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Bessent: "The president is the most economically sophisticated president certainly for 100 years, perhaps in history."

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How none of these MAGA liars are ever immediately struck down with a bolt of lightning should have everyone questioning the existence of a higher power.

The GOP is DEAD. A morally bankrupt 34x felon who pardons cop killers/beaters, ignores the rule of law, the Constitution, & the SCOTUS, kills due process & then raises the deficit by historical levels in both of his terms is the exact opposite of EVERYTHING Republicans ever pretended to stand for.

The labor-force participation rate slipped to 62.3% from 62.4% in May U.S. manufacturing activity shrank for the fourth straight month in June Private-sector employers added just 74,000 jobs in June, down from 137,000 in May Total Bankruptcy Filings Increased 10 Percent in the First Half of 2025

No matter what this self loathing fool in his pink house says, Lutnick is worse. But come on Scott. You cannot believe what is coming from your mouth. Trump wouldn’t recognize or understand a simple supply and demand graph. Economic illiterate.

If ‘econ sophisticated’ = serial bankruptcies, 34 felonies for business fraud, half a billion $ (and climbing) in damages for his company’s business fraud, and general mob-rule techniques like refusing to pay for services rendered and suing claimants, maybe yeah. Greed-sophisticated, more like it.

Bessent is a multimillionaire, possibly a billionaire, so no wonder he thinks so. He wants those tax cuts and doesn’t care how many people, including children, have to suffer in order for him to get them. Another Trump admin sociopath.

Judd Legum@juddlegum.bsky.social

1. The FCC has suspended a rule, schedule to go in effect this year, that would have banned prisons from price gouging on phone calls. Right now, at some jails, a 15-minute phone call can cost over $11. The decision benefits some of Trump's top donors.

How can you tell, “when a person is kissing the ring!” When he shaking bends to his knees! 100 years seriously 😳! He was asking putin for money all the time!

Do you think they actually believe the things they say? Or is it performative hoping to curry favor? Because I'm actually more scared if it's the former.

You know, I watch American politics from here in Europe with total awe, if there is a more entertaining way to spend my time than I am open for suggestions but nothing beats the sycophantic rhetoric from old white men who have lost any sense of purpose or worth.

What must it be like to have all that professional experience, education, accomplishments, etc. all to turn out to be such an obsequious boot-licker. What a colossal embarrassment.

I’ve known Scott for almost 20 years. He was not responsible for the “big bets” at Soros as he claims. George was happy to see him go in 2015. And his Key Square was a huge flop. But watching him now is so embarrassing. He doesn’t even lie well

All economically sophisticated presidents invest in tennis shoes, watches, perfume, beef and casinos. The only thing obvious to me is that, instead of “building a better mousetrap” he’s bilking what he considers the unsophisticated.