Geopolitical Risk

[Shareguy]

https://youtu.be/r5ojbEIX8Nw

Well worth a watch. Thanks for posting. Trumps approval rating is dropping. With a bit of luck he will be forced to see sense.

[mike2023]

Forced to see sense? What channel are you watching? He'd rather nuke something than admit defeat. He's literally the stupidest person the USA could have put in power and China has totally lost interest in dealing with someone who can change any rule on a whim. Who could live with that in a relationship?

[lorraina]

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=D_F3uaBYPSo&pp=ygUTZm9yZCBhbmQgam9obiBkZWVyZQ%3D%3D

[lorraina]

Book "Lucky Loser" How Donald Trump Squandered His Father's Fortune and Created the Illusion of Success
Buettner, Russ

Soon after announcing his first campaign for the U.S. presidency, Donald J. Trump declared that life "has not been easy for me. It has not been easy for me." Building on a decades-old narrative, he spun a fable of how he turned a small loan from his father into a multibillion-dollar empire. This feat, he argued, made him singularly qualified to lead the country. Except none of it was true. Born to a rich father, Trump received the equivalent of more than 500 million dollars today. The story of Trump's finances is one of a rise and fall, and another rise and fall, as he squanders fortunes on money-losing businesses, only to be saved by blind luck. He tacks his name above the door of every building while taking out huge loans he'll never repay. He obsesses over appearances while ignoring threats to the bottom line and mounting costly lawsuits. He tarnishes the value of his name by allowing anyone with a big enough check to use it. He makes side deals to cut out the television producer who not only rescued him from bankruptcy but casts him as a business guru the public image that will carry him to the White House. A masterpiece of narrative reporting, Lucky Loser is a meticulous examination spanning nearly a century, filled with scoops from Trump Tower, Mar-a-Lago, Atlantic City, and the set of The Apprentice. Here for the first time is the definitive true accounting of Trump and his money what he had, what he lost, and what he has left and the final word on the myth of Trump, the self-made billionaire.

[BlackPeter]

Book "Lucky Loser" How Donald Trump Squandered His Father's Fortune and Created the Illusion of Success
Buettner, Russ

Soon after announcing his first campaign for the U.S. presidency, Donald J. Trump declared that life "has not been easy for me. It has not been easy for me." Building on a decades-old narrative, he spun a fable of how he turned a small loan from his father into a multibillion-dollar empire. This feat, he argued, made him singularly qualified to lead the country. Except none of it was true. Born to a rich father, Trump received the equivalent of more than 500 million dollars today. The story of Trump's finances is one of a rise and fall, and another rise and fall, as he squanders fortunes on money-losing businesses, only to be saved by blind luck. He tacks his name above the door of every building while taking out huge loans he'll never repay. He obsesses over appearances while ignoring threats to the bottom line and mounting costly lawsuits. He tarnishes the value of his name by allowing anyone with a big enough check to use it. He makes side deals to cut out the television producer who not only rescued him from bankruptcy but casts him as a business guru the public image that will carry him to the White House. A masterpiece of narrative reporting, Lucky Loser is a meticulous examination spanning nearly a century, filled with scoops from Trump Tower, Mar-a-Lago, Atlantic City, and the set of The Apprentice. Here for the first time is the definitive true accounting of Trump and his money what he had, what he lost, and what he has left and the final word on the myth of Trump, the self-made billionaire.

Quite right. And he is as well an amazing con-man and managed to con enough people to get the majority of the votes last time around. All of what you said was public knowledge at the time, which means - the real problem is not him, but the people he is representing. They knew what they voted for and they still choose to make him president!

I think the problem the world has is much bigger than just having a narcisstic, criminal and mentally deranged dotard playing with the levers of power. We still do have a large group of people in the strongest country on earth quite happy with this situation. This is the stuff wars are made from.

[Waltzing]

great posts there people...yes DD (Dic** Dump) story changes everyday....

now says PUTIN should never have started the war...

gosh ... more stories than a Kabuki (歌舞伎, かぶき)  show...

[Waltzing]

pardon ... china say opposes trade deals with the US? ....

that is no trade deals you guys with the US....

whats going on here... have both evils forces lost there minds....

of course they have....

[Waltzing]

When the UKE's get this....


https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=1BJChWgpoLc

[Waltzing]

Sky's falling along with any USD investments....

https://www.cnbc.com/world/?region=world

[BlackPeter]

Sky's falling along with any USD investments....

https://www.cnbc.com/world/?region=world

... and don't forget Trumps approval ratings - I understand they are (around the 100 day mark) looking lower than for any other president (but himself) since WWII.
 
https://news.gallup.com/poll/659534/trump-first-quarter-approval-rating-below-average.aspx

But hey - not everything is falling. Just wait for the April CPI data and unemployment rates - I bet both will be pointing upwards - this is good, he is a winner after all.

[Shareguy]

Serious damage coming if Trump sacks Powell.

https://www.cnn.com/2025/04/21/business/trump-fed-powell-nightcap?cid=ios_app

[BlackPeter]

Serious damage coming if Trump sacks Powell.

https://www.cnn.com/2025/04/21/business/trump-fed-powell-nightcap?cid=ios_app

Liz Truss springs to mind ...

[Waltzing]

PWL (owl) is in catch 22...


70 percent of amazon sellers get there product come from china...

Temu cutting costs already...

short amazon?

big warnings cnbc that its main street not the SP 500 that will be hit first and it hasnt happen yet...

could see a real train wreck coming ....

[BlackPeter]

PWL (owl) is in catch 22...


70 percent of amazon sellers get there product come from china...

Temu cutting costs already...

short amazon?

big warnings cnbc that its main street not the SP 500 that will be hit first and it hasnt happen yet...

could see a real train wreck coming ....

I guess it all depends on whether the spineless creatures in the GoP still find their spine and get him out of office. Clearly - crashing the US economy and ignoring the US constitution every step on his way must be a reason to impeach?

But yes, still dreaming ... clearly Trump controls his creatures in House and Senate, and the Russian puppet master just started to get his master puppet to destroy the US and the West.

[Waltzing]

bond market pressure will build as fewer T are bought...

if these crazy ideas bond holding coming out of the Monkey House ....

then the fed will have to resort to QE...