Analyst frantic about future delivers ruthless takedown of 'indifferent' president

Donald Trump exploited voters’ nostalgia for pre-pandemic America and, in 100 days, exchanged it for economic crisis. Then he showed how ‘indifferent” he was to people’s suffering by taking off to play golf.

That’s the opinion of a CNN analyst running through a whirlwind 100 days that he wrote took the USA from “an economy that the world envied to the brink of crisis, risking America’s reputation as a financial safe haven and fostering fear among voters who’ve lost confidence in his leadership.”

Stephen Collinson described Americans who were desperate for local prices and saw, through ruby-colored spectacles, a pre-COVID country that was better than the one they were living in.

Instead, “The president deliberately and singlehandedly adopted policies that are almost certain to spike prices even more; that could lead to shortages; and that have CEOs and small businesses dealing with chaos and the possibility of a recession.”

And he wrote, it’s all about to get worse.

Instead of a political mastermind, Trump’s first 100 days have shown a man with a “brittle temper” and over-inflated sense of his own talents, Collinson wrote.

And it’s pushing America “to the brink.”

“Trillions of dollars have been wiped off stock markets. Airlines are cutting flights; top firms are trashing their own annual forecasts; some retailers have given up selling China-made goods in the US because of the tariffs. The International Monetary Fund cut US growth forecasts; the Federal Reserve says some businesses have stopped hiring; the CEO of Walmart told Trump his policies will seize up the supply chain by summer.

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“... He’s now wielding vast and unaccountable authority to test his lifelong theory that the United States, the world’s richest nation, has long been ripped off by every other country. His aim is to force foreign markets wide open for US products and to make manufacturers bring back factories and jobs to revive industrialized regions that have paid a heavy price for the globalization of trade. He insists that scores of nations are lining up to do US-friendly deals that will make Americans rich.

“Millions of American jobs may depend on the outcome of his gamble.”

He concluded that the swirling chaos surrounding the country was “remarkable” because it was the result of any particular uncontrollable action.

Instead, he wrote, it was the direct result of a man barreling ahead with his idea for tariffs despite being advised against it by many experts.

“The president’s deteriorating political position is escalating pressure to produce outcomes that justify the massive shock and damage he’s caused to the economy,” he wrote.

“...Trump’s vision of himself as a master impresario conducting the economy suggests that even rockier times will be ahead.”