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unc70

(6,110 posts) Wed Sep 9, 2020, 08:21 PM Sep 2020

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"Panic" versus "A panic"

Early on Trump was not concerned about creating panic, but in creating A panic. A panic is the term for a collapse of financial, real estate, or similar traded markets.

Trump and many other Republicans used their early warning to protect their financial positions.

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"Panic" versus "A panic" (Original Post) unc70 Sep 2020 OP

THIS X100000 Zoonart Sep 2020 #1

Precisely. A market panic is what truly worried him. Laelth Sep 2020 #2

+100000 moondust Sep 2020 #3

Projecting his own panic randr Sep 2020 #4

Holy shit, that makes so much sense now. Gidney N Cloyd Sep 2020 #5

Zoonart

(11,849 posts)

1. THIS X100000

Reply to unc70 (Original post)

Wed Sep 9, 2020, 08:22 PM

Sep 2020

Laelth

(32,017 posts)

2. Precisely. A market panic is what truly worried him.

Reply to unc70 (Original post)

Wed Sep 9, 2020, 08:24 PM

Sep 2020

Profits over people—it’s the Republican way.

-Laelth

moondust

(19,972 posts)

3. +100000

Reply to Laelth (Reply #2)

Wed Sep 9, 2020, 08:30 PM

Sep 2020

randr

(12,409 posts)

4. Projecting his own panic

Reply to unc70 (Original post)

Wed Sep 9, 2020, 08:43 PM

Sep 2020

Gidney N Cloyd

(19,833 posts)

5. Holy shit, that makes so much sense now.

Reply to unc70 (Original post)

Wed Sep 9, 2020, 08:56 PM

Sep 2020

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