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The bond market reacted to Treasury Secretary Scott Bessent's attempt to curb rising borrowing costs, with yields initially dropping but then rising again. President Trump’s economic policies have not helped. Here’s how the market got so trigger-happy:

washingtonpost.comWhat’s behind the bond market roller coaster?The bond market was already on edge. President Donald Trump’s economic policies have not helped.

20/8/26, 8:15 pm17 reposts55 likes

Bobbie Philipsborn

@bobbielovesmickey.bsky.social

20 Aug

Emily

@emilyyour8.bsky.social

20 Aug

Markets are a confidence game. It's all built on the appearance of stability and competence - even if that appearance is an illusion Trump morons like Bessent are incompetent, so they can't inspire confidence or stability. Trumpers only know how to bulls**t, and the bulls**t market is crashing.

Secretary Not Sure

@joe-bauers.bsky.social

20 Aug

You can manipulate the stock market, but the bond market is the truth teller.

jamisong.bsky.social

@jamisong.bsky.social

20 Aug

Resting Smirk Face is the most ignorant Treasury Secretary ever! Oh, buying our own debt isn’t a good plan? Who’d have guessed… 🙄

Margot Sibley

@margotsibley25.bsky.social

20 Aug

Defiant stupidity.

John Kowalke

@fawalken.bsky.social

20 Aug

Is that the Ronald Reagan from the hall of presidents

IMTHINKINGSIDEWAYS

@imthinkingsideways.bsky.social

20 Aug

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IMTHINKINGSIDEWAYS@imthinkingsideways.bsky.social

💵 Bond dominion 🥾 “The Bond Is Master” Comments to America 📈 Markets charge more 🩸 💸 Borrowing bites harder ⏳ 🗣️ Words lose power 🧾 🏛️ Recklessness gets bill ⚖️ 🥾 The bond dictates ⚫ 🧮 Essay online 🧱 👉🏼 👉🏼 👉🏼 www.washingtonpost.com/business/202... #TheBondIsMaster #TheBondDictates #MarketsNowControl

Matt Dylan

@derekflab.bsky.social

20 Aug

Why are those tax and spend democrats borrowing so much money?

jimrissmiller.bsky.social

@jimrissmiller.bsky.social

20 Aug

If only there could be an adult in the White House.

thimkerbelt.bsky.social

@thimkerbelt.bsky.social

20 Aug

Bond market knows Trump is a blind spender that counts on bankruptcy to escape debt. That ain't allowed for USA debt so "we the people" get to pay. -Our wages don't exceed inflation -Tariffs killed trade -Wars are big debt -ICE deporting laborers -Loss of health, SNAP = Trump CRASHING USA future

jim0novak.bsky.social

@jim0novak.bsky.social

20 Aug

We are incurring debt EVERYONE must pay because Trump threw away trillions in tax revenue that should have but was not collected from the wealthy (and upper middle class). Repeat after me: “unaffordable tax cuts”.