The MAGAtard industrial complex, ably assisted by a humble Ketamine addict on X, has been pumping out regime propaganda about what an "economic genius" Donald Trump is, all because GDP figures blipped up above expectations.
Unfortunately for them, this narrative won't make it anywhere near the Midterms, when Trump and possibly the GOP are still on course to be totally destroyed.
First off, the 4.3% is an estimate and is subject to considerable revision as data becomes clearer. But even assuming it is largely correct, what does it mean?
Unfortunately for them, this narrative won't make it anywhere near the Midterms, when Trump and possibly the GOP are still on course to be totally destroyed.
First off, the 4.3% is an estimate and is subject to considerable revision as data becomes clearer. But even assuming it is largely correct, what does it mean?
GDP is calculated using the following equation:
C + I + G + (X - M)
C: Consumer spending (household purchases of goods and services)
C + I + G + (X - M)
C: Consumer spending (household purchases of goods and services)
I: Gross private investment (business capital spending, residential construction, inventory changes)
G: Government spending (on goods, services, and infrastructure)
X: Exports
M: Imports (subtracted to focus on domestic production)
The blip we are seeing is driven by three main things:
(1) Panic consumer spending, mainly by the well-off, driven by fear of the tariffs making all the shit in the shops more expensive. They are right to buy what they're buying now, as prices will shoot up even if the Supreme Court later shoot down Trump's madcap tariffs.
(2) Military-themed pork barrel spending (easy to sell to dumb MAGAtards) has soared, with Trump pumping nearly a trillion dollars, fuelled by debt bloating, into America's flaccid and ineffective military as part of the power centralisation agenda of Project 2025.
(3) A drop in imports. Even though falling imports actually means a smaller economy in the sense of having less shit in the shops, in the world of GDP calculations it actually "boosts" the GDP figures. The assumption here is that falling imports are seamlessly replaced by domestic production. This is extremely naïve in the case of America.
So, there you have it -- the three Horsemen of Trumponics: panic buying, pork barrel, and the temporary absence of goods that Americans can never make.
I hope you have enjoyed this economic report. If you didn't, keep huffing the pro-Trump memes on social media until your brain collapses into a puddle of post-Xmas piss.
The blip we are seeing is driven by three main things:
(1) Panic consumer spending, mainly by the well-off, driven by fear of the tariffs making all the shit in the shops more expensive. They are right to buy what they're buying now, as prices will shoot up even if the Supreme Court later shoot down Trump's madcap tariffs.
(2) Military-themed pork barrel spending (easy to sell to dumb MAGAtards) has soared, with Trump pumping nearly a trillion dollars, fuelled by debt bloating, into America's flaccid and ineffective military as part of the power centralisation agenda of Project 2025.
(3) A drop in imports. Even though falling imports actually means a smaller economy in the sense of having less shit in the shops, in the world of GDP calculations it actually "boosts" the GDP figures. The assumption here is that falling imports are seamlessly replaced by domestic production. This is extremely naïve in the case of America.
So, there you have it -- the three Horsemen of Trumponics: panic buying, pork barrel, and the temporary absence of goods that Americans can never make.
I hope you have enjoyed this economic report. If you didn't, keep huffing the pro-Trump memes on social media until your brain collapses into a puddle of post-Xmas piss.
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Colin Liddell is the Chief Editor of Neokrat and the author of Interviews & Obituaries, a collection of encounters with the dead and the famous. Support his work by buying his book here (USA), here (UK), and here (Australia), or by taking out a paid subscription on his Substack.
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