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36. Trump's trying as hard as he can-however, don't worry: he'll deprecate the US dollar as currency and replace it with ...

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Wed Aug 13, 2025, 01:59 PM

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... $Trump$Coin$ or whatever his current cryptocurrency grift allows. The MAGA GOP might just even go along with that.

It is not hard to imagine that one (or several) of Trump's minions/lackeys might think "outside the box" and suggest, "Hey, we can avoid this debt by destroying the currency in which the debt is held. No one will see this coming, and it's bold, so why not? Let's move fast and break things. The financial industry is old and needs to be shaken up. We can even replace Powell and the Fed with our own Trump Reserve with Trump as its CEO and chairman ... ."

So, all of this might be very, very hyperbolic, but I would not put it past him. He and his minions are stupid and greedy enough to have done many, many other truly idiotic things.

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truth must ne incredibly worse. rampartd Aug 13 #3

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Back when Cheney was president (not a misprint) gab13by13 Aug 13 #10

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He should eliminate the Treasury Department doc03 Aug 13 #6

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No pun intended? n/t xocetaceans Aug 13 #37

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From the fiscal responsible party. republianmushroom Aug 13 #29

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