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  "publishedAt": "2026-05-18T16:36:16.000Z",
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    "97 comments",
    "https://newrepublic.com/article/210550/trump-economy-republicans-tariffs-taxes"
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  "textContent": "submitted by spaghettiwestern to politics\n445 points | 97 comments\nhttps://newrepublic.com/article/210550/trump-economy-republicans-tariffs-taxes\n\nWill 2026 finally be the year when a critical mass of Americans wakes up and realizes that Republicans always screw up the economy?\n\nDonald Trump inherited an economy from Joe Biden that was perhaps not firing on all cylinders but was in pretty good shape all the same.\n\nFor the third straight time, a Democratic president handed a Republican president an economy that was at the least pretty good, and at most (Bill Clinton) really humming along very nicely. And, for the third straight time, the Republican has made things worse. Which also means that Democratic presidents have to clean up messes left by their GOP predecessors.",
  "title": "When Will Americans Realize the Truth? Republicans Wreck the Economy."
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