• DrFistington@lemmy.world
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    23 hours ago

    Dude just wiped billions of the economy, and he still thinks he’s going to be alive next year. Honestly, Russia got what they needed out of him. Just just a liability for them at this point

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      22 hours ago

      Trillions. There’s an article that hit my feed that shows that the NYSE and DJ indexes have lost 5 trillion dollars in value in the last 3 weeks.

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          21 hours ago

          Basically, markets generally prefer stability and predictability. Trump is neither, which makes the market far more volatile. All the bullshit he’s been spewing the past few weeks have been a major disruption and has made many in the market uneasy.

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          Mostly with his completely volatile temperament, threatening WWIII, threatening tariffs and trying to ignite trade wars. He doesn’t seem to understand that he isn’t doing reality TV anymore, and the market doesn’t approve.