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DonViejo

(60,536 posts)
Fri Mar 2, 2018, 09:22 AM Mar 2018

Trump Says 'Trade Wars Are Good, And Easy to Win,' Dow Immediately Drops

by Aidan McLaughlin | 6:55 am, March 2nd, 2018

President Donald Trump didn’t just have Alec Baldwin on his mind Friday morning — he was also thinking about his decision to impose new tariffs on steel imports, which has sparked a panic over a potential trade war and roiled stock markets.

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And the president defended his decision on Friday morning, explaining that trade wars are no biggie.




The latest tweet alone caused another drop in the stock market, as noted by CNBC senior economics reporter Steve Liesman:




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https://www.mediaite.com/online/trump-says-trade-wars-are-good-and-easy-to-win-dow-immediately-drops/
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Trump Says 'Trade Wars Are Good, And Easy to Win,' Dow Immediately Drops (Original Post) DonViejo Mar 2018 OP
a man who has never read a book or knows anything on history? beachbum bob Mar 2018 #1
 

beachbum bob

(10,437 posts)
1. a man who has never read a book or knows anything on history?
Fri Mar 2, 2018, 09:29 AM
Mar 2018

lol,
we are so fucked. But we knew that already.

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