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President Trump: The NEW one and only politics thread

Discussion in 'Sports and News' started by Moderator1, Nov 12, 2016.

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  1. Azrael

    Azrael Well-Known Member

    Not particularly.

    But I certainly oppose a "policy" based on nothing more than Trump's impulse control problems and ignorance of diplomacy, one that abandons the Israelis, the Kurds and the coalition to fight ISIS, while destabilizing the region even further.

    It's not necessarily what Trump is doing, but how he's doing it.

    "You break it, you buy it." Same for Afghanistan.
     
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    Azrael, Dec 24, 2018
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  2. The Big Ragu

    The Big Ragu Moderator Staff Member

    Let's say you wanted to start a good old-fashioned fractional-reserve banking financial panic. A good strategy would be to threaten to fire the chairman of the Federal Reserve and then have the Treasury Secretary announce to the world that he called the largest banks, and they are not, I repeat NOT, worried about a liquidity problem.

    U.S. equities were so oversold on a short-term basis, that they were due for a bounce -- just technically -- if these guys weren't tripping over their own shoes. But even with a normally low-volume half day, before the open the U.S. equity indexes are making new lows. They did announce that Mnuchin is going to take an hour from his time around the pool in Cabo, and he has a phone call with the plunge protection team today. Which in itself is funny. Who announces that? But I guess now we can see if the trading desk at the NY Fed is still capable of putting in large indiscriminate buy orders without fucking it up. Or does the cloud that extends over everything Trump touches now extend to them, too.
     
    The Big Ragu, Dec 24, 2018
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  3. Starman

    Starman Well-Known Member

    Hmmmm. What if the Secretary of the Treasury, for close to two years now, has been printing up billions-- hundreds of billions, trillions -- of dollars of paper currency for the personal use of the leader, and shipping it off to undisclosed locations at his direction?

    Hmmmm.

    Think about it.

    What would Fucko do if he was a night clerk at a 7-Eleven?

    He'd grab $20s out of the cash register.

    Well guess what: Fucko's got his fingers in the biggest cash box of them all.

    He's stealing ALL the money.
     
    Starman, Dec 24, 2018
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  4. Baron Scicluna

    Baron Scicluna Well-Known Member

    2016 Election: Hall of Fame?
     
    Baron Scicluna, Dec 24, 2018
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  5. garrow

    garrow Well-Known Member

    Hall of Shame.
     
    garrow, Dec 24, 2018
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  6. DanOregon

    DanOregon Well-Known Member

    Crashing the financial markets is going to be the coup d'grace - the final part of the plan. He and his buds are shorting everything. They'll clean up and head to a country with no extradition treaty. I mean, it isn't as if he'd be giving much up going on the lam. He's already got Worst Ever President locked up (and there will be no coming back from that ) - why not make some money on it?
     
    DanOregon, Dec 24, 2018
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  7. Azrael

    Azrael Well-Known Member

    disaster capitalism Ubu, off his rocker





     
    Azrael, Dec 24, 2018
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  8. Neutral Corner

    Neutral Corner Well-Known Member

    And the market drops even faster after that masterpiece of presidential intervention.
     
    Neutral Corner, Dec 24, 2018
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  9. Azrael

    Azrael Well-Known Member

    "efforts to assure normal market operations"
     
    Azrael, Dec 24, 2018
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  10. Webster

    Webster Well-Known Member

    Can’t putt. The worst insult Trump can imagine.
     
    Webster, Dec 24, 2018
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  11. Starman

    Starman Well-Known Member

    Shipping off pallets of cash!!

    What a good idea!
     
    Starman, Dec 24, 2018
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  12. Neutral Corner

    Neutral Corner Well-Known Member

     
    Neutral Corner, Dec 24, 2018
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