I dunno if anyone else has seen That’s So Raven or any plotline cliché where the main characters see the future and try to change it, only for their behavior to enact the inevitable prophecy itself (it’s self-fulfilling), but:
I feel like the Trump administration’s initial response to the pandemic was a huge That’s So Raven moment:
2019 - the economy has been doing quite well for some time that the media starts promulgating baseless fears that we’re due for a recession
2019 - Trump administration downplays the initial reaction to COVID because they fear reacting will make the stock market go down, which will be bad for Trump’s re-election. In their goldfish view they are too concerned with this presupposed inbound “recession”
2020 - Because the US does not intervene to stop COVID (a role they usually play; see Ebola), COVID takes over the world and the economy goes to shit anyway. As a result Trump loses the election.
2022 - now the economy makes no sense
Maybe the more parsimonious view is that the Trump administration is completely stupid, and none of this actually was in their mind, and I’ll take that view as well I guess 🤷
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