Michael R. Strain (@MichaelRStrain) / X

Michael R. Strain

6,741 posts

Michael R. Strain

@MichaelRStrain

Director of Economic Policy Studies and Senior Fellow at @AEI. Professor of Practice at @Georgetown. Contributing Columnist for the @FT.

Washington, D.C.

Joined July 2012

Michael R. Strain
@MichaelRStrain
Aug 1, 2025
Erika McEntarfer has devoted her career to public service. She has conducted herself as BLS Commissioner with great integrity. There is no evidence whatsoever that BLS data are politically biased. By incorrectly asserting that the data are biased, President Trump is undermining
Donald J Trump Posts TruthSocial
@TruthTrumpPost
Aug 1, 2025
( @realDonaldTrump - Truth Social Post ) ( Donald J. Trump - Aug 1, 2025, 2:09 PM ET ) I was just informed that our Country’s “Jobs Numbers” are being produced by a Biden Appointee, Dr. Erika McEntarfer, the Commissioner of Labor Statistics, who faked t…
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Michael R. Strain
@MichaelRStrain
Apr 25, 2025
S&P 500 change, Inauguration Day through April
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Michael R. Strain
@MichaelRStrain
Apr 8, 2025
These tariffs will reduce manufacturing employment. They will reduce the competitiveness of manufacturing firms. They will raise prices. They will increase unemployment. They will likely cause a recession. They are an assault on the Constitution.
American Enterprise Institute
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American Enterprise Institute
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Michael R. Strain
@MichaelRStrain
Feb 28, 2025
An important reason for the United States to support Ukraine is to contain Russia's territorial ambitions. Containing Russia's ambitions is important for peace in Europe. Peace in Europe is important because without it Americans will be less prosperous. We don't support Ukraine
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Michael R. Strain
@MichaelRStrain
Apr 5, 2025
This trade war is predicated on a mountain of bullshit. 1. Wages and incomes for typical workers haven’t been stagnant for decades. 2. The game isn’t rigged—economic gains flow to everything. 3. The middle hasn’t been permanently hollowed out. 👇
The American Dream Is Not Dead: (But Populism Could Kill It) (New Threats to Freedom Series)
From amazon.com
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Michael R. Strain
@MichaelRStrain
Apr 17, 2025
“Scientists used a space telescope to detect specific organic molecules in the atmosphere of K2-18b, a distant water-covered planet that is 8.6 times bigger than Earth. On Earth such molecules are only produced by living organisms.”
Astronomers claim strongest evidence yet of extraterrestrial life
From ft.com
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Michael R. Strain
@MichaelRStrain
Jul 26, 2024
I am surprised by the amount of skepticism — among smart political analysts, journalists, in the betting markets, and generally in Washington — about Vice President Harris’s chances to win in November. In my judgment, she is more likely to win than not. Two big caveats: First, I
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Michael R. Strain
@MichaelRStrain
Apr 12, 2025
We are witnessing rank incompetence. Business will not be able to plan, invest, and hire workers when the prices of their inputs changes by the week. The president is bowing to political reality—he can’t skyrocket the prices of iPhones and laptops.
American Enterprise Institute
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American Enterprise Institute
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Michael R. Strain
@MichaelRStrain
Jan 24, 2025
This is both astonishing and deeply troubling.
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Michael R. Strain
@MichaelRStrain
Feb 2, 2025
1/ President Trump's first trade war increased consumer prices. It reduced manufacturing employment and made domestic manufacturing less competitive. It failed to reduce the trade deficit. The second trade war is likely to more severely increase prices and reduce employment and
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Michael R. Strain
@MichaelRStrain
Apr 5, 2025
Replying to @pegobry_en
Tariffs are good economic policy if they result in an outcome even slightly better than total economic Armageddon?
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Michael R. Strain
@MichaelRStrain
Mar 8, 2025
The behavior of the United States in recent weeks has been shameful and appalling. Link: time.com/7265679/satell…
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Michael R. Strain
@MichaelRStrain
May 7, 2025
I am on the right, and I deny these assertions!
Bari Weiss
@bariweiss
May 6, 2025
"No one anymore, on the left or the right, denies that globalization has fractured the U.S., both economically and socially. It has hollowed out once-prosperous regions like the furniture-making areas of North Carolina and the auto manufacturing towns of the Midwest. It has been
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Michael R. Strain
@MichaelRStrain
Aug 22, 2024
Both President Clinton and President Obama took the time to urge Democrats not to demonize those with whom they disagree. To meet them where they are. To listen. To respectfully disagree, and to try to persuade. An important lesson in citizenship that extends to all Americans.
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