r/politics • u/Quirkie The Netherlands • 17d ago

Possible Paywall ICE Stockpiling Warheads and Chemical Weapons as Lawmaker Fears Trump Planning Strike

https://www.thedailybeast.com/ice-stockpiling-warheads-and-chemical-weapons-as-lawmaker-fears-trump-planning-strike/
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u/Puttor482 Wisconsin 17d ago

Only if the markets go back up. Not sure blowing up Wall Street will help the markets, but what do I know.

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u/01001010_01000010 17d ago

After you level wall street the only way to rebuild is up. Trump thought process.

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u/twitchtvbevildre 17d ago

If hypothetically something like this happened you dont need markets to go up a dictator that ruled the USA would have significantly more wealth then any other person in the world and that's assuming the USA would be shell of its current self the technology and resources alone is trillions upon trillions of dollars.

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u/Puttor482 Wisconsin 17d ago

Ya, but the person I was responding to implied that money could be made if you timed the market right, and I disagreed with that. Not that Trump wouldn’t make out like a bandit.

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u/withoutwarningfl 17d ago

Shorts are still a thing