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Parulanihon

You shouldn't believe everything you read and if you do take a look at the other side which explains how with trying to team has been visiting the US trade representative office in DC for days.

loosh63

Japan in 1941 didn't have a cent of the leverage China has today. if you think China is gonna kamikaze themselves over this trumps trade tantrum you have not only a warped view of history but a complete misunderstanding of the current geopolitical situation today. China has all the cards. They can bide as much time is needed. at this point we all should just hope the psychos in DC can accept our place as the 2nd most powerful empire later this century without taking the whole world down with us in a nuclear holocaust. but my hopes aren't high.

bullrfuk

We'll force Xi to do an apology tour. He'll personally visit all 50 states (plus DC) to apologize (and to say "thank you") publicly to each state before tariffs are lifted. LMAO

StuartMcNight

Very interesting to hear first hand and sorry you have to go through that in your business for the ego of a couple of psychopaths in DC.

blinkeboy420

His kids set up a "club" in DC with a 500k fee for inside info basicly https://www.cnbc.com/2025/04/28/donald-trump-jr-private-members-club-executive-branch.html

AdTop8258

He wants them to pay their $500,000 fee for his DC club.

screenfate

I chose the right time to divorce from consumerism. It’s really shocking to me all of DC is just letting this happen. They have to be benefitting from this somehow as well.

EscapeHistorical178

V-shape recovery. It's nice to see after a huge sell at the bell.But I'm not sure if the markets will have the gas to keep chugging along.I wish I was confident to be a bull, but its been challenging and it's not all a walk in the park.I meet some amazing people during the day and they mostly are happy but understand the economy is having difficulties.It has to do with confidence. And its low with DC being reckless with tariffs etc.Be careful buying calls, at least far out ones because this trend is going to last several weeks.

nasdaqslut

The irony of 🥭 inadvertently doing more for the progressive agenda than any other politician in DC is hilarious

Playful_Stick488

Yes they are. We are living the real life version of "The Emperor's New Clothes". At first Mr. Orange surrounded himself with unqualified yes people to stoke his ego. Then he went after the major law offices in DC most cave right away and granted him millions in free hours of work. So they wouldn't be striped of there security clearance's. He went after all the companies and their DEI programs telling them what to do or face repercussion's. Now the university for what they teach and allow on their grounds. So far Harvard is standing up and calling him out. Everyone is afraid of what he might do to them instead of pushing back and keeping him in line to the rules and Constitution. If they did we might not be in this mess. #

NDSU

He posted about the forst snow of the year in DC during his first presidency. It had snowed 3 times already, and not on the day he posted that Just a complete lie about the weather. One of those weird little things most people forgot

Neko_Shogun

Screw it, at this point a giant meteor with nazi zombie dinosaurs could crash on DC and market would go up 

Curious-Telephone293

This is the preliminary estimate. It will be worse when guesstimates are replaced by real data. The Atlanta Fed is sticking by their more pessimistic numbers. And we do not yet have recent drops in corporate and household spending because of DC policy chaos. Welcome to the Trump Recession 2.0. Thanks Obama.

jackperitas

Yeaaaah msft and amzn suspending their new DC construction projects will DEFINITELY not impact NVDA 🤡

HugeDramatic

Hugo Boss about to open up a military suit factory in DC.

CatOrTiger-2022

Big tech ceos in DC? For what now?

PIK_Toggle

When shit hits the fan, all correlations go to one. And I’d argue that most of Europe has made the same political shift that we have. You simply don’t see it, because our media cycle focuses on chaos in DC. With respect to stocks, Europe is a decade behind the US in the tech sector. Do they have any of the major AI or chip companies domiciled within their boarders?

johndsmits

Take a deep scan of the backgrounds of US Politicians of today. Typically started out in business, reality TV shows, or a trust fund kid.... then got MBA or law degree. Minimal practice experience in law before getting into politics. A law degree was for learning how to exploit law and an entry ticket to the DC networking club, nothing more.

