Trumpwatch 2.0

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AP:
The house narrowly approved a framework for Trumps big agenda after intense wrangling won over Republican holdouts.

MarketWatch:
Chinas new tariff rate stands at 145% not 125%, White House says.

Why not just make it infinity and pay off all the debt at once?
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AP:
Wall Street loses more than half of Wednesdays historic surge as US-China trade tensions escalate.

MarketWatch:
Janet Yellen calls Trumps tariffs ‘the worst self inflicted wound’ she’s ever seen.
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I agree with Janet Yellen.
Trump is too stupid to know what "reciprocal" means.
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MWmetalhead wrote: Thu Apr 10, 2025 2:42 pm I agree with Janet Yellen.
I concur as well. It also seems like everytime we hear about that China number… it’s bigger.
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I was at Harbor Freight yesterday and they're going to have a "Get it now, while you can" sale...
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Dollar Tree will have to change rheir name to Two and a half Dollar Tree.
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MarketWatch:
Dow ends 1,000 points lower as U.S. stocks resume selloff on trade-war fears.
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Dollar Tree raised prices quite a while ago. Basically it's the Dollar Twenty Five Tree now.
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zzand wrote: Thu Apr 10, 2025 4:48 pm Dollar Tree raised prices quite a while ago. Basically it's the Dollar Twenty Five Tree now.
$1.50-$5 store now.
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If the world moves away from the dollar as the world currency, we are fucked. And if China calls on our debt, we are also screwed.
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Agreed on the first point.

On the second point, t-bills don't allow the holder to demand repayment before maturity. China can sell the U.S. debt it holds in the secondary market, if it wishes.
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House passes Save Act that would prevent anyone who has voted that changed their name since birth(via marriage, common name change, gender change). The bill is expected to die in the Senate but damn…
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AP:
Federal judge allows the Trump Administration to require everyone in the U.S. illegally to register with the federal government.
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WLS Chicago:
Chicago Cinco de Mayo Parade cancelled due to Trump immigration policy fears, organizers say.
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AP:
The Supreme Court says the Trump Administration must facilitate the return of a Maryland man mistakenly deported to El Salvador.

Good.
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