Ted Schmidt

economist and old surfer dude

[Ted Schmidt @Tedschmidt56]

@propandco I don't know any details of this, but I assume Israel has also agreed to disarm over the next 60-90 days?

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@ryangrim Remember, there is a fire wall to the information they feed him, so it could be new to him.

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@TadhgHickey Who do you think Trump is negotiating with? It's either the little shah or Juan Guaido...

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@chrismartenson Because all policies under Trump are driven by financial concerns.

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@EthanLevins2 For oil and Israel!!!

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@kenklippenstein Premature self-congratulation?

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@HedgehogGeopol @JavierBlas The Houthis will stop shipments from exiting the Red Sea.

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@TheMaineWonk @JDVance He's not dumb. He's saying it for the cult, aka "Stepford MAGA".

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@JavierBlas Don't you trust the guy who aced his IQ test 3 times?

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@chrismartenson Trump is attempting to "Inter-nationalize oil" by gaining control of Venezuela's and (currently) Iran. If successful, any benefits to US consumers is secondary. Profits for them and strategic control to confront China.

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@GlobalMktObserv Trump is the MMT president. As someone who likes to juice stock prices, he understands the impact deficits have on corporate profits.

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@_whitneywebb @ashkairaa @FluorescentGrey Sachs has described his changed views. When he realized his recommendations to bring Russia into the west were thrown out the window because "they" wanted to destroy then control.

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@KobeissiLetter They're doing what they did in 2007-08, selling into the speculative long demand. They win regardless, as you note. They can also squeeze buyers near expiration because they can deliver. It's a good business...

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@democracynow My understanding is US also pushed the UK to relent because Soviets had gone into Hungary to suppress a revolt. Couldn't criticize USSR and not what UK/France were doing. US threatened and did attack the Sterling as well.

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@ejmalrai @zerohedge Yeah, "someone" must have placed a bet before the market closed...

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@mtracey The propaganda started with Q-Anon.

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@CraigMurrayOrg Following the Trump playbook, everything is now transactional-- laws?

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@ggreenwald They are confident in their control of the system now, so they have come out of the shadows with how the US operates. Evidenced by any meaningful Dem response. Epstein Class mafioso rule.

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@pati_marins64 Facts are irrelevant when someone is propagandizing the public. His focus, as he said, "The US is going to make a lot of money from this." He means the top 1%.

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@wbmosler @YourAnonCentral Do you think the Fed will intervene to prop up the dollar as it declines over time from this change? Its role as a safe haven will also decline from the geopolitical fall out, I'd suspect as well?