Larry the Cat: UK: Brexit is the biggest act of economic self harm any country will ever perform. US:

[highplainsdem]

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[Bev54]

1. And the same people supported both actions

They have learned nothing

[stopdiggin]

2. actually - stupid and misguided as it was - there was quite a bit of popular support

for Brexit. Trump's 'economic platform' (if in fact there is such) is barely known by mainstream voters - and that includes the MAGA base.

[Bev54]

3. He told the voters what he was going to do

They believed him that this was going to make them wealthy. Stupid is as stupid does.

[stopdiggin]

5. Trump's 'campaign' was basically his same incoherent stream of invective

and nonsense - that he has been spewing for years. There might have been a (very tiny) handful of the Republican base out there that read the 2025 document. The (much) larger part were there for Hulk Hogan, "Build a Wall!", "Lock Her Up!", "Very Bad People" - and basically 'stickin' it to the libs!'

[Bev54]

6. That was his first term

He talked a lot about tariffs and bring back manufacturing in the lead up to the last election. They knew and they believed and here we are.

[DENVERPOPS]

7. Trump's voters

are sooooo ignorant and stupid yet to realize fully that they have outgrown their usefulness now that they have voted Republican in this last election.......even when he told them at his rallies: "Vote for me this one last time, and you will never need to vote again"

Include all the Uber Wealthy, Corporate CEO's, and Politicians who are so blatantly dumb to believe that if they suck up to him, they will be assured a place in the top 1%...... LOL LOL LOL LOL

The company that makes Kool-Aid must be setting phenominal record sales figures.......

[JT45242]

10. Mostly based on racism .just like the felons mandate

Brexit was funded by Russian money and filled by racism. Same as the entire rethuglican party.

[returnee]

11. Putin propaganda is the connection.

Targeted disinformation led to Both Brexit and TSF I. TSF II was Putin and Musk stealing votes digitally.

[Johnny2X2X]

4. The layoffs

Right now, people are losing money on paper, and that sucks enough. But the real shock is coming soon in the form of mass layoffs. These companies who lose 20% or more of their market cap cannot just sit on their hands and hope it's going to all come back, they're going to have to cut costs, they're going to have to lay off workers and close factories and offices.

[DENVERPOPS]

8. Not only that

but the employees that remain will have to take massive pay cuts, and see all fringe benefits obliterated.......

Unions will become extinct.............Starting with the humongous Postal Workers Union, and the Service Industry Unions to name a few.....

[Brenda]

9. Exactly.

People clam up real quick when they lose their job.

There is just no sane way for anyone, even the die hard maga to defend Chump's economic "policies" when they're out of work.

[highplainsdem]

12. kick