whoah

The relevant quote. Just Nostradamus level game x.com/_kxdyn/status/…

there's no way China capitulates on this

what the fuck do not do this

What's the mafia method? First you put a gigantic threat that potentially affects every business in a market. Then you grant exceptions in return for loyalty and favors. That's what we see on a gigantic scale now.

Chinese life expectancy taking another step up

If you're on the wrong train, get off

Some things can’t be rushed Appreciate Luke Gromen sending this to me. This dude is saying the quiet part out loud and it matches with my experience in industrial process and my father’s experience in electrical transmission and plant pre-commissioning. Before doing overseas

Bro this literally looks like a parody

China buys 434m smartphones and 26 million new cars a year; the U.S. 144m smartphones and 16m cars (the same # of new cars the US bought 25 yrs ago, BTW.) There are multiple different ways this may not go the way Trump thinks it will:

The most obvious and simple proof there is no plan: - America is now in a full-on trade war with China - They are asking other countries to take their side - But...they pissed every other country off first That order of operations makes literally no sense. It's indefensible

NEWS: Hong Kong has suspended postal service for all goods being sent to the United States, saying the U.S is "unreasonable, bullying, and imposing tariffs abusively."

Trump thinks we have the pain tolerance for China conflict but we don’t even have the tolerance to shut down TikTok lmao

REMINDER that Van Gogh painted "The Starry Night" in a mental asylum, Dostoevsky wrote "The Gambler" to pay off gambling debts, and Dickens wrote "The Christmas Carol" when he was broke and his wife on their 5th child. Stress has produced more art than "slow saturdays" ever will

nice

BINANCE IS REPORTEDLY ADVISING GLOBAL GOVERNMENTS ON SETTING UP STRATEGIC BITCOIN RESERVES Cryptocurrency exchange Binance is involved in discussions on establishing strategic digital asset reserves with several countries, its CEO, Richard Teng, reportedly said. Binance has

Probably one the biggest economic blunders in history. $500 million in 15 days means $12 billion a year in additional tax revenue. Literal trillions in wealth destroyed, interest on the debt increased, the dollar weakened, businesses wiped out all over the world, literally

Repeatedly threatening to fire Jerome Powell isn’t something you would do if your 75 simultaneous bilateral trade negotiations are going well

jfc we're back at poaps again