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Melon

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8. I agree that the Trump is eroding

Wed Jan 21, 2026, 01:59 PM

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The standing of the dollar. But there are no real alternatives currently as solid.

We own the currency. The US will absolutely print more to cover bond debt. $100M doesn’t affect anything on a daily trade. It would take the same in Billions. The US has a $31Trillion economy and can move a trillion dollars in a day. It would cause short term inflation, but would still be covered by the US. On the flip side, it could drastically strengthen the other currency by much more than it affects the US, which could be even more damaging.

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Who owns US debt [View all] Melon Yesterday OP

how much of a vulnerability is this? samsingh Yesterday #1

Not small. Denmark sold 100 million? worth of bonds the other day, and the DOW dropped 900 points. Volaris Yesterday #2

$100 million is really...nothing. Melon Yesterday #3

The problem with that scenario is they have to have buyers A HERETIC I AM Yesterday #4

Not really. The dollar and US debt is seen as the safest Melon Yesterday #5

That was the perception carefully crafted over decades, especially since WWII A HERETIC I AM Yesterday #7

I agree that the Trump is eroding Melon Yesterday #8

People who believe the stock market is "rigged" and buy treasury bills instead of equities MichMan Yesterday #6

NOTE: They're all going to pile into this thread Prairie Gates 23 hrs ago #9

This message was self-deleted by its author Melon 23 hrs ago #10