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  1. For an active trader, I can't see many wanting to end the week holding too much. Too much negative can occur over the next 2+ days. Without news of a positive change, I have to guess this afternoon will be ugly as some will want to clear out their portfolio..
  2. What could possibly go wrong if someone in a tiny, church-heavy town hears about "obscene" art 100s of miles away in Houston or Dallas so the museum needs to be punished.
  3. come on man. You seriously think that there is more to this plan when the tariff percentages were set by an Excel formula (or ChatGPT) and included islands with zero populations/exports?
  4. I assume that the SPR was managed by Dept of Energy employees and that we now have or will fire them. Who knows, the SPR might be managed by interns right now.
  5. Earnings calls will be a whole lot of CEOs saying that they’re pausing growth plans while waiting to see how the current situation resolves.
  6. Does anyone really believe Trump is playing the long game in an effort to refinance our debt? Laughable. Now if he destroys the economy and is able to refi the debt at 1%, he will definitely claim that as the objective.
  7. I imagine Loomer would do things that the experienced general will not. Game, set. Match.
  8. Getting Abbott his school vouchers will turn the clock back decades for everything else.
  9. we all want to think that Trump will agree to eliminate these new tariffs if these other countries eliminate tariffs on the US. But that isn’t what Trump wants. He even says so. He believes that all US purchased items should be made here. Every iPhone, every car, every clothing item, every scrap of food. Americans will pay more but they will earn that much more too. Big, beautiful tomorrow. Either we have a stock market much lower than today to accomplish that vision, or we face a standoff of a deep recession looking for trumps’ admin to finish off his remaining years. We’re 2.5 months in.
  10. Great point not to be overlooked. Why shouldn’t the EU join in with China to impose larger tariffs on the US and simultaneously agree with each other (EU-China) to lessen their tariffs and regulations. Even just announcing a pledge to do so would put pressure on Trump and punish the US stock market. Let an iPhone cost $2,000 in the US, while $800 (equivalent) in the EU.
  11. Anyone shrugging today off as no big deal and celebrating that they will buy $1000 with next weeks 401k contribution, either doesn’t have much invested or their head is in the sand. or they has everything in PM or KO.
  12. I’m curious how some of these countries reciprocate on American tech services like google or Facebook. If you’re France, why wouldn’t you charge Facebook for every French user on Facebook products? Meta makes money from French advertisers so why shouldn’t the govt take their share as a services tariff? Maybe offer a discount based on the number of Meta employees in country.
  13. What would it take to get her passport name changed? Can she update it from the US? Due process is dicey now but if I were in her situation I would want clear paperwork from a birth certificate, documentation on my name change, and current documents in the same name. it probably won’t come to that but if does, it’s too late. In today’s world, you can’t even count on being deported to your original country or not being imprisoned. On second thought, why stay in the US?
  14. The issue is that the real intent is to keep the poor and young from voting. And who do the poor and young historically vote for? the top GOP are fully aware that non-citizens are not voting. Or the number are so low it’s a multi decimal point rounding error. And even then the voting is out of ignorance. regardless voter id is a loser issue for the Dems to fight. Don’t even bring logic like I wrote above. Instead work to get free IDs to people.
  15. Im hoping that the tariffs actually start today and there isn’t some last minute reprieve? The tariffs themselves are bad, but we need to stop the uncertainty of when they will start. And if these countries cave today, there will be another trump demand, or else, tomorrow. The next demand will be repayment for past trade imbalances if those countries lay down today. unfortunately we need to move forward on burning down the economy because it will eventually occur under trumps plans. We might as well get to the pain part ASAP so we can get out of it sooner. its sad that we need other countries to also hurt to deal with our mistakes.
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