When Future Historians Write About the Fall of American Economic Power, Will Trump Be the Turning Point?

Photo: President Donald Trump delivers an economic speech at the Horizon Events Center in Clive, Iowa on Tuesday, January 27, 2026. Photo credit: Official White House photo by Molly Riley via Flickr. US government work. Article by Thom Hartmann. The Hartmann Report – January 29, 2026.

America’s economic system has never been fair or perfect, but for more than a century it rested on basic guardrails that kept instability in check and allowed us to fight for progress and win. Those guardrails are now being stripped away by policies that favor wealth and power over accountability and long-term stability. […]

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