Here's the problem. 1. Trump's not very bright. 2. He's very used to getting his way because of his wealth and status. 3.The "enemy" or target gets a vote. 4. Trump just expects people to roll over and submit. China is not going to do that.
Treasury secy is speaking and saying how 47 was brave to start this tariff war and how countries are coming to the table. Excuse me? It was brave to sacrifice trillions of dollars, tank our retirement, and raise our cost of living? Art of the deal? Idiot of the deal.
While the Orange ox is on again and off again on his tariff threats, he is doing irreparable damage to the American economy and reputation.
Who in their right mind will pay any heed to his tariff threats now?
Where does the fool think he is at?
Kindergarten?
The US is a failed state. It’s time for all sane nations to drop the US dollar for international trading and liquidate all US dollar reserves. A robust retaliatory measure to combat the destabilizing trump regime. Get in early! The US dollar will depreciate exponentially once the divestment starts.😎
I said that on Nov 5. I had a wave of panic sweep over me that I hadn’t have happen since hearing my first low-flying plane after being in NYC during 9/11. People close to me thought I was crazy to be panicked about the dollar and cryptocurrency.
Last fall a friend told me that I sounded like a kook claiming that they wanted to crash the economy, devalue the dollar, and dismantle and weaken this nation on the world stage and serve Russian interests.
She insisted we still had guardrails and that "both sides lie."
I've seen multiple posts for several weeks warning trump that this is exactly what China would do. The fact that Trump (and his lackeys) were too stupid to realize it and take it into consideration is beyond pathetic.
The Trump regime is economically illiterate. Finally rolled out Treasury Secretary Scott Bessent a hedge fund manager to tell the world Trump capitulated.
Trump thinking he’s a master negotiator is the equivalent of someone thinking they know how to fight because they’ve watched a few Steven Seagal movies. Trump is out of his league, but too dumb to know it.
I was banging my head trying to find it on YouTube and nothing was coming up that I remember. Then I remembered because the podcast or uploader had a weird name.
Canada has fired a warning shot and sold off some. So has Japan. I think someone else too. Anyway the dollar went down some, and not likely to bounce back quickly. He keeps this up eggs could cost a few hundred, and that's just eggs.
The sad part is, there's no strategic plan, just action without direction, and as he always likes to say, “We’ll see what happens.” Because without a plan, he has no idea.
There is a playbook though. I think. This can't just be off the cuff.
Old joke about German and Swiss army manuals
German: if terrain doesn't match map, follow map
Swiss: if terrain doesn't match map, follow terrain
Canada sold a Canadian treasury bond for $2 billion USD to test the appeal of the Canada market. Also to offset against a slumping CDN dollar. It sold so fast they could of sold ten more. This is not the same as selling the US treasuries we hold. Those may be sold for other purposes.
Ji and China are not impressed by the Mango Mussolini's tantrums nad schoolyard bully "negotiating" tactics. They've got a long game going, and they can take advantage of America's temporary insanity.
wake the hell up! stop thinking you're some type of wizard or pundit. PROJECT 2025 WAS DESIGNED TO DESTABILIZE THE WESTERN WORLD. There's no "america first" agenda. It's "america last" so PUT-IN takes Ukraine unchallenged and then Poland, etc. the coffee has been brewed - take a good long smell
The thing is, China doesn’t need the US. So many other countries rely on their goods that this trade war will end up hurting the US far more than China. Trump is a moron.
Just curious, don’t we owe China a lot of money? I’m not really knowledgeable about economics. If we do, what happens if they decide to call in the loans?
It’s like he thought something, acted on it without thinking about all the possible outcomes of his actions or it’s exactly what is supposed to happen.
It seems the gun has gone off in America’s jeans pocket and shot a hole in their wallet.
Does anyone know how much personal/business debt felon 47 has with China? How would this debt impact his decision making regarding China for the rest of us? He has consistently shown that he is only concerned about helping himself, not us.
Countries also selling US bonds which have been held for long term. American markets are going to crash. Dictator Trump can say as much as he wants countries want to do deals, but realistically what’s happening is they’re retaliating by selling $ that they are seeing as worthless
They want to move the sweat shops to America and have Americans desperate enough to work in them for nothing. They told you they were bringing manufacturing back.
The EU should release a statement saying that they are in conversations with partners about switching from the dollar to the euro for use as the standard international currency.
