Refried Boogaloo: Trump Just... Sucks

He's just pardon himself before leaving office.

 

The more immediate question is what will the financial markets do tomorrow.

 

I agree, with or without those last 3 words.

 

In his first term there was some discussion as to whether this was legal, that a president can’t pardon himself.

It’s like this…you can masturbate yourself, but you can’t have sex with yourself. A pardon is like the latter.

 

That’s where various state attorneys general need to manufacture crimes and get him in front of a jury. They’ll know what to do.

Realistically, the chance that he would live longer than the indict, try, and appeal cycle is pretty low.

 

That’s the one thing the Supremes won’t cotton to.

 

Well, futures are sure dipping tonight. And gold is continuing its recent spike.

Early signals are the markets don't like it.

 

Futures are pretty red right now, -0.6% for SP500 and -0.95% for Nasdaq. These are pretty outsized overnight movements. Gold and silver are up big as well, indication of flight to safety.

If the market tanks for a week or more, we're probably gonna see some TACO

 

Trump is a real-estate guy, not a financier. His first instinct to increase the economy is to lower interest rates. And the people whispering in his ear (tech, crypto) want the same thing.

What he's going to be going by isn't stock prices, but long-term interest rates, which the Fed doesn't have direct control over.

 

This is unprecedented - Powell makes a direct appeal to the American people.

JUST IN: 🇺🇸 Jerome Powell says DOJ is threatening the Fed with criminal charges for refusing to follow President Trump's interest rate demands.

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Trump tried to have his VP and Congress murdered in front of the Capital, and they still wouldn't hold him to account. Why would they turn on him then?

 

It’s like a video by a president whose rule is threatened by a coup.

 

With an old understanding of Easter Island prehistory. The current understanding is there was no collapse (at least not until Europeans arrived and caused the usual problems). After the early deforestation of the island for horticulture and because of the rats eating the palm nuts, the islanders carefully and ingeniously managed the land to keep it productive. In other words, the evidence shows there was no "ecocide" as argued by Paul Bahn, John Flenley and most notably Jared Diamond.

 

There is zero chance Trump steps aside for Vance, a man whom he does not respect and feels contempt for. He wouldn't step aside for anyone, but the idea he would do so for Vance is borderline absurd.
The only way the couch********er gets anywhere close to the big seat before 2029 is if Mango Unchained doesn't make it to 2029.

 

I have a hard time picturing him stepping aside for anyone, even one of his children, unless there is a direct benefit to him. But I cannot imagine such a situation that would require it.

 

I'd argue the opposite. He could get away with it. The SC would absolutely say it's a political issue the courts can't get into and even so, who has standing?

And that assume a free and fair election which, at this point, I'm not sure will happen this year much less in a couple more. You just know these ICE raids will expand into more blue cities and targeted neighborhoods to depress voter turnout for 26 and Allah knows what for 28.

 

we discussed in the music thread that punk was racist af.

 

Finally. I've been waiting for him to push back.