r/wallstreetbets 23h ago

Discussion 5 rate cuts 😮

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u/idunnoiforget 21h ago

Listen to what Trump says about it. He wants other countries to pay their fair share through the tarrifs and stop taking advantage of America and bring back American manufacturing. And if you assume that he is not lying and means what he says then the only real logical conclusion is that he is an illiterate moron with an understanding of economics that is less than that of a second grader.

The finance YouTubers will have you believe he's intentionally crashing the economy in a 4D chess move to force the Fed to lower rates so that the national dept can be financed at a lower interest rate.

And there's the theory that he's crashing markets so he and his rich friends can buy up things for pennies on the dollar and basically copy paste the oligarch structure that was formed in Russia after the collapse of the Soviet Union.

Realistically it could be a combo of the above

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u/atpplk 20h ago

And there's the theory that he's crashing markets so he and his rich friends can buy up things for pennies on the dollar and basically copy paste the oligarch structure that was formed in Russia after the collapse of the Soviet Union.

To be honest I'm pretty sure he is too dumb to plan for this kind of things, but the gang around him are not. My guess is they now what buttons to press to influence him towards their designs.

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u/BlackSquirrel05 20h ago edited 19h ago

Yeah it's the minors around him that i'm more worried about.

Not just the other billionaires behind his boys like Thiel and Yarvin.

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u/idunnoiforget 20h ago

Theil straight up joked about blending up poor people to make food. Dude wants to make network states a thing

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u/NeoMaxiZoomDweebean 19h ago

He also looked TEERIFIED when they asked him hos thoughts on that italian plumber.