I also found out just 5 minutes ago, that a ratings agency downgraded the US credit rating to AA- due to Trumps economic policies.
https://www.reuters.com/business/scope-downgrades-us-credit-rating-public-finance-governance-deterioration-2025-10-24/

What goes up, must come down.

Originally posted by Milk P. Chan:

What goes up, must come down.

that's not true... i let go of a balloon when i was a little kid and it hasn't come back to this day!

Originally posted by Milk P. Chan:

What goes up, must come down.

Say that to my morning woody

Originally posted by Bassturd:

Originally posted by Milk P. Chan:

What goes up, must come down.

Say that to my morning woody

oh my goodness, bassturd was actually Priapus this whole time!! 😱😱😱

Great news for exports, everyone will buy American if it's at a discount!

Originally posted by Nülliflower:

Originally posted by Bassturd:

Say that to my morning woody

oh my goodness, bassturd was actually Priapus this whole time!! 😱😱😱

Bassturd is the reason for the "see your doctor" warning on all little blue pills.

Originally posted by An Irate Walrus:

Bassturd is the reason for the "see your doctor" warning on all little blue pills.

You're telling me that wasn't candy?

Originally posted by Bassturd:

Originally posted by An Irate Walrus:

Bassturd is the reason for the "see your doctor" warning on all little blue pills.

You're telling me that wasn't candy?

I'm telling you fossilized wood is still, technically, wood--just significantly less juicy.

Originally posted by Arvaos ⚚ 🥀:

I thought Trump was going to be the president of business, what happened?

Trump is whatever he claims to be at the time he's saying it. The only thing he actually is, even though he never says it, is incompetent.

Also, isn't a weak dollar good for the export business?

This is an intentional part of Trump's tariff policy. He has long argued that the dollar was overvalued, and it's led to U.S. goods being too expensive abroad. Tariffs shift the supply/demand curve and lower the value of the dollar to the benefit of cheaper exports. This theoretically creates increases demand for more manufacturing jobs in the U.S., which is a core feature of his stated economic policy.

It should be noted that Trump actually has a left-wing, protectionist trade policy, and this is a major area where traditional conservatives disagree with him.

Originally posted by admiral1018:

This is an intentional part of Trump's tariff policy. He has long argued that the dollar was overvalued, and it's led to U.S. goods being too expensive abroad. Tariffs shift the supply/demand curve and lower the value of the dollar to the benefit of cheaper exports. This theoretically creates increases demand for more manufacturing jobs in the U.S., which is a core feature of his stated economic policy.

It should be noted that Trump actually has a left-wing, protectionist trade policy, and this is a major area where traditional conservatives disagree with him.

This has "it is good that you lost your job, because it makes you look for a better one" energy. There is literally nothing Trump can do, that will not be interpreted as a 69D chess move by him...

Originally posted by irreverence:

Great news for exports, everyone will buy American if it's at a discount!

Except nobody is buying because Trump pissed off entire world.

Originally posted by Stingray_tm:

Originally posted by admiral1018:

This is an intentional part of Trump's tariff policy. He has long argued that the dollar was overvalued, and it's led to U.S. goods being too expensive abroad. Tariffs shift the supply/demand curve and lower the value of the dollar to the benefit of cheaper exports. This theoretically creates increases demand for more manufacturing jobs in the U.S., which is a core feature of his stated economic policy.

It should be noted that Trump actually has a left-wing, protectionist trade policy, and this is a major area where traditional conservatives disagree with him.

This has "it is good that you lost your job, because it makes you look for a better one" energy. There is literally nothing Trump can do, that will not be interpreted as a 69D chess move by him...

I'm not sure that this analogy makes any sense.

I'm also not sure why most Americans who aren't rich are defending an overpriced dollar, either. The only benefit to you should be cheaper goods, but inflation data shows no evidence of that. Who is really benefiting are mega-corps who have cheaper international supply costs but still maintain inflated prices once they learned they could get away with them during the pandemic chaos. Hence why we're still seeing record earning levels -- the corps are benefiting from the strong dollar and keeping that benefit for shareholders. Americans get nothing unless they're wealthy enough to be traveling internationally and making large purchases.

This is an area where the simple presence of Trump has people arguing against what they have classically said they want. A cheap dollar has long been the goal of left-wing labor unions seeking protections on domestic jobs. It's traditionally been neo-cons who wanted a high dollar. To see people on the left bash this now just because of Trump is a surprising (but not unexpected) turn, and I'm not sure if many of them even understand what they're arguing for here.

Originally posted by Rumpelcrutchskin:

Originally posted by irreverence:

Great news for exports, everyone will buy American if it's at a discount!

Except nobody is buying because Trump pissed off entire world.

Yep. Also having a weak dollar makes people invest more in more stable currencies like the Euro.

No amount of trying to cope changes the fact, that having a weak currency is a bad thing.