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Reckless Trump just handed Dems the ultimate weapon to crush his presidency

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The New York Times described last week how foreign investors and allies are getting cold feet about the U.S. economy. Every other day, Trump imposes another nonsensical tariff, threatens the rule of law, lies about Iran , and remains clueless about how these actions affect the economy. The Trumpapalooza midterm convention in Dallas, staged to spin the disastrous results of Trump 2.0 into ‘ The Great American Comeback, ’ confirmed Trump’s economic ineptitude. Speaker after speaker praised him so lavishly that the convention looked like his made-for-TV Cabinet meetings, as Trump used his podium time to strut his ignorance. Almost on cue, the Fed followed the Times by announcing a rate hike , largely driven by Trump’s continuing fiscal missteps . Trump responded by attacking the board, “ demanding a rate cut ,” and separately threatening to punish Europe with more tariffs — a fiscal non sequitur confirming that Trump really has no idea how trade, tariffs, and interest rates work. “Bread a

First report: Desperate Trump handed Dems the key to destroy him with this 'Nuremberg' speech — rawstory.com, 1d