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LymphocyteLover

(6,795 posts)
Fri Nov 15, 2024, 02:00 PM Nov 15

My question is: does trump actually WANT to crash the economy? Or is he just a totally deluded moron who thinks he knows

how to fix everything when he doesn't?

I've heard Fernando Armandi on Stephanie Miller this morning. His take was pretty depressing. He think Trump is trying to crash the economy big time so he can declare an emergency and declare martial law or grab more power.

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My question is: does trump actually WANT to crash the economy? Or is he just a totally deluded moron who thinks he knows (Original Post) LymphocyteLover Nov 15 OP
Yes and yes. jls4561 Nov 15 #1
Yes and yes, and it feels like The Shock Doctrine playbook. Nt lostnfound Nov 18 #25
Remember trump's a dope and a grifter, but he has a lot of people around him that want to destroy the government Fullduplexxx Nov 15 #2
I remember him saying at his Scotland golf course duncang Nov 15 #3
Trump looks at every country as a piece of real estate to be exploited, including ours Walleye Nov 15 #8
Of course they're trying to destroy our government and economy. They hate the United States and they hate Americans. Walleye Nov 15 #4
My question is, does it matter? Maru Kitteh Nov 15 #5
well, we can perhaps game him out better if we know which one is right LymphocyteLover Nov 15 #14
Yes. Because his billionaire buddies told him it will make more money. haele Nov 15 #6
do they really make more money? Some people benefit from economic destruction, but by and large, it's not good for most LymphocyteLover Nov 15 #15
They can get more "stuff" at discount as desperate wealthier people sell off. haele Nov 15 #22
Private equity is different. Cryptocurrency is different. Advanced knowledge is different. lostnfound Nov 18 #26
How about one in the same. republianmushroom Nov 15 #7
they are a bit different-- the first is way more malevolent, the second offers more hope LymphocyteLover Nov 15 #17
Probably both. Akacia Nov 15 #9
he's defnitely deluded and dumb, but the question is his what are his motives? LymphocyteLover Nov 15 #18
Djt and his buddies want to game the system so they can freely pilfer and plunder to their hearts content. magicarpet Nov 15 #10
Don't you remember a couple of months back Blue_Tires Nov 15 #11
yeah but that's because they wanted to hurt Biden LymphocyteLover Nov 15 #19
And a stock market crash would hurt them even worse Blue_Tires Nov 15 #21
and trump will screw them over LymphocyteLover Nov 15 #23
In my opinion, this is the plan . Crash the economy. AllyCat Nov 15 #12
Absolutely. Maximum destruction and chaos. dalton99a Nov 15 #13
Yes 0rganism Nov 15 #16
If he crashes the economy Muskrat will doc03 Nov 15 #20
Exactly. markodochartaigh Nov 18 #27
Thiel and Musk LessAspin Nov 15 #24

Fullduplexxx

(8,278 posts)
2. Remember trump's a dope and a grifter, but he has a lot of people around him that want to destroy the government
Fri Nov 15, 2024, 02:03 PM
Nov 15

duncang

(3,623 posts)
3. I remember him saying at his Scotland golf course
Fri Nov 15, 2024, 02:04 PM
Nov 15

He does better when the economy crashes. I guess he can pick up property cheaper.

Walleye

(35,838 posts)
8. Trump looks at every country as a piece of real estate to be exploited, including ours
Fri Nov 15, 2024, 02:05 PM
Nov 15

Wait until you see what Kushner is going to do with Gaza. It’s why he loves North Korea with all that undeveloped land. United States is an idea not a piece of real estate dammit.

Walleye

(35,838 posts)
4. Of course they're trying to destroy our government and economy. They hate the United States and they hate Americans.
Fri Nov 15, 2024, 02:04 PM
Nov 15

haele

(13,545 posts)
6. Yes. Because his billionaire buddies told him it will make more money.
Fri Nov 15, 2024, 02:05 PM
Nov 15

Dismantle Government protection, crash the economy, and buy up whatever's left to remake the country into what they think will work best for them. Other people, they don't matter if they can't be used or seen.

Sociopathic Narcissists.

Haele

LymphocyteLover

(6,795 posts)
15. do they really make more money? Some people benefit from economic destruction, but by and large, it's not good for most
Fri Nov 15, 2024, 02:35 PM
Nov 15

investors

haele

(13,545 posts)
22. They can get more "stuff" at discount as desperate wealthier people sell off.
Fri Nov 15, 2024, 04:32 PM
Nov 15

But no, they don't really get richer.
Their money loses value when the economy contracts. But Billionaires are at a level that so long as there is currency, they're the last to feel the pinch until the resources or stuff they like to surround themselves with aren't available for even love or barter because there just isn't any more artisans or infrastructure to get them what they want anymore.
The richer or more isolated someone is born, the more clueless they are as to what it takes to get what they want.

Haele

lostnfound

(16,651 posts)
26. Private equity is different. Cryptocurrency is different. Advanced knowledge is different.
Mon Nov 18, 2024, 04:00 AM
Nov 18

I’m not sure that “investors” are a monolithic group anymore.

Blue_Tires

(55,907 posts)
11. Don't you remember a couple of months back
Fri Nov 15, 2024, 02:09 PM
Nov 15

When the stock market dipped and all the Trumpers were openly cheering for a crash??

AllyCat

(17,113 posts)
12. In my opinion, this is the plan . Crash the economy.
Fri Nov 15, 2024, 02:27 PM
Nov 15

Much easier for us to start fighting over crumbs and work the jobs we don't want to work after he deports all the immigrants.

Also, he has no idea how to do the job correctly. Exactly why Putin picked him and all the other idiots for his cabinet.

markodochartaigh

(2,113 posts)
27. Exactly.
Mon Nov 18, 2024, 04:40 AM
Nov 18

We've been through 3 crashes in two decades, it baffles me that people can fail to realize this basic principle. I suppose that many gazelles think that it is simply not possible that the lions want to eat them.

I like the way that the Bible says it:

18
Can there be peace between the hyena and the dog?

Or peace between the rich and the poor?

19
Wild donkeys of the desert are lion’s prey;

likewise the poor are feeding grounds for the rich.

LessAspin

(1,413 posts)
24. Thiel and Musk
Fri Nov 15, 2024, 05:43 PM
Nov 15

have both openly talked of crashing the US dollar 💵 and replacing it with Crypto

So yes to all of the above.

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