{"id":1414,"date":"2017-06-07T15:15:00","date_gmt":"2017-06-07T15:15:00","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/democrats.org\/blog\/2017\/06\/07\/trumps-rhetoric-and-agenda-are-hurting-the-economy\/"},"modified":"2017-06-07T15:15:00","modified_gmt":"2017-06-07T15:15:00","slug":"trumps-rhetoric-and-agenda-are-hurting-the-economy","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/democrats.org\/news\/trumps-rhetoric-and-agenda-are-hurting-the-economy\/","title":{"rendered":"Trump\u2019s Rhetoric and Agenda Are Hurting the Economy"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><meta http-equiv=\"Content-Type\" content=\"text\/html; charset=Windows-1252\"><meta name=\"Generator\" content=\"Microsoft Word 15 (filtered medium)\"><!--[if !mso]>\n\n<style>v\\:* {behavior:url(#default#VML);}\no\\:* {behavior:url(#default#VML);}\nw\\:* {behavior:url(#default#VML);}\n.shape {behavior:url(#default#VML);}\n<\/style>\n\n<![endif]--><\/p>\n<style type=\"text\/css\"><!--\n\/* Font Definitions 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Trump&rsquo;s words not only hurt our standing abroad, but they could cost thousands of American workers their jobs and our economy billions of dollars.<o:p><\/o:p><\/span><\/p>\n<p class=\"MsoNormal\" style=\"margin-bottom:8.0pt;line-height:105%\">&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p class=\"MsoNormal\" style=\"margin-bottom:8.0pt;line-height:105%\"><b><span georgia=\"\" style=\"font-size:14.0pt;line-height:105%;font-family:\">The dollar has hit a seven-month low over doubts on Trump&rsquo;s ability to implement his economic agenda.<o:p><\/o:p><\/span><\/b><\/p>\n<p class=\"MsoNormal\" style=\"mso-margin-top-alt:0in;margin-right:0in;margin-bottom:8.0pt;margin-left:.5in;line-height:105%\"><span georgia=\"\" style=\"line-height:105%;font-family:\"><a href=\"http:\/\/money.cnn.com\/2017\/06\/06\/investing\/dollar-trump-economy\/\"><span style=\"color:#0563C1\">CNN Money<\/span><\/a>: &ldquo;The U.S. dollar slumped to a seven-month low against a basket of currencies on Tuesday, wiping away the last of its post-election gains&hellip;But momentum has reversed because of weak economic data and doubts over Trump&#39;s ability to finalize his economic agenda and move it through Congress.&rdquo;<\/span><\/p>\n<p class=\"MsoNormal\" style=\"mso-margin-top-alt:0in;margin-right:0in;margin-bottom:8.0pt;margin-left:.5in;line-height:105%\">&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p class=\"MsoNormal\" style=\"mso-margin-top-alt:0in;margin-right:0in;margin-bottom:8.0pt;margin-left:.5in;line-height:105%\"><span georgia=\"\" style=\"line-height:105%;font-family:\"><o:p><\/o:p><\/span><\/p>\n<p class=\"MsoNormal\" style=\"margin-bottom:8.0pt;line-height:105%\"><b><span georgia=\"\" style=\"font-size:14.0pt;line-height:105%;font-family:\">The World Bank revised down its growth projections for the U.S. over uncertainty from Trump&rsquo;s agenda.<o:p><\/o:p><\/span><\/b><\/p>\n<p class=\"MsoNormal\" style=\"mso-margin-top-alt:0in;margin-right:0in;margin-bottom:8.0pt;margin-left:.5in;line-height:105%\"><span georgia=\"\" style=\"line-height:105%;font-family:\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.usnews.com\/news\/articles\/2017-06-05\/world-bank-us-growth-bumped-down-on-trump-tax-trade-uncertainty\"><span style=\"color:#0563C1\">U.S. News<\/span><\/a>: &ldquo;Citing &lsquo;substantial&rsquo; risks related to uncertainty from President Donald Trump&#39;s trade, tax and economic agendas, the World Bank on Sunday revised down its 2017 growth projections for the United States.&rdquo;<\/span><\/p>\n<p class=\"MsoNormal\" style=\"mso-margin-top-alt:0in;margin-right:0in;margin-bottom:8.0pt;margin-left:.5in;line-height:105%\"><span georgia=\"\" style=\"line-height:105%;font-family:\"><o:p><\/o:p><\/span><\/p>\n<p class=\"MsoNormal\" style=\"margin-bottom:8.0pt;line-height:105%\"><b><span georgia=\"\" style=\"font-size:14.0pt;line-height:105%;font-family:\">Trump&rsquo;s rhetoric and policy hurts U.S. tourism, which could lead to a loss of $1.3 billion in 2017 alone and more than 4,200 jobs.<o:p><\/o:p><\/span><\/b><\/p>\n<p class=\"MsoNormal\" style=\"mso-margin-top-alt:0in;margin-right:0in;margin-bottom:8.0pt;margin-left:.5in;line-height:105%\"><span georgia=\"\" style=\"line-height:105%;font-family:\"><a href=\"http:\/\/money.cnn.com\/2017\/06\/07\/news\/economy\/trump-travel-ban-paris-global-tourism\/index.html\"><span style=\"color:#0563C1\">CNN Money<\/span><\/a>: &ldquo;Trump&#39;s rhetoric and policy gives foreign travelers the sense that America is closing its doors, experts say. 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Trump&rsquo;s words not only hurt our standing abroad, but they could cost thousands of American workers their jobs and our economy billions of dollars. &nbsp; The dollar has hit a seven-month low over doubts on Trump&rsquo;s ability to <\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":0,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paid_content":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[1],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-1414","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-press-release"],"acf":[],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v26.0 - https:\/\/yoast.com\/wordpress\/plugins\/seo\/ -->\n<title>Trump\u2019s Rhetoric and Agenda Are Hurting the Economy - Democrats<\/title>\n<meta name=\"robots\" content=\"index, follow, max-snippet:-1, max-image-preview:large, max-video-preview:-1\" \/>\n<link rel=\"canonical\" href=\"https:\/\/democrats.org\/news\/trumps-rhetoric-and-agenda-are-hurting-the-economy\/\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:locale\" content=\"en_US\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:type\" content=\"article\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:site_name\" content=\"Democrats\" \/>\n<meta property=\"article:published_time\" content=\"2017-06-07T15:15:00+00:00\" \/>\n<meta name=\"twitter:card\" content=\"summary_large_image\" \/>\n<meta name=\"twitter:label1\" content=\"Est. reading time\" \/>\n\t<meta name=\"twitter:data1\" content=\"1 minute\" \/>\n<script type=\"application\/ld+json\" class=\"yoast-schema-graph\">{\"@context\":\"https:\/\/schema.org\",\"@graph\":[{\"@type\":\"WebPage\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/democrats.org\/news\/trumps-rhetoric-and-agenda-are-hurting-the-economy\/\",\"url\":\"https:\/\/democrats.org\/news\/trumps-rhetoric-and-agenda-are-hurting-the-economy\/\",\"name\":\"Trump\u2019s Rhetoric and Agenda Are Hurting the Economy - 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