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- world@lemmy.world
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- world@lemmy.world
After stock markets plummeted in response to Donald Trump’s announcement of widespread tariffs, he suddenly announced a 90-day pause on the new policy. Capital will resist any measure that threatens profits — and that’s just what happened yesterday.
Dude literally pointed to his friends who made a killing on it, and posted “buy” info on his socials before reversing.
If we had any kind of system of laws, that’d be jail time.
Pffft the king can’t commit crimes!
I think even UK common law has something to say about that, some kind of Magna Carta? We regressed right back to pre-constitutional monarchy, do not pass go.