Take it easy! Bullying and mocking is not a smart way to make an reasonable argument.
This is NOT new and unexpected.
Before tariffs, Trump’s team signaled a global order reset: pulling back from NATO, cooling EU ties, and opening diplomatic space with Russia, Saudi Arabia, etc.
Tariffs now serve as leverage to renegotiate terms based on America-First policy.
Also, United States has $9.2T in debt that will keep accumulating. He has to lower yields to free up fiscal room. How to push yields down with sticky inflation and cautious Fed?
Manufacture uncertainty.
Sweep in with tariffs, spook the markets, trigger risk-off.
Money exits stocks, floods into long-term Treasuries.
This is a deliberate and NOT unexpected “detox.”
Then we have D.O.G.E.’s cutting deficit by $4B per day.
And tariffs also trigger domestic industrial revival. When imports are expensive there is room for U.S. producers to step in. In the short term, yes, consumers will face higher prices. This is not a quick fix and Trump is front-loading the pain now. The benefits will be visible in 2026.
You are in blockchain and digital assets realm. Which means you probably play for the long term benefits of blockchain technology even though a moment-by-moment assessment, shows a super unstable and uncertain digital assets market.
If you don’t reside in United States, like I do, you might have a tendency to let your hate for Trump color your perspective (hint: your TDS shows!). This is why I suggested you do your research before you regurgitate what the mainstream media is vomiting.
Please do your research before posting something clearly biased and wrap it in the "wisdom" foil. They are RECIPROCAL tarrifs and for many decades other countries have had tarrifs on US with ZERO reciprocal tarrifs.
The point was that it was unexpected and unpredictable, as was the market's reaction to it
If you disagree and you predicted that this was going to happen, that the markets would crash 5-10%, and that there would be tarrifs slapped on uninhabited islands, then congrats, you're probably a billionaire and able to long and short markets to perfection
The rest of us are mere mortals, and having a plan and thinking about various scenarios doesn't seem like a crazy idea to me
Take it easy! Bullying and mocking is not a smart way to make an reasonable argument.
This is NOT new and unexpected.
Before tariffs, Trump’s team signaled a global order reset: pulling back from NATO, cooling EU ties, and opening diplomatic space with Russia, Saudi Arabia, etc.
Tariffs now serve as leverage to renegotiate terms based on America-First policy.
Also, United States has $9.2T in debt that will keep accumulating. He has to lower yields to free up fiscal room. How to push yields down with sticky inflation and cautious Fed?
Manufacture uncertainty.
Sweep in with tariffs, spook the markets, trigger risk-off.
Money exits stocks, floods into long-term Treasuries.
This is a deliberate and NOT unexpected “detox.”
Then we have D.O.G.E.’s cutting deficit by $4B per day.
And tariffs also trigger domestic industrial revival. When imports are expensive there is room for U.S. producers to step in. In the short term, yes, consumers will face higher prices. This is not a quick fix and Trump is front-loading the pain now. The benefits will be visible in 2026.
You are in blockchain and digital assets realm. Which means you probably play for the long term benefits of blockchain technology even though a moment-by-moment assessment, shows a super unstable and uncertain digital assets market.
If you don’t reside in United States, like I do, you might have a tendency to let your hate for Trump color your perspective (hint: your TDS shows!). This is why I suggested you do your research before you regurgitate what the mainstream media is vomiting.
Maybe because you reside in the United States, you have a tendency to let *your* bias colour your perspective? Sounds like maybe you might be biased against people who aren't in the US?
I don't reside in the US, but if I did, I would have voted for Trump given the information presented at the time + the options available.
And I hate the mainstream media with a passion, too.
Dunno what about these views gives me TDS.
My post was not pro or anti Trump, it was about making a plan for uncertainty. You are the one who made it about being pro or anti Trump, and to top it all off, you also incorrectly assumed my position.
You also incorrectly assumed the context of my post and then insulted me by suggesting I hadn't done my research and was using some anti-Trump bias (which I don't think exists) to impact my thoughts.
Finally, you then have the gall to say "bullying and mocking is not a smart way to make a reasonable argument", when you opened up this entire dialogue with:
"Please do your research before posting something clearly biased and wrap it in the "wisdom" foil."
Sounds a bit bullying-ish and mocking-ish to me; insulting my post, implying it's poorly researched, and biased, unwise, and misleading.
Anyway. No hard feelings. I just wanted to defend and clarify my position. I genuinely think you've read way too much into things, and have simply got the wrong idea about my views.
• The U.S. has lower average tariff rates, but it has also heavily used non-tariff barriers (e.g., subsidies, quotas, strict standards).
• The idea of “zero reciprocal tariffs” ignores that many of these were negotiated trade-offs — for example, access to U.S. financial markets or defense support in return for tariff leniency.
• Trade imbalances and tariff asymmetries are real concerns, but this black-and-white framing is misleading.
…and thank you, you just gave me a few ideas to expand on. Have a good day! 😀
Thanks for this Zeneca
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Take it easy! Bullying and mocking is not a smart way to make an reasonable argument.
