Tennessee Republican Senator Marsha Blackburn probably thought it was a good idea to try and curry favor with Donald Trump and his MAGA supporters, but her online posting suggesting that America was “back” only succeeded in getting her mocked and trolled on social media.
Blackburn posted this on her Twitter account: “America is back.”
America is back? Back in what? A recession? An isolationist posture?
If, as Sen. Blackburn suggests, the United States is “back,” perhaps she can explain a few things.
While Trump has promised a “golden age” under his leadership, The Guardian reported this week, the results are far from the rhetoric.
“Gross domestic product (GDP) shrank for the first time in three years during the first quarter, abruptly turning negative after a spell of robust growth as trade distortions and weaker consumer spending dampened activity.”
“It took the US president all of 43 minutes to distance himself from the dismal reading, released on Wednesday morning.”
“Our Country will boom, but we have to get rid of the Biden ‘Overhang’,” Trump wrote on Truth Social, his social media platform. “This will take a while, has NOTHING TO DO WITH TARIFFS, only that he left us with bad numbers, but when the boom begins, it will be like no other. BE PATIENT!!!”
The economic picture won’t be getting better anytime soon thanks to Trump’s trade war and the imposition of tariffs on imports that will only succeed in raising prices for American consumers.
“And the first quarter figures raised troubling questions about the second. Activity weakened largely as firms braced for the lion’s share of Trump’s tariffs, which he only unveiled in early April. How those firms, and their customers, ultimately respond to those tariffs – and the confusion around them – is widely expected to have a greater impact on growth.”
So America is back, Sen. Blackburn? Not even close, as social media critics were quick to remind her.
