By Nancy Thorner & Bonnie O'Neil -
Within hours after Trump was elected President, a Nobel Laureate economist and New York Times columnist Paul Krugman, among others of his ilk, reported how a Trump presidency would result in an immediate, serious recession. Krugman claimed and the Times reported, “We are very probably looking at a global recession, with no end in sight.”
It has since been proven over three years of a Trump presidency, that those dire predictions were wrong. Our economy is thriving, and our nation remains the envy of most people throughout the world, which is why our borders must be protected.
Krugman was not alone in predicting a recession. Consider Treasury Secretary Lawrence Summers who warned in a June 2016 Financial Times op-ed: “If Trump is elected, we could expect a protracted recession to begin within 18 months.” He added, “The damage would be felt far beyond the United States.”
Negative news reporting spurns fake news
The excessive negative reporting began during Trump's debates with Hillary Clinton but escalated once he was elected President. You might remember how many in the media lied and attempted to deceive the public about Trump's inauguration ceremony, when many news sources claimed an historic low attendance at the ceremony, even publishing misleading pictures as proof. However, these sources failed to mention the pictures were taken many hours before the ceremony began, that it had been raining, and thus many were waiting to take their seats or places in line, hoping the rain would cease. They didn’t mention that by the time the ceremony began, every seat was taken and people were standing throughout the area to witness the event in honor our new President.
During the 2017 Women's March on Washington, D.C., President Trump, newly sworn into office, was attacked by militant women.
Or who can forget the horror of the “Benghazi tragedy,” that caused the death of USA Ambassador Stephens, left our embassy ablaze, and killed Marines who tried to save both Ambassador Stevens and our American Embassy?
Then there was the IRS scandal in which President Obama, members of his staff, and the IRS were proven to have negatively targeted conservative groups prior to the 2012 presidential election.
Barack Obama took office in a failing economy that needed help. Instead of choosing an economic recovery plan that would help all our citizens recover, Obama’s plan mainly benefited the educated, prosperous people, far more than the middle class, according to Reed Hundt, a Democrat and former chairman of the Federal Communications Commission.
One can only speculate how many more mistakes and infractions of the law might have been hid from the public during the Obama administration, but we do know that during that time unemployment was at 9.8 percent and many Americans were just thankful to be able to put food on the table and pay medical expenses.
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