5. We are overdue for a downturn.

With his stupid trade wars it may be enough.

[Farmer-Rick]

27. True that.

[PoindexterOglethorpe]

3. The economy doesn't really work that way.

While Presidents take credit or blame, they usually don't have as much to do with it as people think.

Plus, given that the stock market has gone up some 8,000 points since Trump was elected, despite frantic predictions back in November 2016 that it would totally tank, you shouldn't count on it.

[Boomerproud]

28. Wall St. (Aka the Investor Class) always protects

Its own. Nothing surprising there.

[wasupaloopa]

4. Jebus fricking crisp! Destroy millions of Americans futures and lives so we can get rid of trump!

Where the hell do some people keep their brains up their asses?

[Ferrets are Cool]

8. There is no place for that kind of speech here.

There are rules, whether you like them or not.

[wasupaloopa]

10. Well there is an alert button use it!

[Ferrets are Cool]

11. I would rather not

Are you demanding I do?

[Hekate]

21. Wasupaloopa seems to be coming from a place of utter shock. The OP, otoh, seems to be coming from...

...Planet Susan Sarandon or similar.

Destroying the lives of most of the people in this country imagining that will somehow "help" is really, really awful.

[Ferrets are Cool]

24. That isn't the part that was objectionable...

this is... " do some people keep their brains up their asses?" There are much nicer ways of disagreeing with a post.

[Hekate]

25. I would have said "Christ in a Trailer Hitch" but that's just me. Now back to points made in the OP

[obamanut2012]

22. No, there isn't

[shockey80]

13. I don't want a recession.

I believe it will happen because that is what history tells us what will happen. I want it to happen now. Not later.

[treestar]

20. We could argue which is worse

Dotard may destroy a lot more futures and lives and may even destroy our republican form of government. I'm not sure he can, but those who think so would not think temporary economic pain worse.

[Generic Brad]

6. It's going in that direction

It may still take a few years to get there, but the tax changes they enacted into law last year make an economic collapse inevitable. It could be way worse than the Bush recession was. The other thing that worries me is that it will all implode after the next blue wave happens and the blame will unjustly be laid at the feet of Democrats.

[shockey80]

9. Thats my point. It's inevitable.

[rufus dog]

7. And you will be sorely disappointed

His cult followers will just blame it on Pelosi, AOC, and the Dem House.

You really need to understand the enemy, they will never take responsibility for tRump.

[shanny]

14. We don't care about what his cult followers think or say.

They are unreachable but also outnumbered.

[trev]

16. This is true.

That's why the tweets are always blaming Dems for Trump's actions, and the GOP sycophants take up the Twitter mantra immediately.

This has always been the Republican strategy of choice.

[Lucid Dreamer]

15. I don't think you thought this through very well.

Try again.

[nini]

17. It'll destroy me too

I've rebuilt my life 3 times. I won't be able to again at my age.

No thanks

[mtnsnake]

18. The "experts" are saying a downturn or even a recession is inevitable soon, so I agree with you

...if it's gonna happen, it should happen under Trump and not under a Democrat for exactly the reasons you stated. An economic recession will hurt me and my family as much as anyone, but if this is what it takes to wake so many of the Trump supporting idiots up, then so it should be. The long term good that would come out of it would far outweigh any of the short term economic effects we'd suffer. Personally, while me and my family have something significant to lose again in another stock market crash, I hope the stock market tanks soon tanks under Trump because that would send a fucking jolt through Trump World like nothing else would. I would love to sacrifice some stock market money if it meant disaster for Trump World and a better future for our country.

[Yavin4]

19. The Fed controls whether the economy falls into and out of recessions.

Notably, the last time we had records set on the markets and UE this low was back in 1998-99. Greenspan pushed rates all the way to 6.5% pushing the economy into a recession in time for the 2000 presidential election.

Today, we have the same conditions, but rates are at 2.5%. Also, unlike 1998-99, the federal deficit/debt grows every day, but rates are still in stimulus territory. Methinks that Powell and the Fed will keep rates low through the 2020 presidential election and then hike them like crazy no matter who wins.

[Hekate]

23. Is that you, Ms Sarandon? A gleam in your eye at the thought of the lovely "revolution" brought on

...by the election of Trump?

No. Just no.

[shanny]

30. Codswollop.

There is a recession, or worse, coming. It is inevitable and in fact it is overdue. Knowing that, and hoping it comes soon enough to rid us of the mango mussolini is not the equivalent of rooting for some creative destruction because it would be lovely.

I thought it was only the pukes who were incapable of nuance.

[emulatorloo]

26. Not a fan of the theory of accelerationism. Unrec n/t

[Power 2 the People]

29. +1000

[Joe941]

31. Nope.