Posted on 11/12/2017 3:06:03 PM PST by 2ndDivisionVet
Foreign tourism to New York City is set to rise 3.6 percent this year — defying yet another of the many doomsday predictions about Donald Trump’s presidency.
Back in February, the city tourism agency said Trump’s “travel ban and related rhetoric” would mean a drop of 300,000 visitors this year. But the NYC & Co. prophecy proved false.
Of course, other predictions were more dire — particularly those about the stock market.
Finance expert Steve Rattner foresaw “a market crash of historic proportions” under a President Trump. Moody’s warned of a “weaker” economy. Many said 2 percent GDP growth was the best that could be hoped for.
Other doomsayers included Mark Cuban, CNBC’s Andrew Ross Sorkin and firms such as Bridgewater Associates and Macroeconomic Advisers. (A less-dishonorable mention goes to Nobel-winning economist Paul Krugman, who at least walked back his doomsaying about “a global recession, with no end in sight,” soon after election night.)
In fact, the Dow has climbed more than 25 percent since Hillary Clinton conceded. And the first two full quarters of Trump’s term both saw growth of 3 percent or more. Oops.
More recently, Trump’s cutbacks of money to help folks sign up for ObamaCare brought warnings that enrollment would surely plummet. Hah! Over the first few days of open enrollment this year, a record number of people signed up, The Hill reported Tuesday....
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Looks like many aspects of our economy let loose once 0bama & Mooch were escorted from The White House.
If President Trump can get any of his other ideas passed through Congress, we’ll be taking off like a rocket!
However, look for the GOPe and the RINOs to thwart him, and harm us, at every turn.
*SPIT*
The left doesn’t care which lies they told yesterday. They know their lies they tell today are all their low information voters can remember.
“The left doesn’t care which lies they told yesterday. They know their lies they tell today are all their low information voters can remember.”
Ask any of them bout a guy named DURANTY on and on etc etc, or Blair and on and on -—All you’ll get is a HUH? Who?
I’m gonna make some bacon cheeseburger soup. Sounds atrocious, but too many friends/family are bragging about it. It’s a white soup, with milk.
(In case it's not obvious, I blame Obama for the extended slow recovery, even with unprecedented monetary and fiscal stimulus).
Hmmmmm....I wonder what else the Fake News Media, demonicRATS and NeverTrumpers lied about.
One of the reasons I dumped Fox News for Fox Business. He actually gets a shake over there. And the NY Post is no booster of the president either.
“You hit a Home Run on all of these points.”
Thank you! I have my lucid moments. ;)
“The Rats are scrambling everywhere in this country since their darling Rat party is about to Implode on them.”
It has been, and it’s only going to get worse for them. However, never underestimate a cornered ‘Rat. They are VICIOUS, and we’re seeing that playing out in these, their, ‘End Times.’
Also - never underestimate the RINOs and GOPe pukes. They LOVE this little Uni-Party they’ve created. They will NOT give up their power and CASH without a fight - and we also witness THAT on a daily basis.
Yep they suck never Trumper books like Peggy noonan Rich Lowry
are still featured even a lib writer from their sports page was whining about Chief Wahoo last week
Boobs , as in dopes, ninnies, rube
Not the desirable kind
Watched Fox Business on election night, was the only channel I could find that was pro Trump.
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