That would cause the 🍊 💩 to have a meltdown of epic proportions.
Trump is using the same bully tactics that the US has utilized for decades: preferential treatment, skewed FTAs, etc. The only difference with this tariff fiasco is that he's being a mafia boss in front of the cameras. Down goes USD, and with it the status of the US as the sole global hegemon
Who would buy the US treasuries held by China/Japan (was it about 6T?) should they try to dump them? Also heard that the yield on the 10/30 year bonds rose indicating panic. Confusion is mounting in the markets, not good.
Exactly what I am thinking. We are going to suffer in any way or another. It might as well hurt MAGAts big time so that they could never get out of any trouble they put us in.
I'm not a fan of China (being a woke leftie who likes things like human rights...) but you've got to almost admire them in this case. It'll be terrible for US consumers but something's got to wake them up. Maybe this will be it?
Instead of being jealous of educated people , Donald team could have actually gone to college , studied and learned? Have to put in something they are allergic to: effort. Someone with knowledge in economics at least on a basic level should would help right about now. But instead we have this
"Part of the unease was a lackluster auction of three-year debt on Tuesday, which added to nervousness ahead of a $39 billion 10-year auction on Wednesday, and a 30-year sale Thursday."
"... However, China’s stock markets rose, appearing to weather the storm after government interventions. The SSE composite index in Shanghai ended the day 1.1% higher, while the Shenzhen SE composite rose 2.2%."
"... It was not clear whether China, which is one of the world’s largest holders of Treasuries, included among its policy changes the sale of those bonds, which would increase the US administration’s financial pain."
Yea, there's two distinct actions. 1) Selling bonds before they mature to some other large buyer. And 2) Not rolling all the bonds into new bonds when they mature.
Even if China only does #2, it will be painful to USA. Because bond rate will have to rise to find new buyers as those bonds mature.
You know you hate your country's leader & ruling party when every asshole move they make causes you to root for anyone who stabs back at them. Over here rooting for "chy-NUH!" to 'GET' HIM. And next, he's coming after our prescription meds. God almighty.
First step China reduces buying US Treasuries, next step it sells US Treasuries. This will raise mortgage rates and, possibly, dethrone the US dollar as the world's reserve currency.
This suicide is not going to be painless but by the time the idiots who voted for Trump will actually feel the pain the point of no return will have been passed.
The US owes hundreds of billions of dollars in loans to other countries, these are countries that he is tariffing right now. If all of these countries call in their loans right now,the US would be screwed.
Yup other nations keep the dollar value high. That has been the agreement he is hell bent on breaking. They are the doormen that could slam the door in our face and maga would learn the true meaning of inflation.
I think the orange dumbass has fucked with the wrong person country China this time. I hope next they tell him he needs to do in a public and apology..🤤
So let’s say that it is dementia. He has advisers. A cabinet. A Congress. The courts. The financial experts. The citizens. All telling him this tariff war is going to ruin us.
Just thinking a mere few months ago I was thinking things are looking good, and soon interest rates will be down and I can refinance the cars I needed when they were high. Fuck this orange asshole and the maga shit he rode in on.
They hold the largest share our debt, that's for sure. Never had a good feeling about that since they could tank us on a whim. Up until now US debt had value, and if we have a trade deficit that's fair since they're keeping the dollar high. Wonder how maga would feel about South American inflation.
The US only makes up 3% of China's GDP. They can easily adjust to not doing business with America. However, look around an American household and you see 80% of items are made in China without any other options or other options are extremely expensive.
Honestly, it’s not gonna bug Trump. He is a Russian agent. He is doing exactly what he was sent here to do destroy America from the inside out and he’s doing a hell of a job and he’s almost done.
He was warned. He’s bankrupted 6 businesses and now he’s going for our country. Wish the desire to protect our way of governance would kick in and those who took oaths to defend would do so before it really becomes up to The People
Ron (Peter Navarro) Vara's
"Ride the tariffs to victory"?
“Fire sale of Treasuries.”
“Markets are pricing a growing probability of an emergency [interest rate] cut, just as we saw during the Covid turmoil and the height of the global financial crisis in 2008.”
What do you get when you put a failure in the WH? What do you get when you don’t comprehend what is going down? China is reacting to a trump threat and protecting their own. Ask why, ask who they really work for & why a shadow government. Ask why his ass isn’t in prison for an attempted coup.
