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Why is Donald Trump facing a challenging morning?
When you wake up in the Trump regime and you see headlines like this this morning, worst consumer confidence since November 2022 in the Atlanta Federal Reserve predicts a negative 2.8% GDP, so a 2.8% contraction. You see headlines like this, China's President Xi Wu's global business leaders as Trump intensifies trade war cause... Let me show you the effect. Let me show you the outcome here.
Donald Trump is panicked. He's posting the following. I just finished speaking with Prime Minister Mark Carney of Canada. It was an extremely productive call. We agree on many things, and we will be meeting immediately after Canada's upcoming election to work on elements of politics, business, and all other factors that will end up being great for both the United States of America and Canada.
Thank you for your attention to this matter explanation point. So there's really no mention there of 51st State, no calling Prime Minister Carney a governor, no attack on Canada there. Because when you show strength to Donald Trump and you push him into a corner like a little cornered rat, by the way, no offense to cornered rats. Trump is a weak and pathetic individual who backs down like that.
And Canada is showing strength. What Canada should realize, though, is that Donald Trump and his chameleon like ways, he'll then say what needs to be said to try to then re-endear himself to you. And then he will try to screw you over again. Again, and so that's what we see from Donald Trump as he kind of shows weakness. He goes through strength to whining to victimhood.
So be very, very careful of it. But you can see what a cornered rat he is. Again, no offense to cornered rats. Take a look at this chart right here because we're getting this data this morning from the University of Michigan Consumer Expectations. Heather Long, a very well-known and respected economist, says the following. This is one of the scariest charts I've seen in a while.
When Americans are asked, do you think your financial situation will be better off in a year? They increasingly say no. In the vibe session under former President Biden, people gave the economy poor grades, but they were generally optimistic about their personal finances, especially the rich. Under Trump 2025, people at all income levels are worried that they will be worse off in a year.
This is the type of situation that causes people to really pull back on spending. This is what is different than 2023 or 2024. She also posts the following, a huge drop in consumer sentiment among all income groups. Wow, even the rich are worried now. Sentiment is down more than 30% since November. People are worried they will lose their jobs.
Two thirds of consumers expect unemployment to rise in the year ahead. This is the highest concern since 2009, a great recession. People are fearful tariffs will drive up prices. Even high income consumers are concerned. About their personal finances, only 26% of higher income consumers expect to be better off financially in a year, down from 42% in August 2024.
Donald Trump is panicking for a lot of reasons this morning as well. He continues to lose in the federal courts. As we reported recently, the D.C. Circuit Court of Appeals upheld federal judge
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