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A lot of this stuff is on a YouTube education level, not even a degree. I would be shocked if the US does not have a bunch of economic advisors who tell them wh
by muzani 2y ago
A lot of this stuff is on a YouTube education level, not even a degree. I would be shocked if the US does not have a bunch of economic advisors who tell them what problems there are and what should be done. They've probably mapped out all the next steps. Most US presidents are Harvard-level smart, but the White House has been around long enough to find a way to deliver reports to the simpler ones.
There's a lot of obvious big problems - confidence in the USD, debt rising faster than GDP can catch up, military overextension, China's rise outpacing US, inequality, inaccessible education and health care, opioid crisis, etc.
Trump has a good eye for identifying this - that's why he won the election despite all his weaknesses. It's clear he knows some of this but doesn't understand it - his comments on a BRICS currency, for example. Yes, a "BRICS currency" would threaten Pax Americana but it's on literally nobody's mind.
I feel like, if anything, he's an overplanner. A smarter leader would think, these moves will have unplanned side effects. Trump makes a lot of roundabout moves like DOGE. These moves have a target, but he hasn't thought about the side effects. And when a crisis like COVID hits, it disrupts the complex plans, which is why he reacts so poorly to them.
- shigawire 2y ago>I feel like, if anything, he's an overplanner. Trump is famous for ad libbing and making up whatever he wants in the moment. His first administration was not prepared to govern. I'm not sure how this is seen as over planning.
- slg 2y agoThis just reads like pure fantasy to me. Have you not seen the account from numerous former Cabinet and White House officials about how lazy and incurious he is or how difficult it is to get him to read the reports put in front of him? Have you missed the way he has forced countless career officials out of the government through layoffs, firings, or pushing people to resign in protest? I don’t even know what to say to the idea that Trump is an “overplanner”, you even literally said “he hasn't thought about the side effects” a few sentences later. That’s “overplanning”?
- muzani 2y agoI'm saying he thinks 4 steps ahead but not the next step.
- slg 2y agoI don't know how that is supposed to work or counts as an "overplanner". That sounds to me more like someone who has goals but doesn't actually have a plan on how to reach that goal.
- staunton 2y agoThat sounds contradictory and doesn't make sense to me...
- Anthony-G 2y agoI can’t help but think of the classic Southpark 4-step plan – just with a missing Step 2 as well as Step 3. 1. Step 1 2. ??? 3. ??? 4. Profit! https://knowyourmeme.com/memes/profit https://knowyourmeme.com/memes/profit
- iugtmkbdfil834 2y ago<< I would be shocked if the US does not have a bunch of economic advisors who tell them Oh, US does have its share of economic advisors[1] of all stripes. And, I would love to be corrected on this, when SHTF, they immediately argue for NOT the very thing they normally argue for. They can tell what should be done for sure.. just not when it comes to their money.. (edit)Therein lies the issue or at least a part of the it. [1]https://www.forbes.com/sites/mattnovak/2023/03/12/larry-summers-says-now-is-not-the-time-for-moral-hazard-lectures-about-bailouts/ https://www.forbes.com/sites/mattnovak/2023/03/12/larry-summ...
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