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Is China weighing the option of liquidating a significant amount of treasury bonds to drive US interest rates up. The exact thing Trump doesnt want.
As of February 2025, China held approximately $759 billion in U.S. Treasury securities, representing a significant portion of the total foreign holdings of U.S. debt.
Scrivener7
(58,375 posts)doing the same.
dutch777
(4,891 posts)That is the real play, not tariffs. Trump can rail against governments and maybe intimidate them with something, but individuals, he's got nothing.
kerry-is-my-prez
(10,207 posts)Under Project 2025, the goal is to get rid of the supposed deep state liberals in every area of the government, education, etc. and replace with a dictatorship.
OAITW r.2.0
(31,522 posts)Better to invest in emerging economies in Africa and South America. Dumping it all at once would destroy our economy...and theirs as well. But if Trump wants a tariff war, China is is willing to play that game.
underpants
(194,984 posts)Really early in his first term he wanted to do something. I dont remember what it was. He was told that the bond market would not like it at all. Bill admitted in the interview that he said the bond market? and that he wasnt aware of all the angles or considerations. It was a wake up call.
OAITW r.2.0
(31,522 posts)I wonder. Seemed like you could go stock market rabbit risk or tortoise steady Treasury bonds back then. Not sure about today.
Yo_Mama_Been_Loggin
(132,928 posts)No common sense. No brains and no balls.