▲ 816 ▼ Minutes before Trump's announcement, $800 million in trades made on oil prices (www.9news.com.au) submitted 5 months ago by Substance_P@lemmy.world to c/politics@lemmy.world 114 comments fedilink hide all child comments At 9.50pm AEDT yesterday, there was a sudden spike in trading on the oil and S&P 500 futures market. 6.50am New York time is an unusual time for a rush on trades on West Texas Intermediate May futures. But it showed that all of a sudden, a substantial sum of money was bet on oil prices dropping and the stock market rising.
[–] WizardofFrobozz@lemmy.ca 12 points 5 months ago (1 child) American culture created Trump. When he’s gone, the rot will remain until your Nazis are sufficiently afraid or sufficiently dead. permalink fedilink source parent hideshow 2 child comments replies: [–] AA5B@lemmy.world 1 point 5 months ago (1 child) I can’t deny that but I can hope that they’ll no longer have a golden idol to rally around or an authority telling them it’s ok. We need to at least get back to the point where these behaviors are not socially acceptable, are not encouraged by elected officials, and ARE legally accountable permalink fedilink source parent hideshow 2 child comments replies: [–] WizardofFrobozz@lemmy.ca 2 points 5 months ago You need to understand that there is no longer any legal way to make them “not socially acceptable.” MAGA trash needs to be genuinely afraid. permalink fedilink source parent
[–] AA5B@lemmy.world 1 point 5 months ago (1 child) I can’t deny that but I can hope that they’ll no longer have a golden idol to rally around or an authority telling them it’s ok. We need to at least get back to the point where these behaviors are not socially acceptable, are not encouraged by elected officials, and ARE legally accountable permalink fedilink source parent hideshow 2 child comments replies: [–] WizardofFrobozz@lemmy.ca 2 points 5 months ago You need to understand that there is no longer any legal way to make them “not socially acceptable.” MAGA trash needs to be genuinely afraid. permalink fedilink source parent
[–] WizardofFrobozz@lemmy.ca 2 points 5 months ago You need to understand that there is no longer any legal way to make them “not socially acceptable.” MAGA trash needs to be genuinely afraid. permalink fedilink source parent