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Trump Sees 15% Economic Growth
February 10, 2026 at 7:29 am EST By Taegan Goddard 66 Comments
https://politicalwire.com/2026/02/10/trump-sees-15-economic-growth/
President Donald Trump said that Kevin Warsh, his pick to lead the Federal Reserve, can get the U.S. economy to 15% growth and maybe even above that level, Bloomberg reports.
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(56,085 posts)RandySF
(82,287 posts)ProfessorGAC
(76,188 posts)Tge liquidity at the consumer level doesn't exist for $4 trillion of growth, in real terms.
At least not over less that 20 years.
doc03
(38,949 posts)Scrivener7
(58,924 posts)Moostache
(11,107 posts)That is how you bankrupt casinos.
That is how you lose everything from inheritances that would have made BILLIONS in an index mutual fund.
That is how you can make stupid statements like drug prices dropping "500, even 600%".
The real tragedy is that too many of us on the left have real empathy and a desire to make the world better for everyone instead of taking everything we can grab from everyone else and making the world better for ourselves alone.
bucolic_frolic
(54,537 posts)No robots are not going to do all the work.
LilElf70
(1,448 posts)Horsies with wings, flying over Maralago. Yeah, I trust you.
LetMyPeopleVote
(176,892 posts)The last time the GDP reached 15%: 1943, during the massive WWII buildup.
— Steve Benen (@stevebenen.com) 2026-02-10T13:58:02.287Z
This guy sure is bad at managing expectations.
newdeal2
(5,065 posts)He has certainly pissed off every country, even our allies.
JHB
(38,073 posts)Celerity
(54,008 posts)orders of magnitude. He is the most criminal and corrupt leader the US has ever had. Trumpism may very well be world-ending in terms of advanced human society..
DFW
(59,892 posts)Do you suppose we were smoking the same thing?
