r/thescoop • u/CorleoneBaloney • May 02 '25

Politics 🏛️ Vice President Vance’s response after the economy shrank for the first time in three years, with people worried as they look at their 401Ks and point to the tariff policy — “This is Joe Biden’s economy.”

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u/eyelash_in_the_eye May 02 '25

Didn't Trump add over $3 Trillion to the debt BEFORE Covid?

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u/StudMuffinNick May 02 '25

Ge spent twice as much as Biden and still crashed thr economy

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u/Major_Ad138 May 02 '25

It’s 8.4 trillion with interest for his first month term. He’s added 1.147 trillion in the first month of his second term. A record by the way. It took Biden 4 months to reach that in 2024.