‘Go Play Golf!’ CNN Economic Commentator Lays Out Her Best Case Scenario — Trump Does Nothing And Takes Credit For Biden Trends

CNN economic commentator Catherine Rampell laid out what she sees as the “best possible outcome” of President-elect Donald Trump’s second term, telling him to just “play golf” and leave things as they are.

Going into Election Day, the expectation was that it would be a close presidential race that could take days or longer to reach a clear decision. But once polls began to close and the results poured in, it was only a matter of hours before outlets called the race for Trump.

On Thursday night’s edition of CNN NewsNight, anchor Abby Phillip cited the stock market surge that accompanied the election result, and asked how Trump’s policy agenda could impact the direction of the economy.

Rampell said Trump should just ride the wave and take credit for the positive economic trends that weren’t enough to overcome the shock of inflation:

PHILLIP: Sugar high or signs of a boom. The markets are a big fan of President-elect Donald Trump, apparently. Even as economists suggest, most everything Donald Trump wants to do will usher in, perhaps, a recession. So, what are those things exactly? The specifics are suspect, but the broad strokes are these. Tariffs, lots of tariffs, the 2017 tax cuts, he’ll extend those, and taxes, gone on things like tips, payroll taxes, and income.

Tara is back with us at the table. He’s got a lot of things that he’s planning on doing. And I mean, to Scott’s point, he’s feeling emboldened. He believes that he has a mandate, and he wants to do it immediately. What would the impact of doing all of these things be if it is done as he wants it to be done right away?

RAMPELL: It would be terrible. I mean, all of the things that are his priorities, whether it’s global tariffs, deporting 10 to 20 million people, politicizing the Fed, devaluing the dollar — all of those things would be inflationary and or cause the economy to crash. I think the very best thing Trump could do is nothing at all.

You know, go out play golf! Take credit for the economic trends that we already have that are already quite strong. Wages have been outpacing inflation for over a year, for example, inflation has come down a lot, GDP growth has been robust, quarter after quarter. Just take credit. Take credit for the economy he inherited and do nothing else and that’s the best possible outcome we can hope for.

Watch above via CNN NewsNight.