This is NOT new and unexpected.
Before tariffs, Trump’s team signaled a global order reset: pulling back from NATO, cooling EU ties, and opening diplomatic space with Russia, Saudi Arabia, etc.
Tariffs now serve as leverage to renegotiate terms based on America-First policy.
Also, United States has $9.2T in debt that will keep accumulating. He has to lower yields to free up fiscal room. How to push yields down with sticky inflation and cautious Fed?
Manufacture uncertainty.
Sweep in with tariffs, spook the markets, trigger risk-off.
Money exits stocks, floods into long-term Treasuries.
This is a deliberate and NOT unexpected “detox.”
Then we have D.O.G.E.’s cutting deficit by $4B per day.
And tariffs also trigger domestic industrial revival. When imports are expensive there is room for U.S. producers to step in. In the short term, yes, consumers will face higher prices. This is not a quick fix and Trump is front-loading the pain now. The benefits will be visible in 2026.
You are in blockchain and digital assets realm. Which means you probably play for the long term benefits of blockchain technology even though a moment-by-moment assessment, shows a super unstable and uncertain digital assets market.
If you don’t reside in United States, like I do, you might have a tendency to let your hate for Trump color your perspective (hint: your TDS shows!). This is why I suggested you do your research before you regurgitate what the mainstream media is vomiting.
Please do your research before posting something clearly biased and wrap it in the "wisdom" foil. They are RECIPROCAL tarrifs and for many decades other countries have had tarrifs on US with ZERO reciprocal tarrifs.
?? did you even read the post?
The point was that it was unexpected and unpredictable, as was the market's reaction to it
If you disagree and you predicted that this was going to happen, that the markets would crash 5-10%, and that there would be tarrifs slapped on uninhabited islands, then congrats, you're probably a billionaire and able to long and short markets to perfection
The rest of us are mere mortals, and having a plan and thinking about various scenarios doesn't seem like a crazy idea to me
Take it easy! Bullying and mocking is not a smart way to make an reasonable argument.
This is NOT new and unexpected.
Before tariffs, Trump’s team signaled a global order reset: pulling back from NATO, cooling EU ties, and opening diplomatic space with Russia, Saudi Arabia, etc.
Tariffs now serve as leverage to renegotiate terms based on America-First policy.
Also, United States has $9.2T in debt that will keep accumulating. He has to lower yields to free up fiscal room. How to push yields down with sticky inflation and cautious Fed?
Manufacture uncertainty.
Sweep in with tariffs, spook the markets, trigger risk-off.
Money exits stocks, floods into long-term Treasuries.
This is a deliberate and NOT unexpected “detox.”
Then we have D.O.G.E.’s cutting deficit by $4B per day.
And tariffs also trigger domestic industrial revival. When imports are expensive there is room for U.S. producers to step in. In the short term, yes, consumers will face higher prices. This is not a quick fix and Trump is front-loading the pain now. The benefits will be visible in 2026.
You are in blockchain and digital assets realm. Which means you probably play for the long term benefits of blockchain technology even though a moment-by-moment assessment, shows a super unstable and uncertain digital assets market.
If you don’t reside in United States, like I do, you might have a tendency to let your hate for Trump color your perspective (hint: your TDS shows!). This is why I suggested you do your research before you regurgitate what the mainstream media is vomiting.
Maybe because you reside in the United States, you have a tendency to let *your* bias colour your perspective? Sounds like maybe you might be biased against people who aren't in the US?
I don't reside in the US, but if I did, I would have voted for Trump given the information presented at the time + the options available.
And I hate the mainstream media with a passion, too.
Dunno what about these views gives me TDS.
My post was not pro or anti Trump, it was about making a plan for uncertainty. You are the one who made it about being pro or anti Trump, and to top it all off, you also incorrectly assumed my position.
You also incorrectly assumed the context of my post and then insulted me by suggesting I hadn't done my research and was using some anti-Trump bias (which I don't think exists) to impact my thoughts.
Finally, you then have the gall to say "bullying and mocking is not a smart way to make a reasonable argument", when you opened up this entire dialogue with:
"Please do your research before posting something clearly biased and wrap it in the "wisdom" foil."
Sounds a bit bullying-ish and mocking-ish to me; insulting my post, implying it's poorly researched, and biased, unwise, and misleading.
Anyway. No hard feelings. I just wanted to defend and clarify my position. I genuinely think you've read way too much into things, and have simply got the wrong idea about my views.
Those nasty penguins have been taking advantage of the US for too damn long.
• The U.S. has lower average tariff rates, but it has also heavily used non-tariff barriers (e.g., subsidies, quotas, strict standards).
• The idea of “zero reciprocal tariffs” ignores that many of these were negotiated trade-offs — for example, access to U.S. financial markets or defense support in return for tariff leniency.
• Trade imbalances and tariff asymmetries are real concerns, but this black-and-white framing is misleading.
…and thank you, you just gave me a few ideas to expand on. Have a good day! 😀