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Trump's Reelection Strategy Is Going To Backfire Spectacularly

Trump is basing his reelection strategy on deeply flawed predictions.

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Ben Cohen
May 26, 2020
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by Ben Cohen

The stock market appears to have largely recovered from the Coronavirus wipeout. After the Trump administration doled out hundreds of billions of dollars to ailing companies on the verge of bankruptcy, investors have once again been reassured that the government is willing to use everything at its disposal to ensure their survival.

“It almost feels like today is the first day,” Trump said during a White House meeting last week. “People are starting to go out. They’re opening. They get it.”

And thus the great American capitalist machine marches onward. Or will it?

If you take a deeper look at America’s so-called recovery, it becomes immediately apparent that all is not well, and Trump should be extremely worried about his reelection chances.

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