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Comment by e40

1 day ago

> I don't know if the upheaval Trump is causing is sufficient in scale that it will be visible in US growth rates.

The problem is the lag. It allows for the responsible party to escape ownership of creating the problem. And of course the responsible party’s party will just finger point at the other party and say “they did this to you!!”

Yes, and once the effect is visible it is likely to take many years to undo. Destroyed trust is not easily rebuilt.