In my own little circle it seems most are oblivious.
In my own little circle, there is an uptick in people asking me what I remember about how the local hotel and vacation rental industry did during the Great Recession. Nobody was asking me about that a year ago.
I've mentioned this before, but I wonder to what extent recession worry becomes a self-fulfilling prophecy. Now a lot of people in Trumpworld seem to be asking the same question. Here's three examples from, respectively, conservative, center-right and center-left media...
https://www.nationalreview.com/the-morning-jolt/trump-sounds-the-alarm-on-a-conspiracy-against-economic-growth/https://markets.businessinsider.com/news/stocks/trump-recession-commentary-accuses-media-of-trying-to-create-one-2019-8-1028463363https://www.nytimes.com/2019/08/30/business/economy/recession-trump.htmlet cetera
I don't agree with Trump's allegation ("the media wants a recession"), but I think his basic observation is probably right - we could talk ourselves into a recession. The thing is, he has been well-served so far by using confrontation with "the media" to rally the base. I think he's playing with fire here though - by talking about recession and making accusations about a media conspiracy, he's keeping the topic in the news, which is probably the worst thing an incumbent president can do.
So to me it looks like there are two risks, one that Trump sees and one that he apparently doesn't.
1. By talking about recession enough, we could cause one, which will make re-election harder. He sees and fears this one, and rightly so.
2. By talking about recession, even to deny it, he makes people nervous and pessimistic on the economy and traditionally that is bad for incumbents. So if he doesn't learn a little restraint for once, he could face a situation where he runs for re-election in the midst of an excellent economy with no signs of recession and nevertheless loses the election because of the economy.
He needs to read George Lakoff's book, "Don't Think of Elephant." He keeps telling people, "News of a recession is fake news," failing to understand that the only word people hear in that sentence is "recession."