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Whitney Tilson: “When Trump was president, Democrats thought the economy was…”

Featuring: Whitney Tilson, Democratic | Former Hedge Fund Manager, Candidate for New York City Mayor

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Stansberry Investor Hour: Dan Ferriss and Cory McLaughlin Discuss Market Trends with Whitney Tilson

Published | Video Starts at 59:31

And so I see people going down rabbit holes, mental rabbit holes, with watching their media of choice, et cetera. That's leading to extreme polarization in general. But I see it manifesting itself in the investing world where basically When Trump was president, Democrats thought the economy was much worse than it actually was and made them super bearish on stocks. And now the Biden's president, the surveys and the data show that Republicans think that the economy's in much worse shape than it actually is and that makes them super bearish. (59:31–59:41)

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Asserts that Democrats were overly pessimistic about the economy and stocks during Trump's presidency.

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