zxc123zxc123

I think this. Many sectors will likely see a strong Q2 since consumers AND COMPANIES IN THE SUPPLY CHAIN trying to buy what they need, stocking up, doom spending, panic buying, and frontrunning the tariffs. Q3 is where the shit really hits the fan assuming we don't see things work out. That's when the stores start getting emptier as the impacts of import reductions hit, folks start seeing prices go up as sellers who didn't hike prices run out of old inventory, consumers start panic buying more creating demand, and the it compounds on itself. Q1/Q2 will likely see companies make the easy moves first like stacking inventory, cutting guidance, slight shifts in orders, etcetc. Reductions in employment like with UPS will be less likely unless they are directly impacted by tariffs like UPS. Problem is if consumer confidence dips and inventory stalls? Then more job cuts will happen. A Trump/GOP in DC also means companies won't be expecting bailouts which will lower corporate guidence/spending/investment. Said job cuts, job insecurity, and economic negativity will create a negative feedback loop.

Ok_Cry7572

The Federal Reserve is spending $2.5 BILLION in taxpayer money to lavishly renovate their headquarters in DC. 2.5 billion is expensive for a wrecking ball😂

Main_Ad5511

Try "FOX 26 Houston" or "FOX 5 WASHINGTON DC" on YouTube

UsedState7381

https://nitter.net/lastprisonerprj/status/1916890974594236876#m Happening at Washington DC on May 1st. Disclaimer: I'm not expecting much of anything substantial to come out of there, but let's see.

Aranthos-Faroth

Worm emperor of DC

nat-n-emore

You would think that the government in Washington DC would want Americans to know which products were coming from China. Publishing the tariffs is the perfect way to definitively know that.

JohnNasdaq

Reports suggest that Amazon Prime has been activated and is currently liberating DC from the red menace https://preview.redd.it/5ubcp95x0sxe1.jpeg?width=600&format=pjpg&auto=webp&s=a45b9834cd80338251bfc8cb24e28cb184550854

InternationalLab812

Goebbels Barbie would try to tell you the sky is not blue if this administration had incentive to do so. The White House has lost all credibility. So while I’m also a little hesitant to believe Chinese media, at this point they have better credibility than what I’m hearing from DC.

Intelligent_League_1

Yes they were, it started around the DC-10 era. Difference was the military side of MD was never really bad.

