Mega-Thread: Trump Focused Discussion

[Specialka]

So will Trump still run for the Peace Nobel as he is prepping the world for future conflicts ?

[Timester]

Lead pill is the only solution for this craziness.

[Odinfrost]

So will Trump still run for the Peace Nobel as he is prepping the world for future conflicts ?

He might get it, but for an ironic reason, because he is currently uniting the entire world against the US

[PhaelixWW]

So will Trump still run for the Peace Nobel as he is prepping the world for future conflicts ?

He might get a matching set:



Not exactly what he's looking for, though.

[Timester]

I feel sorry for all my fellow American posters here, but I believe that we should bring one of Trump's Original Plan. Build the Wall.

[Xath]

The Whitehouse is literally talking about sending people to el Salvador not just for extreme cases but for more minor offenses. I'm legitimately fucking terrified.

[Al Gorefiend]

Hey guys figured I'd ask here because yall are politics types of people.

I heard China is considering banning American movies and entertainment? Is China going to lose access to WoW again?

[Flarelaine]

i was poking around for a bit but couldn't find what seemed to be a reliable source for definitive information, so i guess this post is both a reply to you and also an open invitation for crowd sourcing fact-checking.
am i consumed by nostalgic mandela effect memory bias, or is a notable difference between now and the 1970s that back then a company would hire a person then teach them how to do the job, as opposed to now where the expectation is that you already know how to do the job before applying?

That assumes a supply of people willing to learn. Last time I looked, a presidential nominee promised to retrain all the unemployed miners of Appalachia and got buried for it.

[Draco-Onis]

Hey guys figured I'd ask here because yall are politics types of people.

I heard China is considering banning American movies and entertainment? Is China going to lose access to WoW again?

It's doubtful that this will be the case however they are keen to target large American companies since Blizzard is owned by Microsoft they have a high chance of being targeted if things get really bad. But we are talking about last resort if things get that bad losing access to WOW in China will be the least of your worries.

[Sunseeker]

The Whitehouse is literally talking about sending people to el Salvador not just for extreme cases but for more minor offenses. I'm legitimately fucking terrified.

Dont forget they also said ICE gets to decide if you have gang ties at the time of arrest, and thus dont have rights. And that theyve been looking at how to send citizens to El Salvador as well.

[Breccia]

I feel sorry for all my fellow American posters here

You're allowed to feel less sorry for the people who willingly voted for this.

[Draco-Onis]

He might get it, but for an ironic reason, because he is currently uniting the entire world against the US

Japan, China and South Korea came together and now the EU is simplifying their rules so that they can trade better with each other and less with the US. Trump is the unifier in chief making enemies into allies and allies into enemies.

[Teriz]

Trump is such a fucking moron. Literally the dumbest man to ever have the office of president.

[Breccia]

So, reparations for selling stuff. lolwat

Just a reminder: the US is a next exporter of services, a feature left out of Trump's tariff formula.

Total bilateral trade in services between the EU and the US was worth €746 billion in 2023. The EU exported €319 billion of services to the US, while importing €427 billion from the US; this resulted in a services trade deficit of €109 billion for the EU.

You'll forgive me for using older data, I wanted something that hadn't been touched by recent events. It is true that the EU exports more goods to US than vice versa. It's also true they import more services than vice versa. And it's also true that combined, the trade gap is 3 percent. But that didn't fit Trump's goals, so it wasn't used.

If Trump demands money for the EU selling US things, I think there's an easy and obvious answer: demand money from the US for exporting so many services. There is no difference in the concept or motivation, so it's fair. Do it in public so everyone knows what's going on, so when Trump refuses, it proves this was never about trade.

[PhaelixWW]

Trump is such a fucking moron. Literally the dumbest man to ever have the office of president.

And this in a world in which Bush Jr. was president.

Trump pulls a Hermes Conrad limboing under that low bar.

[Poopymonster]

And this in a world in which Bush Jr. was president.

Trump pulls a Hermes Conrad limboing under that low bar.

The bar is so low, it's currently resting on the ground in Hell.
Yet here we are, Trump winning the limbo contest.

[Muzjhath]

The Whitehouse is literally talking about sending people to el Salvador not just for extreme cases but for more minor offenses. I'm legitimately fucking terrified.

I'd argue if that's the case it's time for violent resistance

[Belize]

The Whitehouse is literally talking about sending people to el Salvador not just for extreme cases but for more minor offenses. I'm legitimately fucking terrified.

And once they run out of "immigrants" they'll move on to the next group of "undesirables".

There's a certain irony to Trump complaining about manufacturing abroad and outsourcing his concentration camps to El Salvador.

[Kaleredar]

And once they run out of "immigrants" they'll move on to the next group of "undesirables".

There's a certain irony to Trump complaining about manufacturing abroad and outsourcing his concentration camps to El Salvador.

If El Salvador and other Central American nations are complicit in Trump’s deportation schemes… it would seem to make sense to me that other countries should sanction them, no?

I know those countries aren’t economic powerhouses per se, but if other countries are (rightly) concerned about Trump’s overreach and they can’t pressure him because he’s a dense brick of lead in an ill-fitting suit, then the countries he’s deporting people to might be more pliable.

[Breccia]

i'm so incredibly excited for a second mortgage/housing crisis under Republicans in my lifetime. already.

FHA and VA homeowners are the canary in the mine. Trump's policies are the methane gas.

Mortgage rates slingshot higher as tariff uncertainty roils markets

Any dip last week was short-term, and reversed.

Mortgage rates hit their highest level in over a month this week, reversing course after a period of improvement.

The average rate on the 30-year fixed rate jumped 22 basis points Monday and another 3 basis points Tuesday to 6.85%, according to Mortgage News Daily, fully erasing the decline from last week.

Much like the stock market, the bond market has been on a roller coaster over the last week, and mortgage rates are along for the ride.

Last week the 30-year fixed rate dropped to the lowest level since last October after President Donald Trump announced global tariffs. The announcement sent the stock market plunging and investors rushing to the relative safety of the bond market. As a result, bond yields fell. Mortgage rates follow loosely the yield on the 10-year Treasury.

Mortgage rates likely also follow the price of new home construction, which the tariffs will yank upwards.

The next significant move in mortgage rates could come as the market digests new economic data, namely Thursday’s consumer price index and Friday’s produce price index reports. Both have a strong track record of influencing rate momentum.

Thursday's CPI report will not include tariffs, as they hadn't been applied yet. You want to see a roller coaster, wait for the next one.