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  • Trump's Fed attack adds to fear Treasurys, US dollar face emerging market-style risks

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    Federal Reserve governor Lisa Cook is the latest target of President Donald Trump, who is trying to remove her from office. Trump's efforts to reshape the Fed are starting to produce noticeable outcomes in the bond market and periodic weakness in the dollar. Signs of consternation over President Donald Trump's most recent attack against the Federal Reserve became more evident on Wednesday after the 30-year Treasury yield briefly inched toward 5% in a warning about the threat of future inflation. During the morning in New York, the 30-year yield rose closer to the 5% level last seen in July due to a selloff in its ... (full story)

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Trader#813F
Aug 27, 2025 9:51pm
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The financial markets will punish, civilize and correct Don Trump. Nobody is bigger, tougher or immune to the markets history proves everytime. So little man Trump, brace yourself as you have no dick, and even less brains to use, you will learn it the hard way.
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Schultz
Aug 28, 2025 7:04am
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Quoting Trader#813F
The financial markets will punish, civilize and correct Don Trump. Nobody is bigger, tougher or immune to the markets history proves everytime. So little man Trump, brace yourself as you have no dick, and even less brains to use, you will learn it the hard way.
Yep. I like this quote by James Carville -

I used to think that if there was reincarnation, I wanted to come back as the President or the Pope or as a 400 baseball hitter. But now I would like to come back as the bond market. You can intimidate everybody.
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