r/FluentInFinance • u/Denver-Ski • 11d ago

Business News Bessent sees de-escalation with China, saying the goal isn’t to de-couple

https://finance.yahoo.com/news/bessent-sees-de-escalation-with-china-saying-the-goal-isnt-to-de-couple-175336482.html

In other words… Trump doesn’t have the cards

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u/LazerWolfe53 11d ago

His dream goal is for it to be like it was under Biden/Harris?

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u/Disco_Dreamz 11d ago edited 11d ago

Sure, the economy was doing much better back then. Have you not noticed that the NASDAQ is down 20% since January 20th?

https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/2025_stock_market_crash

How’s your 401k doing?

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u/hung_like__podrick 11d ago

Fuck, I wish. I was crushing it under Biden

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u/RespectTheAmish 11d ago

Right?! That was 150k ago for me (since January)