6 thoughts on “WSJ: All Living Presidential Economists Think tRump is a Baffoon – or something, allegedly, too, also”
Among 17 Republican appointees who responded to Journal inquiries, none said they supported Mr. Trump. Six said they did not support Mr. Trump and 11 declined to say either way. An additional six did not respond to repeated messages. Among the 21 Democrats who responded to the Journal, 14 said they supported Mrs. Clinton, none said they opposed her and seven declined to say either way. One Democratic appointee didn’t respond to messages.
Harvard University economist Gregory Mankiw, who chaired the council under George W. Bush and has been mentioned as a possible future Fed chairman, said recently on his blog that he would not support Mr. Trump.
“I have Republican friends who think that things couldn’t be worse than doubling down on Obama policies under Hillary Clinton. And, like them, I am no fan of the left’s agenda of large government and high taxes,” Mr. Mankiw wrote. “But they are wrong: Things could be worse. And I fear they would be under Mr. Trump.”
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Zing!
Did they ask John Maynard Keynes? No, they did not.
alt. – a contraction of "Baboon-Buffoon"
I remember when MAD Magazine used to do portmanteaus of animals. Good times.
Edit: portmanteaux, duh.
a hot air baffoon?