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Beachnutt

(8,873 posts) Thu Apr 10, 2025, 06:27 PM Apr 2025

Trump has no cards [View all]

Is China weighing the option of liquidating a significant amount of treasury bonds to drive US interest rates up. The exact thing Trump doesn’t 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.

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Trump has no cards [View all] Beachnutt Apr 2025 OP

And Canada and a number of other countries who hold lots of our debt are Scrivener7 Apr 2025 #1

That would be an interesting play by China. Wonder if Trump realizes foreigners can just boycott anything US? dutch777 Apr 2025 #2

Trump wants to burn this country to the ground. kerry-is-my-prez Apr 2025 #3

China has been moving quietly on reducing their US Treasury position. OAITW r.2.0 Apr 2025 #4

I remember an interview with Pres. Bill Clinton about bonds underpants Apr 2025 #5

Do you think the bond market is the same as it was 50 years ago? OAITW r.2.0 Apr 2025 #6

No cards Yo_Mama_Been_Loggin Aug 2025 #7