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The Ben Shapiro Show

Ep. 2190 - The Biggest Danger To The Trump Administration

The Ben Shapiro Show

The Daily Wire

News, News Commentary

4.4152.4K Ratings

🗓️ 1 May 2025

⏱️ 61 minutes

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slash subscribe. All right. So yesterday, the U.S. economic report came in. Q1, GDP is down.

1:09.9

The biggest danger to the Trump administration and their agenda

1:12.1

is very clearly an economic downturn. By far, it's not particularly close. I've been saying this

1:17.1

now for months. If there were to be an economic downturn under President Trump, the rest of the

1:21.3

very important agenda items that he is pursuing everything from illegal immigration to wiping

1:25.3

DEI out of the federal government, everything from

1:28.3

rebuilding the United States military to Doge. All of it goes out the window if the economy falls.

1:33.3

Because the way the American people think about politics is quite simple when it comes to

1:37.2

presidents and the economy. If the economy is good, the president gets the credit. If the economy

1:41.7

is bad, the president gets the blame. It is really

1:44.2

that simple. Well, yesterday, the GDP report came in and it showed negative GDP growth.

1:50.4

Two consecutive quarters of negative GDP growth is typically termed a recession in sort of technical

1:54.8

terms. Now, obviously, Americans are feeling very skittish about the economy in general right now.

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