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Here are my predictions, since it's only fun when we make them before time: - This will not survive for more than 8 days, until the next unhinged tweets from

by belter 1y ago

Here are my predictions, since it's only fun when we make them before time: - This will not survive for more than 8 days, until the next unhinged tweets from you know who. - Scott Bessent will resign within the next 90 days. - Massive insider trading, prior to this announcement, will be discovered by journalists worth their name. - China realized that delay tactics would work in its favor.. The worst the economic impact on the US the better deal they will get.

watwut 1y ago
No way Bessent will resign. He will be a praised genius hero regardless of results. Until someone manages to convince Trump that Bessent is not loyat. Then he will go, again, regardless of results.
- belter 1y ago
  He almost did it before but is trying to save his career. This initiative was probably an ultimatum on his part. From the 4 of April: "Top Trump Official So Freaked Out by Tariffs, He Wants to Quit" - https://newrepublic.com/post/193634/donald-trump-treasury-scott-bessent-tariffs-quit https://newrepublic.com/post/193634/donald-trump-treasury-sc...
  - watwut 1y ago
    In the meantime, he defended Trump policies publicly. These leaks are just about Bessent, just like all the others, wanting to avoid public blame while also keeping the benefits of working for this particular government. Like, common.
    - belter 1y ago
      Looks like he can't take it anymore: https://www.youtube.com/shorts/CODFD3j623E https://www.youtube.com/shorts/CODFD3j623E
  - Animats 1y ago
    Bessent doesn't need to "save his career". He has a net worth somewhere above half a billion dollars, from his hedge fund days. He's 62. He has lots of options. He's taught economics, so he could get an academic appointment if he wanted one. Stanford and the Ivy League often get people like that in their later years. The US Trade Representative, Jamieson Greer, was chief of staff for a previous USTR, as well as being an international trade lawyer. So he actually knows what he's doing. He's only 45. Trump may fire him, but he goes down in history as the guy who fixed the China trade mess, at least temporarily. He now has a good shot at a Cabinet position in the next administration. If there's any sense left in the White House, those two will be allowed to do their job. These are the adults in the room. Not the 23 people the Trump Administration has hired from Fox News.[1] That's a big "if". [1] https://www.newsweek.com/full-list-fox-news-personalities-serving-donald-trump-administration-2070560 https://www.newsweek.com/full-list-fox-news-personalities-se...
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by belter 1y ago

watwut 1y ago

No way Bessent will resign. He will be a praised genius hero regardless of results. Until someone manages to convince Trump that Bessent is not loyat. Then he will go, again, regardless of results.

belter 1y ago
He almost did it before but is trying to save his career. This initiative was probably an ultimatum on his part. From the 4 of April: "Top Trump Official So Freaked Out by Tariffs, He Wants to Quit" - https://newrepublic.com/post/193634/donald-trump-treasury-scott-bessent-tariffs-quit https://newrepublic.com/post/193634/donald-trump-treasury-sc...
- watwut 1y ago
  In the meantime, he defended Trump policies publicly. These leaks are just about Bessent, just like all the others, wanting to avoid public blame while also keeping the benefits of working for this particular government. Like, common.
  - belter 1y ago
    Looks like he can't take it anymore: https://www.youtube.com/shorts/CODFD3j623E https://www.youtube.com/shorts/CODFD3j623E
- Animats 1y ago
  Bessent doesn't need to "save his career". He has a net worth somewhere above half a billion dollars, from his hedge fund days. He's 62. He has lots of options. He's taught economics, so he could get an academic appointment if he wanted one. Stanford and the Ivy League often get people like that in their later years. The US Trade Representative, Jamieson Greer, was chief of staff for a previous USTR, as well as being an international trade lawyer. So he actually knows what he's doing. He's only 45. Trump may fire him, but he goes down in history as the guy who fixed the China trade mess, at least temporarily. He now has a good shot at a Cabinet position in the next administration. If there's any sense left in the White House, those two will be allowed to do their job. These are the adults in the room. Not the 23 people the Trump Administration has hired from Fox News.[1] That's a big "if". [1] https://www.newsweek.com/full-list-fox-news-personalities-serving-donald-trump-administration-2070560 https://www.newsweek.com/full-list-fox-news-personalities-se...

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