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Miles Archer

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Fri Apr 4, 2025, 08:38 AM Apr 4

OMFG NO. Trump's BRO-ligarchs had a bad day on Wall Street. I am visibly shaken over this tragic news. [View all]

I KNOW SOME OF YOU are probably chuckling over this, but YOU TELL ME...HOW is Mark Zuckerberg going to pay for his HOME PERMANENTS now? Do you think that hair is all light and fluffy all by itself? And yet, you mock him. He even bought a new $23 million house in D.C. to be closer to Trump! I think an EMERGENCY OLIGARCH TAX CUT is in order, don't you?

(I'm gonna assume I don't need to insert the "sarcasm" emoji here).

Trump’s Trade War Just Came for His Own Billionaire Fan Club

Billionaires who attended Donald Trump’s inauguration saw billions wiped off their fortunes on Thursday as the president’s sweeping tariffs on U.S. imports sent global markets into freefall.

The market shock came after Trump announced the new levies on Wednesday afternoon, targeting more than 180 countries and resulting in the stock market’s worst single-day performance since the COVID pandemic.

According to the Bloomberg Billionaires Index—a daily ranking of the world’s wealthiest people—several billionaires who attended Trump’s swearing-in on Jan. 20 saw substantial declines in their personal wealth on Thursday due to Trump’s escalating trade war.

Amazon founder Jeff Bezos saw his fortune shrink by a whopping $15.9 billion as Amazon shares plummeted 9 percent, marking the company’s steepest one-day decline since April 2022. The company’s stock is now down over 25 percent from its peak in February, according to Bloomberg.
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I'm shaking also. I just can't stop snickering about it. marble falls Apr 4 #1
We got out creon Apr 4 #4
They claim SSI is a shell game. The real shell game is the stock market. Every time I ... marble falls Apr 4 #7
ssi is how i survive. shelgame? snork AllaN01Bear Apr 4 #23
Everything was going fine until the cancer thing. Stopped all outside income. Thanks for SSI and marble falls Apr 4 #27
Lottery creon Apr 5 #33
There's so much manipulation going on, there's no way SEC can keep up with it. It's a lottery, ... marble falls Apr 5 #34
No... Hugin Apr 4 #2
Love the "Barrel of Monkeys" avatar RazorbackExpat Apr 4 #13
With no clue how to fix what he broke... C_U_L8R Apr 4 #3
Trump is happy. He is eagerly awaiting Great Depression 2025. LiberalArkie Apr 4 #6
The second Republicans feel that their being re-elected is in jeopardy... Miles Archer Apr 4 #8
I'm still holding out hope that he'll die in horrific, prolonged agony Orrex Apr 4 #22
People need to wake up Johnny2X2X Apr 4 #5
You are exactly right on! lastlib Apr 4 #9
Musk Johnny2X2X Apr 4 #11
Sounds like a recipe for revolution C_U_L8R Apr 4 #10
Just showing them some love. Hotler Apr 4 #12
These self-absorbed assholes need to ask themselves a question Ruby the Liberal Apr 4 #29
I mean I guess it's funny. I'll try to laugh through the tears from my own retirement savings crumbling. nt Gore1FL Apr 4 #14
Thank you for the explanation for curlytop. I couldn't decide if he shared niyad Apr 4 #15
They just can't beliieve someone did this who Sneederbunk Apr 4 #16
They'll be having garage sales mountain grammy Apr 4 #17
Not as bad as we think... Biglinda 52 Apr 4 #18
Crypto is valued in $s. Hugin Apr 4 #19
If the $ moves from stocks to crypto TalentAgency Apr 4 #24
I wonder how things felt in France about this time in 1789 Turbineguy Apr 4 #20
Emergency oligarch tax cut... The Madcap Apr 4 #21
Here's my take on this. rambler_american Apr 4 #25
I received a valuable tip on Nov. 7 jayschool2013 Apr 4 #26
I get the schadenfreude... mike_c Apr 4 #28
All they can do is sit and watch Blue Owl Apr 4 #30
Schadenfreude Faux pas Apr 4 #31
I'm having a sad because I don't know what HOME PERMANENTS are lol Nimble_Idea Apr 4 #32
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