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louis-t

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1. You do know that he recently acquired $100 million in US Treasury Bonds?

Reply to BumRushDaShow (Original post)

Sun Aug 31, 2025, 09:19 PM

Aug 31

This is the ONLY reason he is pestering Jerome Powell to lower the prime rate. When interest rates go down, the value of those bonds goes up. Simple as that. He's firing people, threatening people, criticizing people, just to make money.

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Rep. Ro Khanna says Trump is following Nixon's playbook in attempt to 'interfere' with the Federal Reserve [View all] BumRushDaShow Aug 31 OP

You do know that he recently acquired $100 million in US Treasury Bonds? louis-t Aug 31 #1

Trump doesn't know enough to "follow Nixon's playbook," but he is surely getting help from more knowledgeable people in Martin68 Aug 31 #2

And that asshole Nixon gave us double digit inflation Yo_Mama_Been_Loggin Aug 31 #3