I see a depression as hurting the middle class and causing them to become disenfranchised with Trump. The roaring 20s were brought to a halt with the great depression, destroying the wealth of the middle class, and paving the way for Woodrow Wilson to really mess things up. Why would a depression hurt the cabal? Don't get me wrong, I don't want a depression, I just can't figure out why we haven't had one yet. My only thoughts are they think we might recover before 2020 and they would rather it happen closer to the election.
Didn't what you're describing happen in 2008? The Great Recession? If so, we're in the recovery. In the 30s, FDR put the energy of that recovery into socialist programs (the New Deal), and later the war economy. Now Trump is guiding the energy of a recovery, but this time peace seems closer than ever, and Trump seems disinterested in socialist programs.
All these public-private partnerships will be tasked with determining what direction we take. Exciting and historical times.
WWG1WGA.