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patphil

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2. It doesn't look like were going to get the job growth and economic expansion promised by Trump.

Reply to turbinetree (Original post)

Thu Feb 5, 2026, 11:24 AM

Feb 5

It doesn't look like there'll be a lot of investment in new factories, new products, or expansion of existing product lines for the forseeable future.
I think the big corporations are going to sit this one out until the flames and smoke from the dumpster fire that is the Trump government is extinguished.

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