Will China be the downfall of trump's administration, or will America save itself and impeach this onset dementia person (I was going to type human, but he doesn't have the qualities).
Given Trump's politics have been a one trick pony since the 1980s, China has had a lot of time to plan for every eventuality.
I suspect the American hurt is going to get very real quite soon, especially as more and more people across the world #BoycottUSA over their unwarranted attacks on friends.
But if interest rates rise during a cost of living crisis, people are going to lose their homes. Will the oligarchs be able to buy homes cheap and rent them back to people at extortionate prices?
I can only speak for EU importers but those who do china business stopped using USD early on... Way too volatile while RMB is pretty much cemented for 3 consecutive months.
After trump, the USD is gonna retire for sure and rightfully so
China is a bad country to fight with. They have about 4x the population of the US, lots of inexpensive labour, and their long term plan involve decades, not just the next election cycle.
Once again, totally predictable. Fighting a ridiculous economic war that will only further divide us seems to be the turd’s moronic and ill-conceived blackmail plan
Treasury secy is speaking and saying how 47 was brave to start this tariff war and how countries are coming to the table. Excuse me? It was brave to sacrifice trillions of dollars, tank our retirement, and raise our cost of living? Art of the deal? Idiot of the deal.
Those celebrating the “landslide“ victory of their candidate last year, there’s an additional bonus prize coming your way: a hard lesson in elementary economics. We’re all paying for your schooling.
Ah hell . . . If I were China, I might just call in some of that U.S. debt I OWN just to fuck with that dementia-ridden convicted felon AND to show him exactly who is HOLDING THOSE CARDS he seems to love so much.
I was waiting for that. US is not a reliable partner anymore. I wonder if Japan are going to follow suit and Trump says they are coming to kiss his ass.
#Canada did not sell the USA treasury debt they hold. Canada holds $378.8 USD billion of US treasury securities. If pushed off a cliff by #Felon47 Canada will start selling. USA will issue more to cover but I doubt anyone is going to buy worthless USA paper.
I cannot remember if they did as they hold lots. They are probably saving them as a just in case. 🥴Only small selling for now from all over. Hopefully the US do not need to borrow more money in the near future is all I can say.
China can sell their treasuries at 0.4% per weekday, meaning they will all be gone in 1 year. The US is going to have to pay a lot more interest to borrow money from here.
Trump's 'revenge' is then to default on its debt, exciting the rating agencies & increasing the cost of servicing its remaining debt. If it spirals out of control, Trump may find himself suddenly spiralling out of office, at least saving money hiring yet another sniper..
It won’t be long before the world rejects the American dollar as the dominant currency in the world. It will go the way of the Russian ruble.
A currency has to be trustworthy like the government it represents. Trump untrustworthy!
Trunt unaware that Xi is the absolute ruler of China with no political opposition to his wishes. They do not have two parties.
What Trunt is trying to accomplish.
If you don't remember, China had a 'one child' policy. There were very few children with siblings until that ended.
Imagine that here.
Trump is either a narcissistic megalomaniac with fantasies of world domination, or a pretentious schoolyard bully—all bluster. In either case, he has destroyed our relationship with allies and encouraged America’s enemies. He must be impeached, prosecuted, convicted, and imprisoned.
There is over 1.5 billion Chinese citizens, they own most of our debt, they make a great handful of our products so what makes you think China is just gonna lay down and take whatever Trump gives them?
Matt Novak is reporting Fox stated it was Japan dumping bonds. Everyone should follow the bond market, U.S. Treasuries (10 year), plus the stock market. When people around the world don't trust the U.S. government, we are in for deep trouble.
We run the real risk that the rest of the world will come to realize that they can live just fine without trading with the U.S. and we end up the new North Korea, a nuclear-armed pariah run by a imposter-syndromed dictator constantly screaming into the void that he will take over the world.
Talking of golf he will now not be able to claim he won the Masters. I wonder if he is going to watch the Masters golf or the markets on Faux TV tomorrow. Guess he is one of these channel hoppers anyway. Hopefully he has spare remote batteries just in case.
Trump's the opposite of imposter syndrome 😉. That is having self doubt when you are really good at something. Trump has no self doubt and is really bad.
