Anonymous
04/11/2025 21:41
Subject: Trump caved: I smell blood in the water
Anonymous wrote:Anonymous wrote:Anonymous wrote:This week was telling. Trump caved on the tariffs. Trump thought that he was so smart but reality is a funny thing.
Capital won. Or as Scott Gallagher likes to say the 10 year bond was the adult in the room.
But also interesting was we got to see what a cuck Musk is. He thought he could manipulate Trump but instead, Trump listened to Navarro. Musk isn’t all powerful as he believes to be.
Trump blinked (not the first time, won’t be the last), Elon got sidelined, and millions of Americans went to the streets up to oppose this regime.
There's blood in the water.
He didn't blink if the intent was to isolate China - which he has.
It’s just unfathomable to some Americans that the US is not at the top of the heap in all things. So many maga people think the U.S. holds the leverage here. Even before the bond market did a u turn, it was China with the leverage all along. They buy corn and soybeans from the U.S., which are easily sourced elsewhere. They have a $1 trillion trade surplus with the U.S. They can take advantage of the withered trade relations with other countries that Trump has left in his wake. They will take this opportunity to displace the U.S. in soft power in Asia, Africa and South America. Trump is f’ing it all up, and all China has to do is watch it happen.
Countries will have to choose between doing business with the U.S. and doing business with China. Doing business with China requires many sacrifices for foreign companies that are not required to do business with the U.S. (and China has a tendency to steal IP). Also, the U.S. has tremendous natural resources that many countries want, including oil and natural gas.
Anonymous
04/11/2025 21:27
Subject: Trump caved: I smell blood in the water
Anonymous wrote:Anonymous wrote:This week was telling. Trump caved on the tariffs. Trump thought that he was so smart but reality is a funny thing.
Capital won. Or as Scott Gallagher likes to say the 10 year bond was the adult in the room.
But also interesting was we got to see what a cuck Musk is. He thought he could manipulate Trump but instead, Trump listened to Navarro. Musk isn’t all powerful as he believes to be.
Trump blinked (not the first time, won’t be the last), Elon got sidelined, and millions of Americans went to the streets up to oppose this regime.
There's blood in the water.
He didn't blink if the intent was to isolate China - which he has.
It’s just unfathomable to some Americans that the US is not at the top of the heap in all things. So many maga people think the U.S. holds the leverage here. Even before the bond market did a u turn, it was China with the leverage all along. They buy corn and soybeans from the U.S., which are easily sourced elsewhere. They have a $1 trillion trade surplus with the U.S. They can take advantage of the withered trade relations with other countries that Trump has left in his wake. They will take this opportunity to displace the U.S. in soft power in Asia, Africa and South America. Trump is f’ing it all up, and all China has to do is watch it happen.
Anonymous
04/11/2025 21:21
Subject: Trump caved: I smell blood in the water
Anonymous wrote:Anonymous wrote:Anonymous wrote:This week was telling. Trump caved on the tariffs. Trump thought that he was so smart but reality is a funny thing.
Capital won. Or as Scott Gallagher likes to say the 10 year bond was the adult in the room.
But also interesting was we got to see what a cuck Musk is. He thought he could manipulate Trump but instead, Trump listened to Navarro. Musk isn’t all powerful as he believes to be.
Trump blinked (not the first time, won’t be the last), Elon got sidelined, and millions of Americans went to the streets up to oppose this regime.
There's blood in the water.
He didn't blink if the intent was to isolate China - which he has.
China is far from isolated. All its trading arrangements with the other 200+ countries in the world remain in place. Meanwhile, the US has utterly isolated itself from all its trading partners and allies. The dollar is in freefall. Bond yields are skying as the rest of the world is selling treasuries because the US is now seen as an unsafe place to invest. As a result, even though we are going into a recession, we can expect very high interest rates. It's impossible for the Fed to lower rates now. Our economy is screwed and it will be very difficult to get out of it. And by destroying our economic ties to China we have also destroyed all our leverage over China's willingness to invade Taiwan. They only thing China feared was a US economic boycott. Well, Trump decided to ban trade with China anyway, which really raises the possibility that China will invade Taiwan since they will have little to fear now. The stupidity of Republicans will be studied for decades.
