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Orange is either delusional, or trying to collapse the country while wearing his smiley face.
Maybe a little of both.
This "patient operation" he speaks of....is it triple-bypass surgery?
In the bunker at Mar-Lago...... Eric and Donnie Jr. race tiny circus cars around a track while Melania claps. Trump is off in the corner,still hugging that tariff plaque he unveiled yesterday. They have become close.
Vance is there too, plotting…
https://www.thedailybeast.com/guess-what-country-trump-left-off-his-list-of-tariffs/
Guess What Country Trump Left Off His List of Tariffs
"Eagle-eyed social media users were quick to point out that Russia was not part of about 60 countries the Tr…
https://www.salon.com/2025/03/27/sadopolitics-why-maga-clings-more-to-the-more-his-policies-hurt-them/
"For at least the last nine years (and decades before with the rise of Fox News and the right-wing echo chamber) this propaganda and experience m…
Guilty of feeding the troll. Will try to do a better job of personally freezing out certain posters.
Would be great if there was an IGNORE (MUTE) tag option, as this would help resolve such issues.
Trolls hate such tools, as they are rendered i…
Mr. Market seems surprised Trump did what he said he was going to do.
Agreed. Apparently Mr. Market holds out hope for a withdrawal of these tariff policies in the short-term.
When will the stable genius blink?
The market hates uncertainty. …
NMAX ends the session down -77%, plus another -9% after hours.
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We should give him a 3rd Term to make sure this all works itself out, yah?
https://cohen.house.gov/TrumpAdminTracker
"The Trump Administration has acted illegally and unconstitutionally in ways that weaken our democratic institutions, slow down ou…
Thank you for the play by play! And just a guess here, but Melania might prefer if he sleeps with that plaque instead of her.
No kidding that a recession is not priced in! Tech and consumer cyclicals are down YTD, and TSLA is the biggest dog of …
Musk and his tech goons made out like bandits, and now Musk is running out the door. Who will be the next thief to be granted access to our sensitive information...and chop up govt jobs and people's livelihood with a chainsaw?
Our future Social…
https://www.reuters.com/world/china-japan-south-korea-will-jointly-respond-us-tariffs-chinese-state-media-says-2025-03-31/
Bold added.....
BEIJING, March 31 (Reuters) - China, Japan and South Korea agreed to jointly respond to U.S. tariffs, a soci…
Why did you start another tariff thread on an investment forum?
This belongs in the Off Topic one. It's obviously a political one.
Can you show me the high correlation between this article and our portfolios?
Your "political" card has been used up…
Australia is not cheap, but at least the language is English.
About that visa for American retirees....hmmm......the options seem limited. A few of us might be begging for asylum at some point soon.
Per "Morning Brief" link posted by @Mark:
"Ambiguity is the No. 1 enemy of a market," former director of the National Economic Council and current IBM (IBM) vice chair Gary Cohn said on Opening Bid. "When a company creates ambiguity in their earnin…
Not necessarily related, but WTF was Vance's wife doing in Greenland?
She was initially going to watch a dog-sled race with one of her sons, per the White House.... but the Greenland protesters were prepared to give her quite the chilly reception. …
SILENCE! All of you. How dare you speak (indirectly) of the grand leader this way.
Keep this up and masked men will come to take you away in the night. We must censor any negative references towards the grand leader. Muzzle the dissenters.…
What's the tariff increase on stock and fund purchases that are not US companies only.
Let's not give the orange idiot any bright ideas.
It doesn't feel like a democracy when you have 1 psychopath calling all the shots and exhorting money from US …
Thought that his minions ("loyalist") might see the light over time, but now I suspect I was naive. His base is not interested in facts or reality.
Yes, this is all chilling.
"Unless we overthrow them in some way, we’re going to keep losing.'
They drink the punch and that will not change. He will maintain many of his cult followers no matter how bad it gets.
The markets haven't begun to really roll over just yet. Could be very rough seas ahead if we maintain this path.
There are some who believe it would be difficult to be that blind. Some believe he is trying to bring down the US economy and this entire country, and he is doing a swell job on that front.
"Howell's order is a notable instance of a federal judge vocally pushing back against attempts to discredit the federal judiciary, and comes as judges who have ruled against the Trump administration this year are confronting a wave of threats."
Goo…
I'll always remember Susan Collins for pretending she was surprised that Supreme Court justices Kavanaugh and Barrett, who said they would NEVER overturn Roe Wade during their approval hearings, went right ahead and overturned Roe Wade. Was she nai…
Throughout history ruling classes have done whatever it takes to create an underclass equivalent to financial slavery, to perform labor that is ruinous to health and long life. It is no coincidence that the Trump administration is intent upon chokin…
"Having a vehicle to go work while earning a living and feed your family is NOT an American Dream!" - Bessent. Yes, downgrade our lives, oh wise ones! And yet, we shall continue to blindly follow thee. We are not worthy.
Project 2025 runn…
