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Former President Donald Trump is inheriting an economy with low unemployment, falling inflation, and a record-high stock market. Regardless, the Washington Monthly’s Bill Scher thinks it’s a good bet that he will royally screw it up in the coming years. While the economy performed reasonably well for the first three years of Trump’s presidency, Scher argues that is because many of his economic advisers stopped him from implementing some of his truly destructive ambitions such as starting global trade wars. Want more breaking political news? Click for the latest headlines at Raw Story. Trump wi…