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no_hypocrisy

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35. We're barely able to pay INTEREST on the Debt right now.

Reply to IronLionZion (Reply #30)

Wed Jan 21, 2026, 06:31 AM

Jan 2026

Guess Trump will return to pressuring the Fed to lower interest rates so we can continue to pay the Interest on the Debt.

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Staggering amount of US treasuries dumped as Trump salivates over Greenland [View all] turbinetree Jan 2026 OP

So it begins... Aristus Jan 2026 #1

Never ask for whom the bells tolls.... NotHardly Jan 2026 #9

Yes. Literature reacquaints readers with reality. But the felon obviously doesn't read. ancianita Jan 2026 #13

I can think of one clod I wish would be washed away by the sea. raccoon Jan 2026 #34

This may be what it takes Mme. Defarge Jan 2026 #2

I really hope that after listening to some of the leader's speeches at Davos, Bev54 Jan 2026 #10

The finacial world expressing to Trump Johonny Jan 2026 #3

$100 million is a pittance. It was the warning Melon Jan 2026 #4

Like... if China joined the dumping club! nt slightlv Jan 2026 #7

Actually, I thought that I saw someplace that China was already dumping treasuries. h2ebits Jan 2026 #31

Not dumping at all. Countries ebb and flow Melon Jan 2026 #37

Thanks for the correction. That must have been what I saw and remembered inaccurately. h2ebits Jan 2026 #38

Do we want to f around and find out what happens when the warning is ignored? IronLionZion Jan 2026 #29

That would add to The National Debt, right? no_hypocrisy Jan 2026 #5

That is the national debt, funded by selling US treasury bonds. Bev54 Jan 2026 #12

Not directly, but it still ain't good for any of us. paleotn Jan 2026 #15

It makes our national debt more expensive because Treasury has to pay higher yields IronLionZion Jan 2026 #30

We're barely able to pay INTEREST on the Debt right now. no_hypocrisy Jan 2026 #35

This is just the beginning of the end for the good faith and credit of the US that the felon has killed. ancianita Jan 2026 #6

Supposedly that's what got him to back off the tariffs last April IronLionZion Jan 2026 #8

heh heh...probably... Wondering if you have a link to Orrex? ancianita Jan 2026 #11

Every day here on DU IronLionZion Jan 2026 #22

Ah, yes! Thanks. ancianita Jan 2026 #23

If Denmark, Germany and France stop exporting insulin were screwed. 33taw Jan 2026 #14

But...but...but....I didn't think we were reliant on Europe for anything!!! paleotn Jan 2026 #17

You'd be surprised. Aussie105 Jan 2026 #25

Not true SCantiGOP Jan 2026 #21

You may be correct, but that is not what I am finding. Yes,Eli Lilly is a US company. 33taw Jan 2026 #32

Reuters link DoBW Jan 2026 #16

It will force the Federal Reserve to engage in significant QE at the long end of the yield curve. roamer65 Jan 2026 #18

The bigger the depression... purr-rat beauty Jan 2026 #19

Central banks are buying metals. Not a good sign for the US economy. DJ Synikus Makisimus Jan 2026 #20

I think Japan surpassed China BaronChocula Jan 2026 #33

Quite a lot of trade happens. Aussie105 Jan 2026 #24

Yes. Yes, he's an idiot. Wharton must be so proud. Buddyzbuddy Jan 2026 #26

Gonna be a whomping big distraction from Jack Smith's little chat to the public. Attilatheblond Jan 2026 #27

$100M is meaningless other than symbolism Bluetus Jan 2026 #28

If that becomes an avalanche, we are SCREWED Martin Eden Jan 2026 #36