And do you think that China isn't part of the equation when negotiating trade deals with other countries? It absolutely is. Right now, China is trying to figure out how to shore up its own economy. Without low tariff access to U.S. markets, it's searching for new markets that may not exist if Trump makes new tariff deals contingent on countries not doing business with China. The U.S.-China trade deficit was not sustainable, and U.S. companies' dependency on China represented a national security threat to the U.S.
As for China invading Taiwan, the U.S. ties to China weren't stopping that. If they had any effect at all, China wouldn't have increased its military exercises around Taiwan over the past few years (under Joe Biden).
Anonymous
04/11/2025 21:21
Subject: Trump caved: I smell blood in the water
Anonymous wrote:You all don’t understand tariffs. America will win this. China doesn’t have any countries willing to buy like we do.
You don’t understand that most of the world does not trust your country anymore.
Anonymous
04/11/2025 21:19
Subject: Trump caved: I smell blood in the water
Anonymous wrote:Anonymous wrote:This week was telling. Trump caved on the tariffs. Trump thought that he was so smart but reality is a funny thing.
Capital won. Or as Scott Gallagher likes to say the 10 year bond was the adult in the room.
But also interesting was we got to see what a cuck Musk is. He thought he could manipulate Trump but instead, Trump listened to Navarro. Musk isn’t all powerful as he believes to be.
Trump blinked (not the first time, won’t be the last), Elon got sidelined, and millions of Americans went to the streets up to oppose this regime.
There's blood in the water.
He didn't blink if the intent was to isolate China - which he has.
Nope, he is only isolating the US. Everyone else hate us, our products and services are being boycotted and new trading zones are being forged without the US as part of them.
Anonymous
04/11/2025 21:18
Subject: Trump caved: I smell blood in the water
So.much.winning.
Anonymous
04/11/2025 21:17
Subject: Trump caved: I smell blood in the water
You all don’t understand tariffs. America will win this. China doesn’t have any countries willing to buy like we do.
Anonymous
04/11/2025 20:38
Subject: Trump caved: I smell blood in the water
Anonymous wrote:Anonymous wrote:Anonymous wrote:This week was telling. Trump caved on the tariffs. Trump thought that he was so smart but reality is a funny thing.
Capital won. Or as Scott Gallagher likes to say the 10 year bond was the adult in the room.
But also interesting was we got to see what a cuck Musk is. He thought he could manipulate Trump but instead, Trump listened to Navarro. Musk isn’t all powerful as he believes to be.
Trump blinked (not the first time, won’t be the last), Elon got sidelined, and millions of Americans went to the streets up to oppose this regime.
There's blood in the water.
He didn't blink if the intent was to isolate China - which he has.
China is far from isolated. All its trading arrangements with the other 200+ countries in the world remain in place. Meanwhile, the US has utterly isolated itself from all its trading partners and allies. The dollar is in freefall. Bond yields are skying as the rest of the world is selling treasuries because the US is now seen as an unsafe place to invest. As a result, even though we are going into a recession, we can expect very high interest rates. It's impossible for the Fed to lower rates now. Our economy is screwed and it will be very difficult to get out of it. And by destroying our economic ties to China we have also destroyed all our leverage over China's willingness to invade Taiwan. They only thing China feared was a US economic boycott. Well, Trump decided to ban trade with China anyway, which really raises the possibility that China will invade Taiwan since they will have little to fear now. The stupidity of Republicans will be studied for decades.
Exactly this. In this stupid gambit, the US lost, and China won.
Anonymous
04/11/2025 20:33
Subject: Trump caved: I smell blood in the water
Anonymous wrote:Anonymous wrote:This week was telling. Trump caved on the tariffs. Trump thought that he was so smart but reality is a funny thing.
Capital won. Or as Scott Gallagher likes to say the 10 year bond was the adult in the room.
But also interesting was we got to see what a cuck Musk is. He thought he could manipulate Trump but instead, Trump listened to Navarro. Musk isn’t all powerful as he believes to be.
Trump blinked (not the first time, won’t be the last), Elon got sidelined, and millions of Americans went to the streets up to oppose this regime.
There's blood in the water.
He didn't blink if the intent was to isolate China - which he has.
Are those the new talking points?
Anonymous
04/11/2025 20:21
Subject: Trump caved: I smell blood in the water
Anonymous wrote:Anonymous wrote:This week was telling. Trump caved on the tariffs. Trump thought that he was so smart but reality is a funny thing.
Capital won. Or as Scott Gallagher likes to say the 10 year bond was the adult in the room.
