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unc70

(6,493 posts)
Wed Sep 9, 2020, 07:21 PM Sep 2020

"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
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