Competitive_Ad291

No more like taking steps to form a police state and remove the Posse Comitatus Act restrictions **Posse Comitatus is under threat and this is absolutely paving the way for invoking the Insurrection Act** **What are the main statutory exceptions to the Posse Comitatus Act?** *There are many statutory exceptions to the Posse Comitatus Act, but the most important one is the Insurrection Act. Under this law, in response to a state government’s request, the president may deploy the military to suppress an insurrection in that state. In addition, the Insurrection Act allows the president — with or without the state government’s consent — to use the military to enforce federal law or suppress a rebellion against federal authority in a state, or to protect a group of people’s civil rights when the state government is unable or unwilling to do so.* **What are the constitutional exceptions to the Posse Comitatus Act?** *There are no constitutional exceptions to the Posse Comitatus Act. The law allows only for express exceptions, and no part of the Constitution expressly empowers the president to use the military to execute the law. This conclusion is consistent with the law’s legislative history, which suggests that its drafters chose to include the language about constitutional exceptions as part of a face-saving compromise, not because they believed any existed.* *This has not stopped the Department of Defense from claiming that constitutional exceptions to the law exist. The Department has long claimed that the Constitution implicitly gives military commanders “emergency authority” to unilaterally use federal troops “to quell large-scale, unexpected civil disturbances” when doing so is “necessary” and prior authorization by the president is impossible. In the past, the department also claimed an inherent constitutional power to use the military to protect federal property and functions when local governments could not or would not do so. The validity of these claimed authorities has never been tested in court.* **What are the weak points in the Posse Comitatus Act?** *Events in 2020 and 2021 have highlighted two loopholes in the Posse Comitatus Act. The first involves the District of Columbia National Guard. Unlike all other state and territorial National Guards, the DC Guard is always under presidential control. Despite this, the Department of Justice has for years asserted that the DC Guard can operate in a non-federal, “militia” status, in which it is not covered by the Posse Comitatus Act. By this interpretation, presidents can use the DC Guard for law enforcement whenever they choose.* *Another weakness in the Posse Comitatus Act arises from the law that allows the National Guard to operate in “Title 32 status.” In Title 32 status, a middle ground between purely state operations and federalization, Guard personnel are paid with federal funds and may perform missions requested by the president, but they remain under state command and control. That means they are not subject to the Posse Comitatus Act, even though they are serving federal interests.* **How have these loopholes in the Posse Comitatus Act been exploited?** *In the summer of 2020, President Trump deployed the DC National Guard into Washington to police mostly peaceful protests against law enforcement brutality and racism. Simultaneously, over the objections of DC’s mayor, the administration asked state governors to deploy their own Guard personnel into Washington in Title 32 status, and 11 governors did so. Although these out-of-state forces were nominally under their governors’ control, it was later revealed that they were reporting up through the DC Guard’s chain of command for “coordination” purposes. That meant they were ultimately taking orders from the president. In this way, the Trump administration brought a large, federally controlled military force into Washington and used it for civilian law enforcement, all while skipping over the procedures in the Insurrection Act and evading the political costs of invoking it. That is exactly what the Posse Comitatus Act is meant to prevent.* *Moreover, the deployment of non-federalized, out-of-state Guard forces into a jurisdiction without its consent represents another threat to the Posse Comitatus Act. When operating in Title 32 status, Guard forces are exempt from the Posse Comitatus Act because they are under state command and control. A key part of that control is the governor’s right to decline a particular federal mission. That right is meaningless if the president can simply approach a different governor and ask her to deploy her state’s Guard into the unwilling governor’s state. In this scenario, the cooperating governor becomes a fig leaf for the president to use the military as a police force anywhere in the country, free from the constraints of the Posse Comitatus Act.* https://www.brennancenter.org/our-work/research-reports/posse-comitatus-act-explained[Brennan Center: Limiting the Military’s Role in Law Enforcement](https://www.brennancenter.org/media/13317/download/limiting-military-role.pdf)

NotASentientWorker

boyz & girlz DC projects are slowing BIGTIME and layoffs happening left and right Do what you need with that info

kgal1298

No no he's still busy taking bribes. That's why they started that Executive Branch Club in DC that has a 500K fee and a waitlist.

PersnickityPenguin

Well, see Covid isn't real so you are full of shit. DemonRats tried to destroy America with their Satanic child cannibalism pizza hut in DC and January 6th was a love fest. /S

dweeegs

I’m on the outskirts of DC and there’s been helicopters flying around for half an hour I’m assuming it’s Bessent trying to find a trade deal

whatareyoudoingdood

How long before EV overtakes IC sales? I live in the country outside of a rural town, about 70 miles from nearest city. We’ve now got DC fast chargers in town, with more showing up places all the time. I think once you can get 300 miles of range for 35k, then it’s over for IC.

AngelsRangers

You mean the Washington DC mayor?

NotAriGold

PLTR trades at 200+ fwd PE and TSLA has a 130 PE with declining global sales before we even see tariffs show in the numbers. If you want more AI exposure, I would much rather buy Meta or Google since both have excellent balance sheets, a cheap PE ratio, and have good AI offerings. For the robocab point, Waymo is the one actually doing this now. Tesla may finally get to market and scale but they are behind while Waymo is already in SF, LA, Phoenix, Austin and soon Miami, Atlanta, and DC.

Miserable-Lawyer-233

That’s a great name for a DC club.

GuruTheMadMonk

DOGE was an absolute failure with none of the promised savings Musk crowed about. He’s slink his way out of DC to supposedly focus on his businesses. And there’s no turning around teslas long term decline…. Musk is toxic. Absorb spaceX into nasa and give this keto-head loser the boot.

