President Trump is about to tank the economy

This is going to get ugly

Here goes nothing.
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Predictions are a treacherous business, especially when they concern Donald J. Trump. Nevertheless, I'm going to stick my neck out: Within four years, President Trump will tank the economy.

First off, a few things that I don't think will matter, since a lot of other commentators obsess over them: Trump's erratic behavior isn't going to panic the stock market, and his changes to global trade arrangements will be modest, perhaps even positive.

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Jeff Spross

Jeff Spross was the economics and business correspondent at TheWeek.com. He was previously a reporter at ThinkProgress.