But also interesting was we got to see what a cuck Musk is. He thought he could manipulate Trump but instead, Trump listened to Navarro. Musk isn’t all powerful as he believes to be.
Trump blinked (not the first time, won’t be the last), Elon got sidelined, and millions of Americans went to the streets up to oppose this regime.
There's blood in the water.
He didn't blink if the intent was to isolate China - which he has.
China is far from isolated. All its trading arrangements with the other 200+ countries in the world remain in place. Meanwhile, the US has utterly isolated itself from all its trading partners and allies. The dollar is in freefall. Bond yields are skying as the rest of the world is selling treasuries because the US is now seen as an unsafe place to invest. As a result, even though we are going into a recession, we can expect very high interest rates. It's impossible for the Fed to lower rates now. Our economy is screwed and it will be very difficult to get out of it. And by destroying our economic ties to China we have also destroyed all our leverage over China's willingness to invade Taiwan. They only thing China feared was a US economic boycott. Well, Trump decided to ban trade with China anyway, which really raises the possibility that China will invade Taiwan since they will have little to fear now. The stupidity of Republicans will be studied for decades.
Anonymous
04/11/2025 19:43
Subject: Trump caved: I smell blood in the water
Anonymous wrote:Anonymous wrote:This week was telling. Trump caved on the tariffs. Trump thought that he was so smart but reality is a funny thing.
Capital won. Or as Scott Gallagher likes to say the 10 year bond was the adult in the room.
But also interesting was we got to see what a cuck Musk is. He thought he could manipulate Trump but instead, Trump listened to Navarro. Musk isn’t all powerful as he believes to be.
Trump blinked (not the first time, won’t be the last), Elon got sidelined, and millions of Americans went to the streets up to oppose this regime.
There's blood in the water.
He didn't blink if the intent was to isolate China - which he has.
No he’s isolated us. He managed to get China Japan and South Korea cooperating with each other.
Anonymous
04/11/2025 19:34
Subject: Trump caved: I smell blood in the water
Musk got squeezed out because he went against Trump on tariffs and Navarro read the room.
Anonymous
04/11/2025 19:31
Subject: Trump caved: I smell blood in the water
Anonymous wrote:This week was telling. Trump caved on the tariffs. Trump thought that he was so smart but reality is a funny thing.
Capital won. Or as Scott Gallagher likes to say the 10 year bond was the adult in the room.
But also interesting was we got to see what a cuck Musk is. He thought he could manipulate Trump but instead, Trump listened to Navarro. Musk isn’t all powerful as he believes to be.
Trump blinked (not the first time, won’t be the last), Elon got sidelined, and millions of Americans went to the streets up to oppose this regime.
There's blood in the water.
He didn't blink if the intent was to isolate China - which he has.
Anonymous
04/11/2025 17:59
Subject: Trump caved: I smell blood in the water
Anonymous wrote:This week was telling. Trump caved on the tariffs. Trump thought that he was so smart but reality is a funny thing.
Capital won. Or as Scott Gallagher likes to say the 10 year bond was the adult in the room.
But also interesting was we got to see what a cuck Musk is. He thought he could manipulate Trump but instead, Trump listened to Navarro. Musk isn’t all powerful as he believes to be.
Trump blinked (not the first time, won’t be the last), Elon got sidelined, and millions of Americans went to the streets up to oppose this regime.
There's blood in the water.
He's old okay he's old they blink more often than they admit. Like teenagers. #isit2026and2028yet?
Anonymous
04/11/2025 17:36
Subject: Trump caved: I smell blood in the water
This week was telling. Trump caved on the tariffs. Trump thought that he was so smart but reality is a funny thing.
Capital won. Or as Scott Gallagher likes to say the 10 year bond was the adult in the room.
But also interesting was we got to see what a cuck Musk is. He thought he could manipulate Trump but instead, Trump listened to Navarro. Musk isn’t all powerful as he believes to be.
Trump blinked (not the first time, won’t be the last), Elon got sidelined, and millions of Americans went to the streets up to oppose this regime.
There's blood in the water.
Capital won. Or as Scott Gallagher likes to say the 10 year bond was the adult in the room.
But also interesting was we got to see what a cuck Musk is. He thought he could manipulate Trump but instead, Trump listened to Navarro. Musk isn’t all powerful as he believes to be.
Trump blinked (not the first time, won’t be the last), Elon got sidelined, and millions of Americans went to the streets up to oppose this regime.
There's blood in the water.