SeanOTG

"But TLDR Elon musk has done more good for the world then most in the last 10 years" Bro, can I get some of that copium you're huffing? That's the most ridiculous hot take I've ever read. You made some valid points in the beginning, SpaceX, starlink etc, , then you started talking ridiculous nonsense about Elon restoring free speech to right wigners on Twitter, the biggest snowflake victims in modern society, except when he took over he started implementing speech restrictions on other people and stuff like that so okay....I guess, but that statement alone is literally the dumbest statement I've ever fucking read on reddit and that says a lot. Next thing you're going to say is Trump's never told a lie and Elon is a choir boy, like what happened to all the government investigations into all his Tesla bullshit, they all disappeared, shocking I know. All his investigations into his illegal activities were stopped and he got to skate out of Washington DC with all the government and private citizens data....cool

wreakofhavoc

He's following the authoritarian playbook and DC is talking about him like he's still playing normal every day politics.

TSellecks

This is not advice. Just my take. If you need to sell by all means do you. But I’d consider taking back your cost basis and holding or holding altogether for the following reasons. - Fundamentally strong company. Yes, there is some short term balance sheet/debt pressure, they financed two US based manufacturing facilities for $6-7billion. - They have tax rebates and potentially CHIPS (now called US Investment Accelerator) grants totaling in excess of $1billion which would eleviate the near term balances sheet concerns. - Once the new manufacturing facilities are online (North Carolina is about done, NY might be a yr or two out) they can fulfill on approximately $12 billion in design wins- aka sales. This could mean a much better balance sheet by 2027 than jn 2021 when the stock was at $140 and the company market cap $25 billion. Wall Street bets on the future so the stock could ramp up much faster, next 6-12 months. - US Semiconductor manufacturing is a bipartisan push in DC. Google Trump/Lutnick US Semiconductor funds- for more intel - New CEO, ex-micron. He starts Thursday (May-1). Earnings call May 8th.

The_cooler_ArcSmith

No, Japan sent officials to DC to try to figure out what his administration wanted and they couldn't get an answer from them. No clue what they're doing, but one of my guesses was they didn't think this through further than the initial insane numbers based on trade deficits and were not expecting the near universal disapproval (even if from behind closed doors) from Republicans, voters who assumed prices would go down with Trump, our allies, the stock & bond markets, the CEOs of American companies like Apple and JP Morgan Chase, etc. I don't think it computed for them how impossible it would be to manufacture stuff here and how easily the rest of the world would just trade around the US rather than playing games with a guy who is known for renegging on his own deals constantly. I think Trump genuinely realized he fucked up and is hoping someone else can fix it for him or be blamed for it (like Powell).

carbon_space

Total bullshit. He said he'd spend more time in Austin at Tesla instead of in DC and the markets flipped tf out.

obelix_dogmatix

Tesla value is based on Elon yapping or not. Him saying that he will take a step back from prancing around in DC gave investors confidence. I think a couple of consecutive quarters with missing earnings and things will come crashing down.

BuzzBadpants

It was definitely my impression that farming involves a good deal of downtime (with periods of seasonal round-the-clock labor) but yeah, your reps aren’t doing town halls even if you wanted to go. You can always write an email any time of day, or call em up. My point is that you were never gonna get solutions from some lawyer in DC. They’re going to have to come from *you* and *your peers*.

Careful-Education-25

Does your employer pay you before you put the hours in or after? Because if it's done up front it's undeniably a crime, doing it after the fact allows plausible deny ability. Lobbyists in DC do the same thing, money and gifts before equals bribery, money and gifts afterwards "isn't" bribery.

10outofC

They'd just make us puetro Rico or DC. Guess how many times they've had a referendum to join the union? The Republicans won't let it happen simply because they'd never have any real power again. Again, this talk is violent and cuts to the core of canadian cultural insecurities around manifest destiny and our identity in relation to American exceptionalism. Every time you talk about it, even in a liberal coded way, you piss on expasionist history canada and mexico had to deal with. And reinforces American exceptionalist bullshit. It will make canadians and the world start to hate you. Andrew Jackson shit.

