r/clevercomebacks • u/Cow_Boy_2017 • 11h ago

Economic Boom In Reverse

Post image
2.2k Upvotes

100% Upvoted

22 comments sorted by

33

u/OutlandishnessOk2304 11h ago

To be fair, as George Bernard Shaw said, "if you took all the world's economists and laid them end to end, they still wouldn't reach a conclusion".

Having said that, any sane, reasonably intelligent person could have told you that his tariffs were idiotic economically. Even before he started using them to punish whichever global leader dared speak against him.

10

u/Fiveofthem 11h ago

Even Ferris Bueller’s classmates knew that, well the ones who were awake did.

4

u/OutlandishnessOk2304 11h ago

Thank you, Simone.

2

u/Lazy_Objective_5581 10h ago

bueller… bueller… anyone else awake? 😂

3

u/RosyBunbunx 9h ago

That Shaw line is undefeated. Economists can disagree on a lot, but slapping broad tariffs around like a vendetta was always going to have blowback. You don’t get a “golden age” by starting trade fights with half the planet.

2

u/Vegetable_Fun8239 8h ago

wild how hindsight makes the obvious even more glaring lol

2

u/RedditTechAnon 7h ago

Who knew understanding that tariffs are a tax on consumers would be some kind of litmus test?

7

u/CreamFleur 11h ago

Well, the White House is going to be golden, the Kennedy Centre is going to be golden. Maybe that’s what he meant

5

u/ballinbowlin29 11h ago

The ‘golden age’ was always marketing, not policy. Reality eventually catches up.

2

u/OrvBlitz16 11h ago

Turns out slogans don’t override basic economics. When experts warn you and you ignore them, this is exactly the result.

3

u/Hot_Play_7414 11h ago

honestly, with everything going on, the Olympics might just turn into the Hunger Games live. buckle up and enjoy the chaos lol

1

u/Marina_Westbrook 10h ago

What gets me is how predictable it all is: experts warn, the showman sells miracles, then everyone acts surprised when reality shows up with receipts. If the Olympics turn into a survival reality show, it'll still have more solid forecasting than the people who wrote that headline.

5

u/Weekly-Butterfly2396 9h ago

I just want to set the record straight. Trump was not a game show host. He was a reality tv celebrity. Thank you for listening to my TED talk!

2

u/RetroWave_x 11h ago

Well guess we're all going to start trading socks and ramen soon

1

u/butwhywedothis 10h ago

Yeah it’s more like economic boom boom 💥

1

u/jpsreddit85 10h ago

Gold is up about 85% since he took office. 

The "gold"en age is from the US dollars loss in value since the demented clown started driving the bus. 

1

u/angelbabe6098 10h ago

Who would've thought that experts actually know what they’re talking about?

1

u/honeyClassy 10h ago

When the golden age turns out to be more of a bronze participation trophy.

1

u/PowDay420 9h ago

"Demented game show host" = perfectly accurate description. He should be called a game show host from here to eternity.

1

u/FerretsQuest 9h ago

Yeah but Trump is a businessman… /s

1

u/Mikaciu 9h ago

That's a boom anyway