r/wallstreetbets 1d ago

Discussion 5 rate cuts 😮

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u/suspense99 1d ago

Would you explain to me who is trying to understand this? Why would trump want this? Trying to figure out his end goal. I'm trying to learn

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u/idunnoiforget 1d 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 1d 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/_senor_snrub 1d ago

I've never seen anyone as puppified and resigned as don. He has many masters, but based on exactly what he said, his main one runs this giant country on a continent to the east. Those poor russian soldiers!

I am hopeful that everyone on earth sends Zelensky help. Everyone, send your baddest ass mother fuckers and have Zelensky say, fuck your peace plans. We're going to just kill them all.