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5. Heckuva job, Donnie!
Fri Mar 28, 2025, 03:31 PM
Mar 28

With this crew, you have to assume everything they do is basically incompetence guided by evil intent, and -- in the case of idiotic pursuits like Greenland and tariffs -- the Mump* regime's all-out pursuit of El Donaldo's every petty whim and random-utterance-as-policy-position. I suppose the ultimate result could be a complete wrecking of the economy, resulting in either thousands of protesters in the streets (providing a pretext to declare martial law) or a flimsy justification for moving the country closer to a crypto-based economy (as though that's less prone to crashes!). So...win-win??

* I thought I came up with this moniker myself -- turns out it was previously suggested by none other than the illustrious authoritarian expert Timothy Snyder, last Christmas Eve: https://www.rsn.org/001/why-is-musktrump-the-mump-regime-ask-the-mumpers-and-the-mumpets.html

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Trump often does stuff that tank the markets on fridays Demovictory9 Mar 28 #1
uumm. I have never kept track of Trump and his yapping that much. riversedge Mar 28 #2
Its talked about in investing forums..people trade stocks based on the pattern Demovictory9 Mar 28 #4
He and his minions must be makjng money manipulating the market. redstatebluegirl Mar 28 #3
Probably PatSeg Mar 28 #15
It's probably the same people who made $$$ RazorbackExpat Mar 28 #16
The world is full of such people PatSeg Mar 28 #18
That is certainly plausible... King_Klonopin Mar 29 #20
Heckuva job, Donnie! Pinback Mar 28 #5
"inflation in February remained slightly sticky" Ummm. Looks more like up, up, up, to me progree Mar 28 #6
Tanking Stocks Canada Kid Mar 28 #7
Oh boy, just in time for first quarter statements central scrutinizer Mar 28 #8
I heard trump likes to help baron with his short-selling hobby. Think. Again. Mar 28 #9
S&P 500 closed Friday 3/28 at 5581, down 2.0% for the day, down 3.5% since election day, down 9.2% from ATH progree Mar 28 #10
Dow closes more than 700 points lower and the S&P 500 is on track for its worst quarter since 2022 riversedge Mar 28 #11
Heckuva job, Dumpty! N/T tonekat Mar 28 #12
So this is the fault of, well, immigrants? twodogsbarking Mar 28 #13
I'm 100% Ojerly Mar 28 #14
Musk. perhaps RazorbackExpat Mar 28 #17
All the Elon nut huggers are screeching: BUY THE DIP! BUY THE DIP! Crowman2009 Mar 28 #19
Now hang onto your hats while I mention the words no one dares to utter! Aussie105 Mar 29 #21
Trump's pay back chicago guy Mar 29 #22
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