Of all the falsehoods spread by MAGA Republicans, an underrated one poses grave danger, as Alan Austin reports.
WE CAN CLOSE another year of recording what is happening in global economics – as distinct from what mainstream media falsely report – on a positive note. America’s economy, still the world’s biggest and most influential, is emerging strongly from the disastrous Trump period.
This is significant for several reasons. First, it means 335 million Americans now enjoy greater prosperity and security. Second, millions of people in other countries are benefiting from the increased trade generated by a thriving USA. A quick glance at the blue chart, below, shows the surge in imports since Donald Trump was ousted.
Third, a robust U.S. economy today helps dispel the dangerous myth that the economy was functioning well during the Trump period, a blatant lie which risks propelling the failed wannabe dictator back to the White House.
The real “Big Lie”
The term “Big Lie” usually attaches to the nonsensical claim by Trump and his Make America Great Again (MAGA) supporters that the 2020 presidential election was stolen from them by sinister forces. Yes, that’s big. But it is easily debunked. Most of the liars who generated that deliberate falsehood have now confessed to this in defamation cases or criminal proceedings.
Arguably, the larger lie in its potentially destructive impact is that the U.S. economy boomed under Trump’s magic…
