Statement from Jerome Powell

Post by ceejayoz » Mon, Jan 12, 2026, 1:41 AM UTC

pluralmonad wrote: post #49

SpicyLemonZest wrote: post #26

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I implore you to stop being credulous before it's too late. Trump supporters deeply believe, and are not shy about saying, that anyone who stops Trump from achieving his political goals should be imprisoned or murdered.

Holy shit. If you believe even a small minority actually want that, please unplug and talk to real people in meat space.

Post by SanjayMehta » Mon, Jan 12, 2026, 1:41 AM UTC

plasticsoprano wrote: post #40

SanjayMehta wrote: post #20

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I always appreciate when people make comments like this. It helps identify the trolls or people so completely outside of reality you can mark them as untrustworthy and ignore whatever they say.

Post by renegade-otter » Mon, Jan 12, 2026, 1:41 AM UTC

neom wrote: post #54

So I'm sitting here as a Canadian wondering what the American people are going to do? I understand a lot of what the President of The United States says - I even agree with some of it, the problem is I don't feel like we're engaging with the American people anymore. I really wonder where you guys are headed and what it means for the rest of us, I spent 15 years in the states, built a public company there, I really li…

Post by wat10000 » Mon, Jan 12, 2026, 1:41 AM UTC

loeg wrote: post #42

Loughla wrote: post #19

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Is it just a cynical view that enough voters can be convinced it's the other side at fault? Someone who supports trump, please let me know the logic on this. Genuinely. I'm trying to read other places about these charges but they're just so slanted that they're not really trustworthy. Is there anything to this, or is it really just to pressure the federal reserve?

I don't think it's that deep or that Trump is even thinking ahead. He just wants the rates to be lower.

Post by JumpinJack_Cash » Mon, Jan 12, 2026, 1:43 AM UTC

throwaway_2494 wrote: post #69

voidfunc wrote: post #30

Exciting two weeks to start the year!

You know this part of the problem! Politics is now consumed as entertainment, and ask any writer of books or screenplays and they will tell you _conflict_ makes for good entertainment. Politics should be _boring_. The fact that we demand to be entertained by our political system is a big part of the problem.