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mk  ·  2627 days ago  ·  link  ·    ·  parent  ·  post: How to spot a financial crisis before it spots you

Trump will start a war.





am_Unition  ·  2627 days ago  ·  link  ·  

What really bothers me is that Trump and/or his strategists have undoubtedly concluded that a new enemy/war would have a net positive effect on his approval rating. And he needs that.

kleinbl00  ·  2626 days ago  ·  link  ·  

"Disasters are great for GDP but terrible for the economy."

- paraphrased from a JP Morgan Chase note a few weeks back

steve  ·  2627 days ago  ·  link  ·  

I hope you are wrong.

OftenBen  ·  2627 days ago  ·  link  ·  

We are already at war now, I'm not sure if the average American would even notice if we added another front.

kleinbl00  ·  2626 days ago  ·  link  ·  

It's pretty much semantic at this point, isn't it? Invade iraq? We're at war. Hang out in iraq and Afghanistan for decades? We're "keeping the peace." Either way, always support our troops, put on your flag pin, tie a yellow ribbon and god help you if you question a foreign policy entirely dependent on imperialism.