Summary

Trump had to reverse his aggressive tariff rhetoric after CEOs from Walmart, Target, and Home Depot warned of empty shelves and higher prices due to supply chain disruptions.

Investors reacted negatively to his threats against Fed Chair Jerome Powell, prompting a market sell-off.

Trump backtracked, expressing optimism on a China trade deal and now denying plans to fire Powell.

Global markets remain volatile, and the IMF cited Trump’s trade war as a “major negative shock” to global growth.

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    14 hours ago

    So, you’re biggest issue is other nations might step up to replace the Imperial States of America?

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        11 hours ago

        Why? Its not like the US is much better than either… All three nation states are rather evil.

        I guess the best could be said about China, because at least they don’t generally engage in genocide as commonly as the other two.

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            9 hours ago

            I said “not as commonly as the other two”… The US has been engaged in myriad genocides, across the globe and domestically, as has Russia. China just does it less.

            I mean hell, China got their Uighurs genocide plan from the US’s post 9/11 “counter terrorism”.