You are correct in that he not really good at anything, so imposter syndrome is the wrong term. But the way he acts is indicative of someone who must constantly express dominance over everyone around him to silence his father's voice in his head telling him what a loser he is.
Yes, I hear you. He has the world's most fragile ego, and the deep lack of belief in his own ability (let alone belief in common humanity, that we actually all have, when true to ourselves) appears to be "evil", but is simple a tragic little boy that nobody loved.
Please humor me. I would say this isn’t a US trade war, but rather a DJT trade war. I think he wants to cause everyone pain for his last election L… and he doesn’t care who or where you are.
They COULD stop this. If they even gave a SHIT about their people and their country, they would. But they're all cowards, eagerly kowtowing before their Dear Leader.
You couldn’t do this without Republicans. Call it what it is the Republican trade war. Democrats would yank that power away from him in a heartbeat if they had the boats. The red wall is holding up this trade war.
This regime intends to destroy the economy. They know exactly how reliant we are on materials from China, which is why they're having a trade war with them.
The average shopper is going to find out shortly when they go to Walmart. It may take 2 or 3 months for these tariffs to really kick in. Inflation is going to go through the roof.
And borrowing just got more expensive for the U.S. 👇
What a mess of self-inflicted injuries. The patient is not doing well; not in the least. https://www.bbc.com/news/articles/c5yrr0e7499o
Ask your MAGA relatives to stand in any room of their home and count how many things were made in Asia or EU. For most people it's going to be 90 to 95%
Tell them don't forget to count the pictures, rugs, flooring, drywalls, doors, molding, curtains, toilets, furniture and pet supplies.
But like he said... he doesn't need Canada right?he seems to not need any country so let the U.S do their thing and the rest of the world work together. It's really too bad canada and the states can no longer work together. We know Americans are against this felon
It amazes me that the orange turd thinks he can strong arm a man like Xi Jinping, in a world of dictators and strong men Xi Jinping could eat Trump and all his ancestors for breakfast and still have room for lunch.
This is setting the stage for China about to attempt to set up the Yuan to replace the Dollar as currency of choice. The so called nuclear option. Trump and Navarro have really screwed the pooch.
I’m not an economist but it seems like China just put the US in check if not checkmate.
Now the us govt has to pay more to borrow the $2T+ it borrows every year to fund itself.
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How long before the right wingers in Congress wake from their coma?
Who in their right mind will pay any heed to his tariff threats now?
Where does the fool think he is at?
Kindergarten?
See my pinned tweet. I really wanted to be crazy.
She insisted we still had guardrails and that "both sides lie."
I am tired of being right.
#trumpcrash
Whatya think was going to happen you stable genius?
There is no one on their team who even understands Game Theory.
Unfortunately because we a=have a congress with NO BACKBONE, we the people have to suffer because of their STUPIDITY.
Guess I'm not refinancing my home anytime soon. Damn it!
"He's just sitting down now because he's tired" lol
https://www.imaginationandjunk.com/posts/is-steven-seagal-yknow-good-at-martial-arts#:~:text=His%20chosen%20martial%20discipline%20is,person%20judging%20him%20fell%20asleep
https://youtu.be/BzIHyF7UWY4
Similarities keep piling
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Old joke about German and Swiss army manuals
German: if terrain doesn't match map, follow map
Swiss: if terrain doesn't match map, follow terrain
I dropped my iPhone and need another. “That will be $50,560 please”
China is free to sell their treasuries at any time on the bond exchange. If they sell a lot quickly, it will lower the value or price of treasuries.
It seems the gun has gone off in America’s jeans pocket and shot a hole in their wallet.
Listen to what Trump said last night - "kissing my ass"
https://www.newsweek.com/trump-countries-kissing-my-ass-tariffs-2057223
The narcissistic Trump cares only about TRUMP - not you, not me, not America!
Oprah once said.... "you get a car", "you get a car".. etc - while Trump says "You LOSE it all!
Fo Not Fool Around With A Former Goveof Bank of Canada and England.
That would cause the 🍊 💩 to have a meltdown of epic proportions.
This would screw the American economy and take away any power trump think he has over China.
Sure it hurts, but it would put trump in position he cannot get out of and THATS a price I’m willing to pay.
https://www.bloomberg.com/news/articles/2025-04-09/treasuries-fire-sale-sends-long-term-yields-soaring-worldwide
Even if China only does #2, it will be painful to USA. Because bond rate will have to rise to find new buyers as those bonds mature.
