do you think he believes a recession could drive him out of office? some democrats think that is a possibility. democrats i spoke to this week, however, realize we re in a very different time than we were in the clinton years when the clinton campaign manager said famously, it s the economy stupid. it plays a role. unfortunately, not a major role. he s lost two of the major and significant tools an executive has to try and stop a recession, particularly the tax cut that could often be used to stimulate, so i think he is in a difficult position, probably more so emotionally than politically. yeah, we felt the effects of that. it doesn t seem to be benefiting the economy at this point now. courtney, the same washington post piece, officials at the white house treasury department and throughout the administration are planning no new steps to attempt to stave off a recession. noelle, what do you think a recession would do to this
of being anti-jewish. i think that is something the president will continue to play up certainly not because of reelection prospects in places like florida, but i think part of the narrative right now is that his party and his administration is anti-minorities and stokes anti-semitism so i think this is very much a defensive tactic for the president as well. it s possible. i think that the democratic party on the one hand feels fairly together on this front because i think they have a feeling of autonomy in trump right now, but you have seen nancy pelosi downplay that this is a fight with israel, saying our country and israel have a very strong relationship. trump and netanyahu can t just destroy it, the two of them. it s sort of unfortunate these leaders in place, but their relationship will endure beyond that. i think even while they re considering these actions, pelosi is trying to pout out a
in downtown seattle, you can hardly turn a corner without seei seeing or hearing amazon s impact. amazon has taken over. i call it amazonville. in 2010, you know, i think we had 30% unemployment in the construction trades. i think people were saying, boy, wouldn t it be noin nooice to h cranes? by 2013 people were saying what s up with all the cranes? for as many cranes as there are in seattle today, there are just as many perspectives. on what amazon s growth has meant for the city. amazon has impacted us in a positive way. it s a positive and a negative. jobs. opportunity. i think it s beautiful. does nothing to help the city at all. it s growing fast. just takes and takes and takes. i think you ll find a lot of people here will be very angry at amazon. mike mcginn was elected mayor
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the trump administration and the netanyahu administration, and that their bond will be strong and stay strong beyond these two leaders. so the unintended from donald trump says it has been unified, and i don t think that s what he wanted, ultimately. there are concerns not being the economy right now because there are reports the president is worried about an economic downturn, that it would spill into the 2020 campaign cycle, thus damaging his reelection bid. josh, how real are these concerns? i think they re very real within the white house. we ve seen the volatility within the stock market, we ve seen the china tariffs the president first implemented and then he took off, worried about the christmas season. we re seeing a degree of hesitation on the president s part that maybe we haven t seen before that he has some real worry about the economy, and don t forget about the way that