text: It is very doubtful that those supporting Trump in the voting booth or on these pages will care whose "fault" caused their economic armageddon. 
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  They will take to the streets with torches and pitchforks in a mindless protest to avenge their betrayal by the very elites that their votes put into power. 
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  In reality the impact of raising interest rates will be but a blip when compared with the turmoil caused by European populism, Chinese expansionism, Russian adventurism and Muslim extremism. 
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  Finally when opining on economic determinism one should have a longer time horizon than "the Federal Funds Rate from 1950 to today".