Venice_LA

Japanese trade chief flying to DC. Obv gonna be a made for TV trade deal signing.

zedk47

How about in a big white mansion in DC?

Llama2Boot2Boot

Mar-a-Lago to DC…it’s the diaperloop

LongjumpingDocument4

The lacerated-nosed, Jewish wizard attorney, Roy Cohen, taught him how the world in DC could be useful for utilizing connections in business and getting plans done outside the rooted channels of traditional thinking. Harry Helmsley, NYC developer, taught Trump all he knew about the Real Estate business in the Big Apple-along with Dad. But once said that, “Harry took more to his grave than anyone else could spend a lifetime learning about real estate.” Richard Nixon, upon meeting Trump the first time, told him that he would make a good President with his knowledge of getting more from meetings and negotiating or molding the thinking of others.

Bobinthetruck985

There’s a fairly good chance the person who has the biggest impact on American politics in the next couple years is a random worker at a DC McDonald’s who makes the Big Mac that fully clogs his arteries.

Dear_Research2695

It's now believed that the tariffs are being used to bully countries into decoupling from China if they want to continue to have access to our markets. This would explain why when Japan went to DC the admin couldn't actually tell the Japanese reps what they wanted and Japan went home empty handed. China has already warned all of its trade partners not to cut them out or there would be consequences. I think China wins this solely because they are the ones with the manufacturing capacity. What good is it to remain on good terms with the US if the things you sell them depend on access to Chinese manufacturing?

golferkris101

The poverty line for DC is like $90k to receive property tax abatement. So, $200k for a family is nothing, when you consider 100% tax on imports. That's how much even screws and bolts will go up in price. I am sure, everyone will stop spending now. When the existing inventory runs out, the new prices will be shocking. Armageddon incoming for even the middle and upper middle class. Also, the poor don't have income and it's not helping them. Buv their costs are going up too. So, we may need to increase disability, social security etc. And, where is that extra money coming from? Increasing FICA contribution from the employed? Domino effect

ILoveKombucha

I'm right with you. I half of these posts are just hysterical anti-Trump folks who don't even invest. Honestly, I can relate. I remember being in my mid 20's, fresh out of college, participating in Occupy (here in my state - not the DC one). I remember somewhere around this time the market started going down hard. I had no investments, never intended to invest, etc. I was actively happy the market was going down - "yeah, burn it all down to the ground!" I would write down the S&P 500 numbers in my journal, gleefully watching it sink. Until it stopped sinking, and started rising. Long story short, if I had started investing then, I'd be up 4x+ on those initial investments. But my point is, I get it... I get people being freaked out about political stuff and being mad at Trump and whatnot. But it's not rational. There is always something scary going on. The market has survived great depressions, world wars, cold war, other wars, pandemics, etc. The rational thing is to invest long term in a wisely diversified portfolio. As much as I dislike Trump, I do wish folks who come here could muster up a bit more nuance, and restrain the hysterical fear-mongering.

himynameis_

As per Tesla's website: > [Unlike Traffic-Aware Cruise Control, Autosteer, and Navigate on Autopilot, which are intended for use on multi-lane roadways with clear lane markings, Full Self-Driving (Supervised) is meant to work in a variety of driving scenarios. You can use Full Self-Driving (Supervised) on any type of roadway, including residential and city streets.](https://www.tesla.com/ownersmanual/modely/en_us/GUID-2CB60804-9CEA-4F4B-8B04-09B991368DC5.html#:~:text=Unlike%20Navigate%20on%20Autopilot%20%2C%20Full,wheel%20or%20other%20vehicle%20controls.)

CaptainWikkiWikki

Lol come to DC. We're basically in a recession out here.

donsimoni

I'm gonna throw in the side-effects. Air travel for instance - what will the ripples be? Many federal employees don't live or work in DC and travel quite a lot. More expensive flights or less connections? That would lead to less revenue at the airports. Second point: As in every developed country, federal funding is also a kind of support for less developed regions. Will the laid off people stay in backwater counties or go somewhere else to find a job? As you already pointed out, it will be extremely hard to quantify the effects or plan for them.

