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sanslumiere Mar 14, 2026 +486

Wouldn't be a Republican Administration without a contracting economy and war in the Middle East. A special shout out to any of my fellow Americans who gave one of the most profundly corrupt, morally reprehensible people in the United States the opportunity to cause chaos for another four years.

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sirius4778 Mar 14, 2026 +131

He said so many times Obama would invade Iran as a distraction. Weirdly specific accusation to fling and then do.

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project23 Mar 14, 2026 +66

"Every accusation is an admission" so they say. [He said the same thing of Kamala Harris.](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=uiZ0jw8CCI0)

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wh4tth3huh Mar 16, 2026 +3

"There’s an old saying in Tennessee — I know it’s in Texas, probably in Tennessee — that says, fool me once, shame on –shame on you. Fool me — you can’t get fooled again."

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DGlen Mar 14, 2026 +20

When they accuse people of s*** it's because that's what they would do. Like trying to steal elections.

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Floreat_democratia Mar 14, 2026 +11

Roy Cohn taught him to do it. People who study history knew this before he was elected.

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pringlesaremyfav Mar 14, 2026 +16

If only we could've gotten people to realize he literally blurts things he would do himself if he had the chance, because he assumes everyone is as corrupt and evil as he is.

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Niceromancer Mar 16, 2026 +3

He said if I voted for Kamala we would go to war in Iran. He was right.

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Jae_Rides_Apes Mar 14, 2026 +14

If it was only four years I’d be thrilled at this point. This kind of damage doesn’t go away the moment the presidency changes. This is a generation or more of economic and geopolitical damage.

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DocBlowjob Mar 14, 2026 +10

You could have made serious money on that bet

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SilverHawk7 Mar 16, 2026 +1

You said "contracting economy" and my brain interpreted as "economy based on contracts," rather than contracting as the opposite of growing/expanding.

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[deleted] Mar 14, 2026 +194

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QuentinLCrook Mar 14, 2026 +119

“I voted for this!” -MAGA morons

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yamirzmmdx Mar 14, 2026 +22

"Spank me HARDER Daddy!" -MAGA Sadists

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crakemonk Mar 14, 2026 +10

“Tread on me, let me lick all the shit off your boots!!” — MAGA Charlatan

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WallStreetAnus Mar 14, 2026 +30

MAGAs who fill up their 15 gallon tank weekly are spending an extra $780 a year on gas with gas $1 higher a gallon.

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pnutbrutal Mar 14, 2026 +7

This affects more than just literal gas prices. Everything that gets shipped price will go up too. The pain will continue to get passed on to the consumer. Every 10$ more per barrel is something like $300-400 dollars more per person per year. Just googled it and it looks like we’ve gone up at the very least 40$ per barrel since January this year. Gonna keep going up too.

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crakemonk Mar 14, 2026 +3

So glad that I went all-electric in 2020, at least with my car. My husband and I both drive MINIs… so thank f*** his gas MINI Cooper gets good mileage. My Countryman’s battery lasts like a week on a single charge. I’m just really peeved that Trump didn’t extend the EV benefits, because without an extension states couldn’t continue offering things, like my now expired 8 month old clean air decal that gave me the ability to drive in the carpool lane sans passenger.

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sl0play Mar 14, 2026 +8

15 gallon? Are they driving Civics? My regular ass sedan is 18 gal and my coupe is 21.

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KlutzyInvestments Mar 14, 2026 +8

Dafuq kind of coupe has a tank bigger than a sedan? My old 2015 CRV had a 15gal tank.

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sl0play Mar 14, 2026 +4

SL AMG. It doesn't get good mileage, but I also barely drive it, and never complain about the price of gas when I do.

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KlutzyInvestments Mar 14, 2026 +2

lol, fascinating. In my quest to learn more, I found out the C2 Corvettes had a Tanker option that equipped them with 36 gal tanks from the factory.

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sl0play Mar 14, 2026 +2

LOL. That's amazing. Who needs luggage when you can pack a trunk full of leaded gasoline! I swear some of the stuff they built in the 60's was just to prove nobody was gonna stop them. If you're actually interested the one I have is a R230 SL55 AMG. Last ones with the hand built M113k 5.4L supercharged V8. It's pretty ridiculous but the way I see it, I have a reasonable car for running errands, so I'm not burning up gas in this one all the time, I'm keeping it out of a scrapyard, and I'm paying for my mechanics kid to attend private school!

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KlutzyInvestments Mar 14, 2026 +2

Figured it was the SL55. Very nice. I’m hanging on to my LR Disco 2 for the same reason. Have had EVs for the past 9 years, so it’s nice to take something out to beat up every so often. I had my loud and fast halfway through my EV ownership journey with my S1k RR, but had a family and needed something larger, safer, and more practical. So still have the rover and maybe some point I’ll throw something together with the e36 convertible I’ve been storing for the past 20 years. Keep that SL safe and shiny!

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crakemonk Mar 14, 2026 +1

You’d be surprised, a few models of Mini Coopers have gas tanks that hold like 16 gallons.

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Yourponydied Mar 14, 2026 +2

Buh buh but 50 cent gas tax is too much!

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sl0play Mar 14, 2026 +11

"We make a lot of money" This quote should be printed on everyone's receipt so they can know where that extra $30 went each time they fill up. I'm sure it will make them feel so much better.

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Gougeded Mar 14, 2026 +4

What do you mean you're not making money? Don't you own an oil field like most americans?

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CV90_120 Mar 14, 2026 +3

When he says 'us', he means him specifically.

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barcode2099 Mar 15, 2026 +2

I remember one of his rallies from '16, where he was shouting about opening up the libel laws so that he could sue more people, and the crowd was going wild for it. Like, who the f*** are you going to sue for libel? Your aunt who called you out for getting thirds at Thanksgiving?

