The reason trump wants the Fed to lower interest rates to 0% is to reduce interest on the massive

[still_one]

debt he created

[empedocles]

1. More immediately, try and boost the economy upwards for his re-election campaign.

[still_one]

2. and/or to think that it would soften the impact from the trade war he created

[empedocles]

5. Agreed.

[still_one]

7. It is insane, and that 40% of the populous blindly follow him is unbelievable

[empedocles]

8. A chunk of that 40% is not so blind - but as trump fully recognizes and very effectively

and successfully uses, is that 'they' want mo part of what trump calls 'the far left'.

[rampartc]

3. lower interest also reduces the projected value of various pots of money

like the social security trust fund and postal retirement fund, furthering repub plans to dismantle these programs.

[no_hypocrisy]

4. I half expect him to fire the Fed Chief and lower the interest rates himself via EO.

[empedocles]

6. Feds can only affect short term interest rates. Bonds are market driven.

[still_one]

9. Yes, through competitive bidding, but lowering the fed funds rate affects borrowing, and

has an impact on long term interest rates also

[cstanleytech]

10. I wonder if thats why he is pushing this trade war to crush the US economy to try and

force the FED to lower rates to stimulate it?

[Yavin4]

11. There's no strategy whatsoever behind anything that Trump does

He just tries to manipulate headlines.

[cstanleytech]

12. "He just tries to manipulate headlines." Wouldn't that be a "strategy"?

[Yavin4]

13. No. That's an impulse.

[cstanleytech]

16. Point to you. nt

[democratisphere]

14. Feeble attempt to avoid his SEVENTH bankruptcy which will be US.

[nykym]

15. He needs to

refinance his own personal corporate debt.