MountainDadwBeard

The market voltality is still way up and stocks are still down significantly- showing the uncertainty. Trump showing cowardice on the China tariffs is honestly a huge relief. Concerned watchers are starting to relax that it's just barking. Layoffs. Most of the feds are getting pushed into the voluntary severance so they won't "show" on the unemployment numbers but wiser minds are expecting regional dips, implosion around DC, and a general weakening of consumer base as Trump tries to reduce market fuel by 1 trillion dollars. The earnings does surprise. I'd guess a lot of CEOs are trying to delay their losses and assume their bookings early to hide the dip. That's standard practice in a dip but gets harder to do with additional quarters as there is less "peanut butter to spread".

Live_Pomelo4090

How the fuck is the recession cancelled? Wesco out in stead is panicking and may begin shutting down within 60 days. Myers Gardens has announced they are shutting down May 30th because of tariffs. Both these companies are manufacturers who produce with raw materials, they would need to mine their own shit and synthesize their own chemicals to continue further, impossible. Anixter is panicking. Walmart DC has already seen a massive hit to incoming freight and don’t even get me fucking started on propak, worldpak, sherwin Williams and pretty much EVERYONE IN WASHOE. I contract with over 300 businesses in between Meyers/South lake out til Fallon. You are a fucking tumbleweed if you think shits on the upswing.

Celeste_Seasoned_14

I work at a very large, American multinational corporation at the biggest DC we have worldwide. We finished up Q1 with our warehouse operators on mandatory 58 hour workweeks. After the quarter end, they REMAINED on 58 hrs. Most uninformed workers were confused and angered by this. But a few realized what was up.

New-Ad-9629

I read an article a while back that the economy in DC is hurting bad. Real estate prices have also dropped

oneWeek2024

i mean the stock market has evaporated what. 12 trillion dollars of value? thousands of people have been laid off. gov agencies have literally terminated recording/reporting on certain economic data. several agencies are having outages, and terminations of services. social security. various health/public safety offices. this will only get worse. several of the largest universities in the united states have had hundreds of millions stripped from their budget. these universities employ and exist as anchor elements to their area. just as gov workers do to places like DC. smaller gov lay offs in pork satellite gov areas will have smaller ripple effects (like probationary gov workers terminated in WVa for example) tariffs are going to have ongoing death rattle effects for small businesses. a small artist/small business for a nerd hobby i enjoy had to cxl a product release. I know another small business that is only able to sell current stock/has mentioned when current stock is gone, no new stock will be available....and likely they're closing (only like 4 employees... but that's 4 people who's lives will be shattered --this will be happening to thousands and thousands of small businesses) farmers are already being hit by tariff increases to fertilizer and component supplies. this will affect crop pricing 70-100 days from now. large retailers are probably going to be hit in the next month or two. by mid may we may get the first panic. like the great toilet paper surge of covid times. something will spark panic, as anemic store shelves start to materialize. cleaners/chemicals. OTK medication, tires/car parts. motor oil. who knows. but i think it'll start sooner or later. and lead to surges of panic. then we'll have summer. fire and hurricane season. with many of these issues coming to a head. spikes in energy costs as tariffs hit parts/repair supply lines. even small things. talked to my mother today. my parents are planning to open their pool. my father was bitching about the price of pool chemicals. think of all the costs people will bypass. think of all the lost revenue for tourists not coming to the united states. what 60 billion estimated already? all of this happened in April. will take 1-3 months to actually happen. it's going to be a wild summer.

NWHipHop

Where are the freedom trucker convoys now? Hopefully on their way to DC but doubt it.

buckinanker

It will be a local factor for DC Virginia and Maryland, and yes it will obviously tick up unemployment some, but it’s not going to push it up significantly , there are 7 to 8 million unemployed people at any given time 

fanofpotatoes

OP & ackman cracked the case of where some asian people in DC went for lunch. breaking news

E_Blofeld

I've worked in retail; Orders for Xmas merch were usually placed in March/April, with expected delivery to the US around August, then it'd go to the DC, then to retail outlets mid-September for mid-October setup.

freser1

It’s sad, but I believe what I’m hearing out of China more than what I’m hearing from DC.