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made-of-questions Mar 14, 2026 +3

These figures don't even include the effects of the war. We'll see in two months.

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OHAnon Mar 14, 2026 +527

Why hello Mr Stagflation, long time no see…

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TiberiusCornelius Mar 14, 2026 +150

The last time it happened they stopped the flow of oil out of the Persian Gulf, who could have predicted it would do it a second time

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Floreat_democratia Mar 14, 2026 +61

There's a great political cartoon from that time period that is digitized and online. It shows a man tied up and gagged with a gasoline hose from a pump, with a message written on the gas pump bemoaning our lack of energy independence. 50 years later and nothing has changed. We truly live in an oil-run dystopia.

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EntrepreneurBehavior Mar 14, 2026 +18

Herblock from 1979

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Floreat_democratia Mar 14, 2026 +5

Yes! Listen, I really need your help! There's a similar, famous cartoon that has been completely scrubbed from the internet. I can find no trace of it, but someone like you should be able to point me to it. Here goes: The single panel shows an old timey gas pump with the odometer on the gas pump moving from Iraq to Iran. Please help me find it! I can't sleep!

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Real_EB Mar 14, 2026 +4

The first country to be completely free of oil from overseas will see incredible stability and growth as a result of that stability.

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Secret_Cow_5053 Mar 14, 2026 +1

Trump was aiming for the 50s, overshot, and landed in the 70s. We get gas lines and the draft. Have fun, guys! Betcha glad you didn’t vote for that b**** KAM-ala, eh?

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justmitzie Mar 14, 2026 +86

So, we(except for the very wealthy) are fucked.

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itsmyvoice Mar 14, 2026 +20

We always have been.

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TiberiusCornelius Mar 14, 2026 +15

Capitalism in any year

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Buddhas_Warrior Mar 14, 2026 +63

Is everyone tired of winning yet??

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justmitzie Mar 14, 2026 +15

I'm honestly so tired of all this

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SaveTheAles Mar 14, 2026 +20

Wow you mean the place holders that were released earlier that just matched expectations were wrong? No way.

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Burgerpocolypse Mar 14, 2026 +18

Ever since I could remember, Republicans have fucked up the economy. The market crashed under Raegan, Bush Sr. saw a recession, Bush Jr. gave us $5 gas prices, and now Trump. Why do people keep voting Republican to fix the economy when Republicans have a record of consistently making it so much worse for everyone except for themselves?

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noplanman_srslynone Mar 14, 2026 +12

Every Republican for over 100 years has had a recession, that's not hyperbole.

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mrIronHat Mar 14, 2026 +3

don't forget that Republican that had a depression, the greatest ever.

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rogman1970 Mar 14, 2026 +14

I'm sick of all the winning.

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ItsJustForMyOwnKicks Mar 14, 2026 +30

Biden did that, right?

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winksoutloud Mar 14, 2026 +16

When in doubt, blame Obama

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Malaix Mar 14, 2026 +11

Only in the sense that his AG pick was a complete waste and didn't throw Trumps ass in prison with a fast tracked investigation for all the treason and corruption he did in the first term. Garland might have literally been an apocalyptically bad AG choice depending on how bad this shitshow gets.

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ItsJustForMyOwnKicks Mar 14, 2026 +2

This isn’t talked about enough.

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ViceroyFizzlebottom Mar 14, 2026 +5

well of course! Biden and Obama were soft on Iran so it's their fault! /s

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MantisShrimpUpTop Mar 14, 2026 +23

THIS is what the distractions are really about. He doesn’t give a f*** about the Epstein files. In his circles, that just makes him seem more virile. This is way more embarrassing for an economy know-it-alll.

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_goblinette_ Mar 14, 2026 +41

None of it is a distraction. He really just *is* this shitty and incompetent.

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quats555 Mar 14, 2026 +6

So will this admin just bluff and bluster about this being good for us, or will heads roll at the Department of Commerce and new folks will be installed to feed us nicer looking numbers? Note I don’t suggest the possibility that they will actually try to do something to improve. They break things, they don’t fix them. At best they hold-plate it over (on taxpayer money!) until the cracks are too big to ignore.

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RobutNotRobot Mar 14, 2026 +4

Thanks to all the f****** dumbest people in the history of the planet that helped this regime happen.

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StoneyJabroniNumber1 Mar 14, 2026 +5

Turns out everybody collecting social security got screwed when Trump cooked the books.

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[deleted] Mar 14, 2026 +2

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deviltrombone Mar 14, 2026 +1

*Republicans* never were just a "basket", either.

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Niceromancer Mar 16, 2026 +2

Republican voters are some of the dumbest people on the planet.

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erebus49 Mar 14, 2026 +5

Quick reminder, you guys elected a felon pedo that bankrupted casinos and takes drugs and bribes like air and water. Now deal with the consequences. Go tariff yourselves.

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DoublePostedBroski Mar 14, 2026 +1

The tariffs will pay for themselves!

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Gr8daze Mar 14, 2026 +1

And even those numbers are suspect given what we are ALL seeing in the grocery store. That’s what happens when you calculate the inflation rate with fake (“imputed”) data.

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Secret_Cow_5053 Mar 14, 2026 +1

Can’t wait to see what March looks like 🙄

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NovelDraft5175 Mar 15, 2026 +1

Incompetence and corruption

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SideburnSundays Mar 16, 2026 +1

So f****** tired of "growth" being humanity's metric. Can we measure things in terms of stability and welfare for once?

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Fourth-quarter GDP revised down to just 0.7% growth; January core inflation was 3.1%

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