Epstein files? Can the military be used to get those?
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Pretty sure the military is used to protect those in the file.
How does this guy manage to get dumber with each passing day?
Age and lead poisoning?
But he would surely have negative IQ by now?
Dementia.
This is more an example of advanced senility dementia that spouts more and more absurd out of his mouth, rather than any imminent declaration that any bon seller is a commie traitor insurgent. Though central banks around the world might want to consider this out of control spiral, and sell before they are threatened not to be allowed to sell.
Still this is just the dotard mixing up his talking points, although technically he could claim winning this war. The bond market no longer has an air force or navy, and its missile production facillities are down at least 90%.
This statement is really weird, even for Trump because in the question asked immediately prior he clearly understands the question about whether he directed Bessant to intervene in the bond market stating.
"Not at all. No, he's a very capable man. He wanted to do it. He's very good at it. He is a good touch. Very good natural touch for the bonds and interest."
Right? He understands ehats beung spoken about, or his answer at least makes it sound like he does.
Then the reporter mentions that yields came back up and asks if Trump was going to direct Bessant to do "some other type of intervention". At this point Trump suggests military intervention.
He goes from "Bond market intervention" -> "Interest rates" (reasonable) to "Intervention" -> "I might direct the military to attack the bond market" (deranged) in, like 10 seconds. Is he just playing word association? Is he fucking with the reporter?
I disagree with your assessment that he understands the first question. His answer is just your typical responsibility deflection (“He wanted to do it”) combined with vague praise (“He is a good touch”). It’s akin to Maurice’s generic answers about football in IT Crowd (“Did you see that ludicrous display last night”). The only thing Trump DOES understand is using the military for his problems, which is why his answers ultimately land there.
This is my read on it too. He has no idea whether we want bond yields high or low or what. He actually feels a little bit attacked by the question because he doesn't understand it. At first he tries to deflect it, because if the question will just go away, he doesn't have to care about it anymore. But then there's a follow-up. This is a challenge that isn't immediately going away. That makes him angry. He still doesn't know what's going on, but now he has to care about that. So he's gonna make a vague threat about being in control of the military. That should do the trick. That makes the reporters' eyes get wide every time, and he can just walk away at that point and be guaranteed to get a lot of press attention. It's a win-win.
You have to understand that he doesn't see these interviews as means of communication. He sees them as power struggles. Any communication that occurs is entirely incidental.
Someone else offered the darker explanation that he's threatening to use the military against countries like Canada who decide to reduce their investment in US bonds. I don't know whether that's seeing meaning where there isn't any, but here in Canada we haven't forgotten that Trump keeps saying he wants to destroy our country one way or another. But overall I think it's more likely he's just failing to understand the question then forgetting what he's supposed to be talking about.
Yeah, he definitely seems untethered enough that any kind of threat seems risky to entirely dismiss. I don't think he's gonna do anything with the actual military against Canada, though. That's expensive, and his puppeteers don't see a big profit in it. He's kind of already acting as an occupying force within the US, and his hold on power here is tenuous; and war with Canada, who can actually hurt Americans on their home soil, would be even more unpopular than his various overseas entanglements.
“I might direct the military to attack the bond market” (deranged) in, like 10 seconds. Is he just playing word association?
One hundred percent got stuck on the word "intervention" got lost in the brain fog, his alignment forbids STFUing or asking for clarification, so he just pattern matches over to "military" and his speak box handles the rest (no thoughts required for duckspeak)
What the dark magic,
Keeps this fucking ghoul going?
They say victims’ blood
Buy US bonds or else? Geddafugouttahere ya ain't got missiles left Donny boy.
Sending Navy Seals to kidnap Jamie Diamon and taking him to Gitmo would be incredibly based.
more and more moronic with each passing day
Mango Mussolini despises the military, but wants to use them for his power grab. If it really happens, the American better hope for cooler heads within the military that fully understand their oath is to protect US Constitution and not a rotting bag of orange shit.
Nah people like there cushy jobs
Serving under him will be the nastiest, most dangerous tour since WWII. If they want cushy they better stop him.
America isn't like this because Trump is president
Trump is president because America is like this
The truth many Americans don't want to hear.
Trump is a mirror.
Decades of stripping education funding is taking its toll
You say that like some of the most educated people in the country don't consistently vote Republican.
This idea that earning a MBA or a JD or an MD makes your politics good is completely wrong. The idea that failing to earn a HS Diploma makes you unqualified to vote is equally dogshit.
Politics is a consequence of your social affinity and your material conditions. You don't just take a class and become a liberal Democrat if your grade is high enough.
Yes, but ceteris paribus, an educated electorate is going to make better decisions. Or rather, the number of obviously bad decisions rejected is increased as knowledge of history and concepts deems them unworkable. Society exists.
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It’s worse than that. Everyone has been brought up to be a narcissistic consumer and they approach public policy the same way.
The amount of times I've heard "why should I pay taxes for school, my kids are grown" is way too damn high
I became so disappointed in my grandmother when I was in high school when she expressed this attitude. I couldn’t understand why it mattered as children still needed school.
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Trump is getting onboard with the Occupy Wall Street movement?
After Trump's remarks, however, it remains unclear whether he and the president are even working from the same toolbox.
Maybe use the military for corruption and sexual exploitation of minors?
Well, it is a day ending in "Y".
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Dipshit is so delusional he thinks he can send the military after bond traders.
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