UsedState7381

See that dump at close today? That we all know and hate? That is why I'm sticking with my plan as it's not painful to me at all and these pumps and dumps don't even phase me anymore, at least not until we have actual news from Trump himself. Now...Let's tune in for the cannabis summit in Washington DC that is starting next week, hopefully we get something out of that.

trumpdiego

get a set of big fakies and hang out at DC bars, either sex, doesn't matter, you're in

YT-Deliveries

What in recent history makes you think they can keep their traps shut in DC

reichjef

What makes you think we'll pull back. We're getting a nice low volume orderly pump. It doesn't seem too bad. If they can keep their traps shut in DC, we're good to go.

rage_panda_84

Retailers are already saying they don't know how to order for back-to-school or the holiday season. They're saying consumer spending might be hit at COVID levels, but we can't do another PPP Covid stimulus cause we still haven't paid off the last one. I don't think people undertsand just how precarious this situation is and just how quickly it could start to spiral into repeated cycle of contraction -> cost reduction -> reduced spending, given how utterly detached from reality the ruling party in DC is right now.

Contrarian_1

Probably very little is my guess. No major data releases on the calendar and most people in DC are off on Friday so should be quiet there too

TrickCard175

On the other end of the line was the moped delivery driver for a Chinese restaurant. Stopped in the middle of a busy DC intersection.

CharlieDmouse

No duh… the corruption is now a film of scum on the surface. Not hidden anymore, it is on the surface floating in the open now. DC was a cesspool already since Citizens United now it is even worse

HotTake-bot

Trump is having Brad Bondi (Pam Bondi's brother) run for president of the DC Bar association. It's a coordinated assault to usurp the rule of law, not isolated instances of criminality.

ScarOCov

I flew London to DC 10+ years ago with a similarly sparse flight. Every person had a whole row to themselves. I wouldn’t take it as that big of a sign.

Xzlk

I might write a full DD but my liquor store in DC has already upped the prices 20%. Local owner just said he’s tired of the back and forth and said “fuck it, I have to raise prices” ON EVERY IMPORTED BEER. We might be fucked lads.

BeerPowered

Those "mystery" million-dollar option plays minutes before market close that explode in value overnight aren't luck or skill - it's inside info flowing from DC to Wall Street. Same game, different administration.

42nu

A slew of technicals across the markets passed some technical short term buy indicators, so I think a lot of institutions and bots pushed things along today. Especially with like every countries finance ministers being in DC today I'd imagine, as you seem to be suggesting, that the rally was a combo pie slices feeding each other. I figure if we don't have any actual news by Monday we'll be seeing red again

Cultural_Ad4874

China's Finance Minister is in DC however ....

lorefolk

So guys, imagine that because Elon spent time lying in DC Tesla's value went down, so obviously, the problem with Tesla is that Elon hasn't been taking time to lie about Tesla That's what's Tesla shareholders seem to think.

ghostmaster645

I can shed some behind the scenes insight... its messy.  I work for one of those very large mortgage companies that's currently under conservatorship. We handle a massive amount of mortgages and securities, and pretty much run the whole secondary mortgage market.  It's.... not good here. Last week I had to fly to the office just so it looked full incase FOX showed up again. My company paid for the flight, a place for me to stay, and all my food which was awesome, but it was a massive waste of time. Lots of other dumb things like people standing around with no office space, people getting fired for keeping their pronouns on Teams, and just random firings of qualified people. I've seen news networks say all these people were fired because thay were committing fraud, but I know that is not true in at least 1 case.  Also, our whole board or directors changed. Pulte has installed himself as head, and we got DOGE people filling in the rest. There are a couple qualified people on it still though.  This is all supposed to be in preperation to become a private company again, but all I see is a *more* government intrusion. It's all very fast and confusing.  Im expecting to be told I have to move to DC soon, and I can't afford that, so I'm polishing up my resume now.  So, the company responsible for handling 70% of morgages in US is being severely disrupted. I expect it to get worse before it gets better. 

