Well, howdy there, Internet people, it's bell again.

So today, we're going to talk about plummeting GDP in the U.S.

The last quarter of last year was even worse than the initial government estimates.

The initial estimate said the U.S. economy, as measured by the GDP, grew at a meager 1.4%.

Now that more data has come in and the revision has occurred, that number is slashed in half.

According to the Department's Bureau of Economic Analysis, the GDP rose at a seasonally inflation-adjusted annual rate of only 0.7%.

When looking at the whole year, the GDP saw a 2.1% increase.

For comparison, the economy trumped trash during the 2024 campaign rose at a rate

of 2.8%. While that's funny, and in a way, just desserts for those who overlooked all of Trump's

issues for unbelievable promises of economic prosperity.

What isn't funny is what it signals. People are familiar with recession and depression,

but over the years, the U.S. has developed methods of dealing with recession and moving out of them relatively quickly.

However, stagflation isn't as easy to get out of.

Stagflation is the unlikely combination of a bad job market leading to higher unemployment,

along with high inflation and low growth.

Inflation is ticking up, and we haven't even finished feeling the effects of Trump's tariffs.

Now we have rising gas prices that will likely add to it.

Unemployment is ticking up, jobs created going down, with economic issues and AI promising even more trouble

in the job market. And now we see incredibly low growth. Granted, it's just a single quarter,

but it's a sign and shows the stage is set. If you look up what trigger stagflation,

you'll find three causes pointed to most frequently. First is policy mistakes. I would

suggest a president using his platform to paint a rosier picture of the economy than actually

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