It’s unclear how such an action would help lower U.S. borrowing costs.
WTF? If anything we should be raising them.
Also, any “jobs report” under this administration is extremely sus.
Considering they fired the last person who objected to falsifying the report, I would say they’re deliberately fabricated.
Well yeah, it’s the smart thing to do and prevents runaway inflation, but it’s unpopular because it takes money away so he’s gonna push for the opposite
Are threats what trump thinks negotiations are?
Literally yes. He wrote (correction, had someone write for him) a book about it
I’m familiar with the book. I love books and I love reading. The two books I will never read are trump’s book and hitler’s book. I believe trump has only read one of them (or at least had someone explain it to him).
There have been lots of questions about tiny-d donnie’s connections to the mob over the years.
If so, it would explain a lot about the way he goes about trying to make “deals” (lol).
We will be doing so much winning that you may get tired of all the winning! 🫲🍊🫱
What…? Seriously, like… what the actual fuck…? Is he threatening to nuke the economy by executive-ordering a halt to international trade if the fed doesn’t do what he says, which is not only deeply idiotic, but also completely unrelated to how bond rates are set…? Is that what’s actually happening here???
Yes he is. Why are you surprised
That’s not how this works.
Lol, this is wild even for trump BS. I’d call his bluff and let his supporters see the emperor has no clothes.
Trump issued his demands Friday in a lengthy social media post after a stronger-than-expected August jobs report, which could bolster the case for Fed officials to raise rates at their next policy meeting starting Sept. 15.
In his post, the president exhorted his hand-picked Fed Chairman Kevin Warsh, whom he called “great,” and board members to “get smart” and “BE PATRIOTS for a change.”
“LOWER THE RATE OR I’LL STOP TRADING WITH COUNTRIES WITH WHICH WE HAVE A DEFICIT,” Trump posted. “High interest rates put the U.S.A. at a very unfair disadvantage, and I won’t allow that to happen!”
Fucking what?
I’LL STOP TRADING WITH COUNTRIES WITH WHICH WE HAVE A DEFICIT
So glad we have so much “freedom” that we have donnie dictating how all of commerce works for the whole country. Meanwhile, the ghoulish cons keep acting like Teh SOSHULIIZZMS is coming for all of your freedoms!
Also, donnie the dumb dumb is one of those morons that gets triggered by hearing “trade deficit”. 🙄
Well you see diesel gasoline is at a record high price, so you don’t want people talking about that.
But who knows what this is actually a distraction from.
Not everything is just a distraction. Trump has been talking about Tariffs, interest rates and invading Iran since the 90s. He even took out full page ads at one point in the paper regarding some or all of those topics.
I don’t know about Iran, but he’s been blathering about tariffs since the 80s.
But yeah, not everything is a distraction (from his pedophilia or losing to Iran), this is having a completely incompetent washed-up never-was get to inflict his stupid long-held worldview on everyone.
The voting changes, immagration and customs attending polling places, and monthslong disappearances of legislators
lol
“If you don’t shoot a hole in this boat I’ll blow it up”
Okay buddy
that will give us zimbabwe levels of inflation. time to cash out your savings and buy wheelbarrows, thats the next red hot commodity to have.
Where have I seen this move before? Oh, right
The Republicans more or less always hold a gun to the head of something normal people care about, but that cons don’t really care all that much about. Most of the time I’m reminded more of Martin Sheen in the end of The Dead Zone when they do this.
This particular instance is wild even by conservative standards, because just about all they care about is unfettered capitalism. I’d like to see everyone call tiny-d donnie’s bluff here and see what happens.
