It’s like he’s _trying _ to not get reelected.

He attacked a country we aren’t at war with.

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It’s certainly not alarmist to talk about nuclear war with a US president who wanted to nuke a hurricane.

Da, ees spetziel military operation. Three days, tops.

UHH, I SPEND A LOT OF TIME COURT. I’M BASICALLY A LAWYER. I DESERVE AN HONORARY JD BY NOW. THOUGH PROBABLY NOT, SINCE WE WONT BE ALLOWING LAWYERS ON MARS THE MOON.

Yes, “challenges.”

You know, like CBP demanding five years of social media history from all visitors.

And ICE maybe kidnapping you and sending you to die in a Salvadoran torture prison.

Those challenges.

It was all worth it.

Yes.

Not a student of history, are we?

You’re the one who said “if we can’t pay our debts we can’t trade.” That’s nonsense on its face. You need to explain that to me.

Meanwhile, I’ll waste cycles attempting to explain modern monetary theory on a phone keyboard.

Fiat currency is just numbers. Ones and zeros. The Fed(eral Reserve) can simply type these numbers into existence. That’s where the currency comes from. China can buy treasuries, but in a fiat system it’s unnecessary. Money comes from The Fed. The government could close the bond window tomorrow and it would just mean China would put its money in a bank account. Or, you know, spend it on things sold in dollars. Which is what currency issuance for.

Treasuries are a relic of the gold standard when currency was federally required to be tied to some quantity of shiny rocks. It was discarded because it artificially constrained monetary policy. E.g. during wars, the government couldn’t legally print currency, which is why there were all those silly war bonds.

Now the only constraint on issuing currency (really) is inflation. As we are about to find out, inflation is more than just currency issuance. Oil shocks, pandemic-induced supply chain crunches, and avian influenza outbreaks can raise inflation without any change in currency supply.

Yeah, you don’t understand money.

What’s with the tacti-cool vests?

I don’t really care about the national debt. The OP is worried about national debt. One way to fix that (if it bothers you) is to stop issuing debt. As bonds mature and aren’t replaced, no more debt.

What does it matter if “states” are dumping bonds? Who does it hurt if they sell bonds at a loss? Or a profit? What’s the inference?

China is investing in China?

And?

Operation Epstein Furry II — UwU Boogaloo.

Okay. And?

I assume the first sentence is a joke.

Don’t know how they bolster international trade. If anything, they inhibit it as China parks its trillions of dollars in treasuries to artificially inflate the value of the dollar to make their exports more competitive and the US’s less.

The federal government doesn’t need bonds to fund infrastructure. It issues the currency. We don’t need to get a loan in a currency we issue.