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[–] NielsBohron 84 points 3 weeks ago* (last edited 3 weeks ago) (4 children)

As someone mentioned earlier, this reeks of a "pump and dump" scheme.

  1. Trigger an easily avoidable economic crisis
  2. Watch the stock market tank
  3. Wait for you and your oligarch friends to buy assets for a song
  4. Cancel the "crisis"
  5. Profit

The fact that Trump pretended to be unaware of the effects of the threatened tariffs on the stock market is pretty indicative of him knowing exactly what the effects would be...

[–] [email protected] 32 points 3 weeks ago (3 children)

Finally a theory that makes sense.

[–] SolidShake 10 points 3 weeks ago (1 children)

Yeah this actually makes the most sense. Like damn I didn't think about it before. I even saw the stocks plumet but I never thought he'd do it on purpose.. but then again. He is a felon

[–] NielsBohron 3 points 3 weeks ago* (last edited 3 weeks ago)

I never thought he’d do it on purpose

Me neither; not because he's better than that, but because I didn't think his ego would let him pretend to take the L. Jokes on me! It seems like his handlers and the billionaires he surrounds himself with are (just) smart enough to play his ego to their own advantage.

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