The mighty dollar, ordinarily a safe haven during times of market-based stress, is falling apart, and its ongoing year-to-date slide is pointing to a much bigger problem for all U.S. assets.
Every damned word of this 4-graf brief, except "By WSJ Staff," should scare the bejeesus out of you this morning. www.wsj.com/livecoverage ...
-- Bill Grueskin (@bgrueskin.bsky.social) April 9, 2025 at 6:58 AM
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#13: "In his first televised interview since Donald Trumpf took office, the head of Germany's foreign intelligence service told DW that EU intelligence agencies are working together to support Ukraine. D/BND Bruno Kahl said he was optimistic that the US would "soon be at our side again." www.dw.com
Herr Kahl may have been saying this for public consumption to keep people calm or he thinks the Trumpf junta is an anomaly that we all must suffer through for four years until the status quo has returned. In the meantime, Ukrainians and Palestinians will continue to be killed while American civil liberties erode along with their retirement plans and quality of life.
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