I would gladly lose my job to get rid of Trump I've said it, I've said it when the contract was ending and I didn't know where my next paycheck was coming from. I have no power to make that happen of course, wishes aren't horses and I can't trade Trump for a bad economy even if I think "whatever as long as he's gone". Could I survive it? Yes. I'd likely not be homeless or hungry if that's what is meant, the rent would get paid, the food would get bought, I may or may not be able to afford a garbage ACA plan, probably but with what they cost who knows, more expensive all the time, so I don't count on it, but rent, food, and utilities, yea if I find work eventually. It takes an incredible PSYCHOLOGICAL toll to be long term unemployed but ...
So I won't be supporting Trump because of the economy. I'm doing ok. I'm glad, and I don't think everyone (not any every most upstanding employee) does ok just because the economy is "good". no way, no way, no way.
By the way the assumption that a recession would hasten automation seems to be completely whack. If anything a tight job market with somewhat higher wages (haven't increased that much but) would lead to more automation, a recession when workers can be had for the cheap for almost any job just because they are desperate, I don't think so.