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2019 Predictions: Trump, the Economy, War, and a Democratic Ficus Plant
from My Last Christmas · #128
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6 minTim predicts a rough economy in 2019, discusses Trump's troop pullbacks and the foreign policy establishment's addiction to war, questions Trump's legal exposure over Trump University-style scams, and mocks Democrats over-indexing on identity politics with candidates like Kamala Harris.
- 35:51Tim says most comedy special trailers feature people with talent that doesn't evoke actual laughter from a room.
- 36:20Trump's unpredictability and the economy's uncertain prospects make 2019 hard to predict.
- 36:42The Fed raising rates signals the end of the free ride; multiple global crises loom.
- 37:16Foreign policy establishment needs America in four or five wars at a time to function; fewer wars cause anxiety.
- 38:02Trump pulling troops back is radical; MSNBC now hosts Bush-era Republicans arguing against the withdrawal.
- 38:37Every president who's tried to scale back American military engagement has been removed from office.
- 39:16Trump's history as a contractor and developer includes not paying people and forcing lawsuits to collect.
- 39:39Trump University represents a cartoonish scam—the idea of studying business management online under Trump is absurd.
- 40:07Democrats would run a fern or ficus plant if they had to; their obsession with identity politics makes them unelectable.
- 40:53Tim predicts Kamala Harris will be the Democratic nominee, though she's not ready for mainstream politics yet.
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