News Ticker

Stockman: ‘What’s Going On Today Is Complete Insanity’

IMAGE: Youtube

By Tyler Durden | 14 February 2017

ZERO HEDGE — In his recent TV appearance, last week David Stockman suggested that President Trump would be better suited to spend some time actually addressing economic issues instead of the administration’s travel ban for immigrants from Middle Eastern countries, which Stockman called “a giant misfire.” Employing the 1992 Clinton Campaign motto of “it’s the economy, stupid,” Stockman noted “Trump was elected because flyover America is hurting economically. The voters of Racine, Wisconsin and Johnstown, Pennsylvania are imperiled not because of some refugees, they’re imperiled because their jobs have all been disappearing for decades.” He added, correctly, that “the problem is far more the Federal Reserve, Janet Yellen, the bubbles they’re creating on Wall Street.”

Stockman went on to suggest that the Trump Administration is showing decreased interest in “draining the swamp”, having surrounded himself with, as he himself has now realized, the “Goldman Guys.”

Then, in a follow up interview with CNBC, Stockman once again discussed the impact of Trump, this time on markets, and warned that while stocks are booming under Trump, with the S&P now up 12%  since the election (with banks up 25% and Goldman 35% higher), traders are living in a “fantasy land” that can’t last —and Trump’s policies will derail the market for years to come. […]

Be the first to comment

Post a Comment

Winter Watch

Discover more from Winter Watch

Subscribe now to keep reading and get access to the full archive.

Continue reading