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Miles Archer

(18,837 posts)
Wed Aug 14, 2019, 03:38 PM Aug 2019

Trump: "We are winning, big time...CRAZY INVERTED YIELD CURVE! We will Win!"

Donald J. Trump
@realDonaldTrump
We are winning, big time, against China. Companies & jobs are fleeing. Prices to us have not gone up, and in some cases, have come down. China is not our problem, though Hong Kong is not helping. Our problem is with the Fed. Raised too much & too fast. Now too slow to cut....
3:21 PM · Aug 14, 2019·Twitter for iPhone




Donald J. Trump
@realDonaldTrump
..Spread is way too much as other countries say THANK YOU to clueless Jay Powell and the Federal Reserve. Germany, and many others, are playing the game! CRAZY INVERTED YIELD CURVE! We should easily be reaping big Rewards & Gains, but the Fed is holding us back. We will Win!
3:21 PM · Aug 14, 2019·Twitter for iPhone


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Trump: "We are winning, big time...CRAZY INVERTED YIELD CURVE! We will Win!" (Original Post) Miles Archer Aug 2019 OP
Mother of God. 🤦🏼‍♀️ nolabear Aug 2019 #1
I thought you were ad libbing parts of the tweet. Tommy_Carcetti Aug 2019 #2
The fucker's nuts. nt mobeau69 Aug 2019 #3
Inching towards 800 points DOWN and we're WINNING? ProudMNDemocrat Aug 2019 #4
trump thinks his stupid, geared-to-mislead tweets can change peoples' minds as to what's going on.. brush Aug 2019 #5
He's not going to handle the #TrumpRecession hashtag well. Miles Archer Aug 2019 #9
Reminds me of "Who's on first, What's on second", the old Abbott and Costello routine. brush Aug 2019 #11
... lapucelle Aug 2019 #6
I'm sure Wall Street will react favorably to an ill timed political rate reduction. dem4decades Aug 2019 #7
running us like his businesses onethatcares Aug 2019 #8
Freddie Mercury voice: Tommy_Carcetti Aug 2019 #10
"Donald Trump was the dumbest goddamn student I ever had." dalton99a Aug 2019 #12
Gawd almighty, he's nuts. tanyev Aug 2019 #13
Crazy Inverted Yield Curve would make a great progressive rock band album title! Initech Aug 2019 #14
Does he have any idea what an inverted yield curve is, or The Velveteen Ocelot Aug 2019 #15
Here's my educated guess. Miles Archer Aug 2019 #17
Idiot. C_U_L8R Aug 2019 #16
Please tell me this is satire. MarvinGardens Aug 2019 #18
Ugh. SammyWinstonJack Aug 2019 #19
Wait for it. He's going to be claiming he has tiger blood any day now. herding cats Aug 2019 #20
argle bargle floopnoop? Hermit-The-Prog Aug 2019 #21
We're gonna be a bigger Atlantic City, Corgigal Aug 2019 #22

Tommy_Carcetti

(43,191 posts)
2. I thought you were ad libbing parts of the tweet.
Wed Aug 14, 2019, 03:42 PM
Aug 2019

Once again--like the infamous Taco Bowl tweet--sadly, I was wrong.

brush

(53,840 posts)
5. trump thinks his stupid, geared-to-mislead tweets can change peoples' minds as to what's going on..
Wed Aug 14, 2019, 03:46 PM
Aug 2019

in the real world. The market has tanked three of the last four days and the newly inverted yield curve is signalling inflation is coming and he thinks his tweets can change peoples' minds about how badly he's blowing it with his tariffs and trade war policies.

Miles Archer

(18,837 posts)
9. He's not going to handle the #TrumpRecession hashtag well.
Wed Aug 14, 2019, 03:53 PM
Aug 2019

I'm far from an excerpt in financial matters, but one thought that surfaced on MSNBC is that the trade war is an exercise to see who will "blink first," He trotted out Wilbur Ross to amplify that "we can't hurt Christmas" meme, but if we are getting "billions and billions of dollars" from China, how would that hurt Christmas?

Unless we aren't.

And, we aren't.

It's a sound global strategy right out of the Trump University playbook.

brush

(53,840 posts)
11. Reminds me of "Who's on first, What's on second", the old Abbott and Costello routine.
Wed Aug 14, 2019, 04:00 PM
Aug 2019

I don't know who they think they're fooling—and I Don't Know (trump) is on third thinking he hit a triple.

I mixed metaphors there but it seems appropriate.

Initech

(100,100 posts)
14. Crazy Inverted Yield Curve would make a great progressive rock band album title!
Wed Aug 14, 2019, 04:09 PM
Aug 2019

I would buy it in every available format!

The Velveteen Ocelot

(115,829 posts)
15. Does he have any idea what an inverted yield curve is, or
Wed Aug 14, 2019, 04:10 PM
Aug 2019

that an inverted yield curve has predicted the last seven recessions? Or that his stupid tariffs are a significant cause of the problem?

Miles Archer

(18,837 posts)
17. Here's my educated guess.
Wed Aug 14, 2019, 04:31 PM
Aug 2019

1). No, he doesn't.

2). One of his staff explained it to him. He nodded in agreement until he got impatient, then tuned them out, but they wrote "inverted yield curve" down for him and said "When in doubt, just say "inverted yield curve" and you'll be OK.

3). He did.



Sort of like George W Bush saying a sovereign nation is a nation that has sovereignty. An inverted yield curve is like a yield curve, except it's inverted. MAGA!

herding cats

(19,567 posts)
20. Wait for it. He's going to be claiming he has tiger blood any day now.
Wed Aug 14, 2019, 04:40 PM
Aug 2019

Anything to distract from the mess he's made of our country.

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