Odd-Elderberry-6137

I fly a dozen or so domestic return flights a year and more often than not every flight I've been on (save during Covid), flights have been oversold. My last two trips in March (DC/Boston, DC/DTW), were less than half full.

DelightfulDolphin

The optimist in me continues to think the fine politicians in DC will impeach and remove him any moment.

alligator_alleycat

FSLR - would love ❤️ to jump onboard this stock…. But 1000% guaranteed the 🤡 in DC plus 🥭 will pass some over-the-top budget/laws in the next year that will be very anti-solar

rapidthrows523

He literally didn’t say anything like this. Said in the call he would continue to spend 1-2 days in DC a week and focus an unspecified amount of time towards TSLA. No estimates on TSLA grift

UsedState7381

National Cannabis Summit on Washington DC will be starting next week: https://nationalcannabisfestival.com/ncf-policy-summit They really missed a beat by not hosting this on 4/20, but hey, at least *some* of the tier 1 MSOs will be there along with some congressmen, I really hope they will have some insight about what this government has in store for cannabis reforms...If it has something at all.

6foot4guy

To what deals is he referring? Japan was just in DC looking to talk and got no answers from the WH as to what they want or need. So they went home.

Jennifer_Pennifer

r/50501 protests DC all of May

Professional_Cold463

Japan, South Korea, India, Vietnam all hate China. Deals will end up being made with the US ain't no way these countries end up siding with China. Once these deals start getting signed Xi will be on a plane to DC straight away. Only option would be China goes the Russia route, military route or just signs a deal and comes to terms with it

bdmske

In today’s episode of the Washington DC hillbillies…

Wesley_Skypes

I'm from Ireland, I travel all over the world for work every year. Have been in Tokyo, Manila, Pune, Amsterdam, Sofia and Singapore so far this year and will got to Bangkok at the start of June for my next work trip. I cancelled a personal trip woth my wife to DC where I would have been leaving today because of all the noise. I've shared Trump memes in groups etc and the stories about having your phone and social media combed through put me off. Instead we are off to San Sebastian for the weekend. A good friend of mine is CTO of a company and has to frequently travel to US HQ. He has completely nuked his socials and started afresh for similar reasons as he has to travel a lot. I'll come back to the US when it gets back to being sane, it will still be there and lots of other places to visit in the meantime.

PaleontologistSad114

Congress doesn’t want anything to happen. They get rich no matter what and are happy to blame Trump for everything. They are lazy, sleazy, and consumed with getting a good table in DC and being a big shot back home. They do nothing, and hope for a TV contributor contract and a few board seats after they put in 6 years and lock in their retirement.

leegiovanni

It doesn’t come across as that. China probably is more eager to deescalate this than how they’re coming across, but they be cannot be seen as bowing down or groveling before the US like Vietnam and Japan has. Xi and other CCP politicians would have their heads bitten off by their domestic opponents if they went to DC and started wearing MAGA hats, offering unilateral concessions, and get mocked by Trump or Vance as kissing their asses. They need it to be seen as a win-win deal and not as a US win - China lose deal. Otherwise their own political careers are at risk.

IllBuyYourCar

Cracked open a room temp can of DC, that mf burn 

58626245325402183338

An important question about getting the DC football team renamed to Redskins.

Dapper-Elderberry920

Anybody in DC can tell you, this is exactly what happened in his first administration. His underlings all have their competing agendas and try to influence an easily swayable president. They also get no direction from the top so they just go off assumptions. It’s confusion all the way down, and people trying to put out constant fires and survive another day.

padfoot0321

Resign and don't come back to DC or a public servants office ever until there are Congressional hearings or court hearings.

cbusoh66

And I just added to my TSLA short positions. That fucker tasted the DC power and he ain't letting go of DOGE or his involvement with this administration anytime soon, how do you trust a guy who lies all the time? And yeah, those 10 robotaxis will definitely not get vandalized because everyone will forget everything by June...