How Trump is systematically concealing America from Americans
Friends,
Flying blind is dangerous, but it’s what Trump and his lackeys are forcing America to do.
For starters, the current government shutdown means that critical economic statistics — such as job numbers from the Bureau of Labor Statistics that normally would have appeared last Friday — are delayed. No one knows when they’ll appear.
The BLS also produces data on inflation and wages — also delayed.
At a time when there’s reason to worry that the American economy is weakening — when Trump’s tariffs (import taxes) are pushing prices higher, his ICE dragnet is causing labor shortages, and he is asserting control over the Fed’s interest-rate decisions — turning the lights off on the economy is a particularly bad idea.
But even if the government weren’t shuttered, Trump is still turning out the lights.
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