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

So today, we're going to talk about the Trump bankruptcy surge.

The U.S. is seeing a surge in bankruptcies, between higher costs due to inflation and tariffs,

a tighter credit environment, and ongoing volatility in, well,

pretty much everything. It's been hard for a lot of companies, and it's been impossible for many.

It goes beyond the billion-dollar bankruptcies you've heard about, like Clare's, Del Monte, Spirit Airlines, and so on.

Reporting says that this year has had the highest number of large corporate bankruptcies since 2010,

and we don't even have December's numbers yet. You would think that would be the bad news,

but it's actually not. Generally, surges

and bankruptcies are confined to a specific industry. It occurs in trends. A bunch of companies

in a single industry go under because consumer tastes change, or because one company in that industry came up with something

innovative and got more of the market share. Or maybe they use political connections to get an edge.

Either way, it's normally confined. Not so during Trump's golden age economy. It's spread out in a way that you really don't see

outside of a big financial crisis. And it's not just the big boys either. The various kinds of

filings used by small companies and individuals are also reportedly up by anywhere from 8 to 11 percent,

depending on the chapter type. American households carry more than 18 and a half trillion in debt.

The bankruptcy surge is yet another glaring red flag that the golden age is gilded at best. That brings us to a question

that has come in a few times, in a few different ways from a few different people.

Quote, during Biden the economy felt bad, an economist said it was getting better, but we didn't

feel it yet. Trump is now

starting to sound a lot like Biden. Is it getting better or not? The K-shaped economy is very

much in effect. The top has a pretty good economy currently. The bottom doesn't, and it's getting

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