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senseandsensibility

(25,797 posts) Sun Apr 6, 2025, 02:29 PM Apr 2025

Can someone translate this for me? [View all]

This morning on Meet the Press:
Welker: The markets lost more than $6 trillion in value. Was this disruption always part of the plan?
Bessent: We had record volume on Friday and everything is working very smoothly. So the American people can take great comfort in that.

As trump spends days golfing with the Saudis and ignoring this crisis, this is the message the WH IS willing to send to the American people.

Seriously, what does it mean?

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Can someone translate this for me? [View all] senseandsensibility Apr 2025 OP

They dont care. That is all. OLDMDDEM Apr 2025 #1

I was shocked to hear somewhere senseandsensibility Apr 2025 #4

Nothing surprises me anymore. OLDMDDEM Apr 2025 #5

K&R spanone Apr 2025 #2

I listened to that guy for a couple of sentences I had to quit because I was losing my mind Walleye Apr 2025 #3

He had a real zoned out quality senseandsensibility Apr 2025 #6

"If it bends, it's funny. If it breaks, it's not funny." LudwigPastorius Apr 2025 #7

"Everything is going as planned." louis-t Apr 2025 #8

The beatings will continue until morale improves central scrutinizer Apr 2025 #9

Bingo senseandsensibility Apr 2025 #11

Not so bizarre. The magats will hear it and think it means something. Scrivener7 Apr 2025 #20

Top Trump Official So Freaked Out by Tariffs, He Wants to Quit chowder66 Apr 2025 #10

The billionaires who sold high in this cycle did quite well. n/t John1956PA Apr 2025 #12

Now they're just waiting..... lastlib Apr 2025 #18

It's bullshit. The magats are all putting a pretty face on huge drop in the market. They're shocked... brush Apr 2025 #13

Two ways to look at it. Renew Deal Apr 2025 #14

I'll Go With B ProfessorGAC Apr 2025 #15

Yup senseandsensibility Apr 2025 #16

You've just fallen out of an airplane with no parachute, but you've not hit the ground yet. You're okay. Maru Kitteh Apr 2025 #17

Finding sanity in their loony bin is not possible. GreenWave Apr 2025 #19