Scooby MF Doo: And let’s be real. His performance pre-covid was ineffective. Trillions of $ in tax cuts pumped in to the economy for below trend line job and wage growth. Barely above trend line GDP. Ballooned the deficit by over $200B a year for all that “expansion”.

For context, Yglesias has written detailed threads and articles on his blog about how devastating Trump's proposed economic platform would be to the economy, inflation, and the deficit. This is the response from an NYT economics reporter.

also the simple fact of it is that Trump inherited a good economy and left a terrifying one

Right, "the economy only improved" isn't true! That "only" shouldn't be there!

And let’s be real. His performance pre-covid was ineffective. Trillions of $ in tax cuts pumped in to the economy for below trend line job and wage growth. Barely above trend line GDP. Ballooned the deficit by over $200B a year for all that “expansion”.

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