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flamingdem

(40,898 posts)
Wed Apr 1, 2026, 11:03 PM 7 hrs ago

The Pre-Market is tanking

Traders didn't like the 2-3 weeks and the bomb them back to the stoneage comment.

Oil jumped to 103 in overnight trading.

I thought that he surrendered but guess it depends on interpretation.

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The Pre-Market is tanking (Original Post) flamingdem 7 hrs ago OP
He doesn't give a shit about the overall market JBTaurus83 7 hrs ago #1
I think he actually does care and is disciplined by the marker David__77 7 hrs ago #2
Which do you think he'll pursue? flamingdem 7 hrs ago #7
Neither exactly... he's trapped. David__77 7 hrs ago #13
Saw a post, maybe DU, not sure FHRRK1 5 hrs ago #21
Bessent is doing something to keep oil prices down flamingdem 7 hrs ago #8
It's definitely not the invisible hand of the market gab13by13 6 hrs ago #14
Here comes $150 oil. roamer65 7 hrs ago #3
Yep in a strange way you're right chicoescuela 7 hrs ago #4
This message was self-deleted by its author marybourg 7 hrs ago #9
We will only stop overconsuming when prices actually prevent it. roamer65 7 hrs ago #11
Hard to say. We have jumped here from $7.50 to $9 per gallon DFW 6 hrs ago #19
I wonder what Trumpers are thinking about now? ProudMNDemocrat 7 hrs ago #5
Got a call today from a young-ish friend who drives all day for work marybourg 7 hrs ago #10
My son-in-law's relatives are Magat zombies and they do not blame Krasnov for high gas prices. gab13by13 6 hrs ago #15
Sure, blame Iran. Oh wait. Ilsa 6 hrs ago #17
From my service days: usonian 6 hrs ago #18
Australian share market is open and tanked big time. Aussie105 7 hrs ago #6
I don't think a one-half of one percent decline is "tanking." onenote 7 hrs ago #12
WTI at 105 now. Dow futures look about 1% down. nt Ilsa 6 hrs ago #16
He'll probably announce new negotiations by 7:30AM because of his "powerful" speech Renew Deal 5 hrs ago #20

JBTaurus83

(1,388 posts)
1. He doesn't give a shit about the overall market
Wed Apr 1, 2026, 11:09 PM
7 hrs ago

He will play this to the advantage of himself and those around him. The shorting and insider trading will continue.

David__77

(24,731 posts)
2. I think he actually does care and is disciplined by the marker
Wed Apr 1, 2026, 11:10 PM
7 hrs ago

Hence he wildly contradictory statements

flamingdem

(40,898 posts)
7. Which do you think he'll pursue?
Wed Apr 1, 2026, 11:24 PM
7 hrs ago

Leave or stoneage?

Was unclear.

The market hates uncertainty.

I agree he cares. Ego thing, midterms and Scott Bessent in his ear.

David__77

(24,731 posts)
13. Neither exactly... he's trapped.
Wed Apr 1, 2026, 11:39 PM
7 hrs ago

He wants to stop and change focus and cannot do so. “Escalating” likewise will do no good. Sure they’ll keep committing big crimes.

FHRRK1

(22 posts)
21. Saw a post, maybe DU, not sure
Thu Apr 2, 2026, 01:44 AM
5 hrs ago

Basically saying, his entire life tRump walked into a place and started bullying people, he was always saved by his Dad or others. This time he walked into a Maximum Security Prison and punched a skinny brown kid, not knowing he was the craziest guy in the place and there isn't anyone to bail him out.

flamingdem

(40,898 posts)
8. Bessent is doing something to keep oil prices down
Wed Apr 1, 2026, 11:26 PM
7 hrs ago

And that could backfire. Hard to figure out if it's all manipulation or just incompetence.

gab13by13

(32,335 posts)
14. It's definitely not the invisible hand of the market
Thu Apr 2, 2026, 12:20 AM
6 hrs ago

3 days ago Ukraine took out a Russian oil facility that processes 20% of Russian oil and the market never blinked.

Krasnov gave the farm away to the fossil fuel industry so now they are obligated to pay him back.

Response to chicoescuela (Reply #4)

roamer65

(37,957 posts)
11. We will only stop overconsuming when prices actually prevent it.
Wed Apr 1, 2026, 11:36 PM
7 hrs ago

There are a lot of large gas hogs that need to be take off the road through gas price rationing.

DFW

(60,189 posts)
19. Hard to say. We have jumped here from $7.50 to $9 per gallon
Thu Apr 2, 2026, 12:48 AM
6 hrs ago

No one is driving less here, just complaining more.

ProudMNDemocrat

(20,898 posts)
5. I wonder what Trumpers are thinking about now?
Wed Apr 1, 2026, 11:21 PM
7 hrs ago

THIS IS THEIR DOING! That is what I think! THIS IS WHAT THEY VOTED FOR!

marybourg

(13,642 posts)
10. Got a call today from a young-ish friend who drives all day for work
Wed Apr 1, 2026, 11:35 PM
7 hrs ago

while listening to AM radio. Needless to say he has developed some strange ideas, and voted for T rump. He has “discovered that T rump is an uncaring moron”, and he wondered if I had discovered that also?

gab13by13

(32,335 posts)
15. My son-in-law's relatives are Magat zombies and they do not blame Krasnov for high gas prices.
Thu Apr 2, 2026, 12:22 AM
6 hrs ago

usonian

(25,332 posts)
18. From my service days:
Thu Apr 2, 2026, 12:34 AM
6 hrs ago

“Have you discovered that Trump is an uncaring moron”
CAN YOU SAY THAT LOUDER? I CAN’T HEAR YOU.

“Have you discovered that Trump is an uncaring moron”
CAN YOU SAY THAT LOUDER? I CAN’T HEAR YOU.

“Have you discovered that Trump is an uncaring moron”
CAN YOU SAY THAT LOUDER? I STILL CAN’T HEAR YOU.

And by the way, there’s a 50,000 watt oldies station that might rock and roll you all the way home.

Aussie105

(7,927 posts)
6. Australian share market is open and tanked big time.
Wed Apr 1, 2026, 11:22 PM
7 hrs ago

Went from 0.2% up to 1% down real fast.

Was it something someone said? /sarcasm

I hate it when markets get all panicky and twitchy, and respond to the verbal spew from an obviously deranged person.

Any resolution to the fear and panic seems further away now.

onenote

(46,143 posts)
12. I don't think a one-half of one percent decline is "tanking."
Wed Apr 1, 2026, 11:37 PM
7 hrs ago

It does indicate that the market wasn't convinced by his speech that things are on the upswing.

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