Billionaire Trump’s War Fuels Jump in Recession Odds

The risk of the U.S. heading into a recession is building as Donald Trump’s multibillion-dollar war in Iran drags on.

The economy under Trump, who has an estimated net worth of more than $6 billion, was already recording dire jobs numbers and stagnating growth even before the president launched his conflict in the Middle East.

With the price of oil now topping $100 a barrel and no real end in sight for the Iran conflict, economists are raising the possibility that the U.S. could fall into an economic downturn.

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