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minus-squareNotMyOldRedditName@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkarrow-up3·edit-26 days agoDid he wuss out, or did his billionaire donors get a call yesterday saying he was going to do this at 1pm eastern or whatever it was? Edit: maybe it’s in a signal chat and we can get a journalist added lol
minus-squarewise_pancake@lemmy.calinkfedilinkarrow-up1·6 days agoHe tweeted it apparently. But I do not doubt everybody in the white house and everyone in the know was making moves earlier. If I put my tinfoil hat on that could be why the fall suddenly stopped on Monday and even China dumping bonds didn’t fuck up the markets today
minus-squareNotMyOldRedditName@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkarrow-up1·6 days agoPretty sure you only need a tinfoil hat here if you think water isn’t wet.
Did he wuss out, or did his billionaire donors get a call yesterday saying he was going to do this at 1pm eastern or whatever it was?
Edit: maybe it’s in a signal chat and we can get a journalist added lol
He tweeted it apparently.
But I do not doubt everybody in the white house and everyone in the know was making moves earlier.
If I put my tinfoil hat on that could be why the fall suddenly stopped on Monday and even China dumping bonds didn’t fuck up the markets today
Pretty sure you only need a tinfoil hat here if you think water isn’t wet.