White America voted for this! I hope they get filled to capacity with everything trump is giving to them!
That China dumping them could lead to a new de facto world currency has been predicted for years.
I didn’t think Trump could make that happen, but here we are, with a Russian puppet president working with Putin to destroy America.
#HellNo More Info here
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EXERCISE THE 25TH AMENDMENT!
"Ride the tariffs to victory"?
“Fire sale of Treasuries.”
“Markets are pricing a growing probability of an emergency [interest rate] cut, just as we saw during the Covid turmoil and the height of the global financial crisis in 2008.”
https://www.theguardian.com/business/2025/apr/09/dramatic-sell-off-of-us-government-bonds-as-tariff-war-panic-deepens
'U.S. Treasuries were also caught up in the market turmoil ...a sign investors are dumping even their safest assets and the dollar.'
https://www.reuters.com/world/trumps-latest-tariffs-loom-set-deepen-global-trade-war-2025-04-09/
Drill baby drill, so much winning ! What is the prize?
800B
China is going to teach that boy 🐔 a lesson
I’m not a fan of CCP, but CCP has a principle at least. Hope China fights against Trump Regime until he backs down!
It’s fun to see 🤑 & billionaire Trump supporters are 😡 at Trump 🤣
Never ever elect the guy who filed bankruptcy 6 times!
Tariffs - stock market uncertainty - other countries retaliate - higher prices at home - companies downsize - jobs lost....
It doesn't have to be this way for the beautiful butterfly. Congress-you up?
And those who were laid off (like auto workers), default on debts.
And so on. It's not just about paying 25% more for new Nikes.
I suspect the American hurt is going to get very real quite soon, especially as more and more people across the world #BoycottUSA over their unwarranted attacks on friends.
we all have to be hurt
so this jerk gets off the stage.
Can't we just put him on a slow boat to China?
If China stops buying them by, by USA.
After trump, the USD is gonna retire for sure and rightfully so
This sucks
💙✌️
You’re welcome.
I was worried it was already happening when I saw the 10yr bond yield this morning.
As for Europe.
We remember 2008. Thanks but no thanks.
🇪🇺🇮🇪
Who could have seen that coming?
A currency has to be trustworthy like the government it represents. Trump untrustworthy!
What Trunt is trying to accomplish.
If you don't remember, China had a 'one child' policy. There were very few children with siblings until that ended.
Imagine that here.
Seems like Dump and China (DC) are engaged in an auction.
https://www.msn.com/en-us/money/markets/china-slams-us-with-84-tariff-after-new-wave-of-trump-levies-live-updates/ar-AA1CAJe7?ocid=BingNewsSerp
In fact that is his literal goal.
He is a puppet of Putin, and Putin's goal is to tear the USA down from the inside.
None of this is a surprise - this is not just mere idiocy, it's treason. (But also a lot of idiocy.)
SEVEN.
Just take your belongings and move to Europe 😉🇪🇺🇸🇪
When Treasury bond yields rise, borrowing costs, including mortgage rates, tend to increase, and vice versa.
Did they skim the cover of an Amazon book written by a guy who made up his sources?
Idk
The economy is being 💥 using ideas laughed at in Econ101 classes.
the people who could stop it?
They won’t.
Is it cuz they hate minorities — or they’re terrified of their own ppl? 🤷🏻♂️
At least not without the whole world by their side.
And the US basically have the whole world against them at the moment. This will get messy.
For the US.
They COULD stop this. If they even gave a SHIT about their people and their country, they would. But they're all cowards, eagerly kowtowing before their Dear Leader.
They own this as much as the Felon owns this.
But I guess what I’m saying is the actual American people do not want this even the MAGA people will probably come around when prices start rising.
I pity your nation.
What a mess of self-inflicted injuries. The patient is not doing well; not in the least.
https://www.bbc.com/news/articles/c5yrr0e7499o
Isn’t he?
Tell them don't forget to count the pictures, rugs, flooring, drywalls, doors, molding, curtains, toilets, furniture and pet supplies.
Canada will adapt and progress with or without the USA.
Now the us govt has to pay more to borrow the $2T+ it borrows every year to fund itself.