"Trump’s sudden climb-down [from his threat to bomb Iranian power plants] was startling. Who could have seen this coming?
The answer is, the person or people who bought large quantities of stock market futures and sold large quantities of oil futures around 15 minutes before Trump’s announcement."
~ Paul Krugman
#Trump #Iran #war #markets #StockMarket #PredictionMarkets #futures #oil #gas #InsiderTrading
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https://paulkrugman.substack.com/p/treason-in-the-futures-markets
"Somebody close to Trump knew what he was about to do, and exploited that inside information to make huge, instant profits."
#Trump #Iran #war #markets #StockMarket #PredictionMarkets #futures #oil #gas #InsiderTrading
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This is totally thanks to trump:
"What happened here didn’t invent the tone of American life so much as reflect what’s been an incremental breakdown in public behavior. The country now lives in all-caps, from school-board meetings that sound like street rallies and comment sections that have spilled into the street. The algorithm bankrolls outrage, the put-down is political vernacular and the culture applauds 'saying the quiet part out loud'."
His supporters nod along with his asinine bullshit like they understand the nonsense he spews. But he's objectively wrong about history. The federal income tax saved the US from the boom-bust cycle of tariff-based government funding that led to the great depression. This is the most cynical #gaslighting this clown has attempted, and this particular clown is an accomplished gaslighter. Wow. Just wow.
#politics #trump
This is freaking insane.
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~ Musk Set to Get Access to Top-Secret U.S. Plan for Potential War With China ~
#USA #musk #trump #usgovernment #USGov
https://www.nytimes.com/2025/03/20/us/politics/musk-pentagon-briefing-china-war-plan.html
RS:
'Maybe they should start there?' Ex-prosecutor turns tables on Trump and Elon Musk
...according to the TV legal analyst, there is a line item on the federal budget that Trump is ballooning instead of cutting.
...Trump’s weekend trip to the Super Bowl reportedly could have cost as much as tens of millions of dollars between the flight and the security...
https://www.rawstory.com/trump-musk-turn-tables-vance/
President Donald Trump and Elon Musk, the richest man in the world, are ignoring the obvious as they attempt to gut federal research funding, an ex-prosecutor said Wednesday.Former federal prosecutor Joyce Vance weighed in on the Trump administration's recent budget cuts, specifically noting that on...
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