There was significant talk about market manipulation - he knows what he's going to tariff and how that'll affect the stock market, so he can buy low and sell high without any risk, because he is effectively the dominant market force right now
reply> Which one is this? Can you explain? Do his family members own Vietnamese lumber farms or something?
replyLove the see-how-ignorant-I-am type of comments.
Maybe US lumber producers lined his pockets. Probably not.
replyI don't cutting down our forests either but the stated goal of the whole exercise is to improve the US's businesses and self reliance on local industry...
reply"The stated goal" is stupid as fuck, especially when it comes to our literal immediate neighbor who has been a steadfast ally for the last 100+ years.
replyWhy would anyone, even one of his supporters, care about the stated goal? The man has decades of pursuing goals other than his stated goals. You'd have to be profoundly naive.
reply> Why would anyone, even one of hoods supporters, care about the stated goal?
replyBecause regardless of the execution, this is a forcing function around a broader topic about prosperity in a nation. Tangentially it's also about potential future conflict with China (I hope not!). Both of which I think are much more interesting of a discussion than base partisan mud-slinging.
And the stated goal of DOGE was to save money...
replyWatch what they do, not what they say. They say a lot of things, and where they can they take all positions.
And the unstated goal is to satisfy a senile crook stuck in the 70s (maybe the 1870s)...
replyHow it seems to work from his past attempts is that the business pays a bribe to try to lift it
replyIt's true, not everything he does is to stuff his pockets, a lot of it is just to fluff his ego or avenge perceived slights.
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