The Trump Economy

I suppose this goes here...
https://www.foxbusiness.com/politics...de-routes-open

"We are going to invest $1 trillion in semiconductors in America, get up to 40% market share, and at least be able to take care of ourselves," Lutnick said.

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Who is this 'we' Lutnick refers to?

"Let's go over Intel for a moment," Lutnick shifted gears. "The Biden administration had given $10 billion to Intel to build semiconductors in America, which they were already doing… so we negotiated, and we said, okay, you can keep the money. That was already signed, sealed and delivered, and you give us 10% of the equity in the company. Right? And now we can help them because we want Intel to be successful in America. It matters to us that we build semiconductors in America. And what's happened: the stock's up 3,540% since then."

Really?
Is Lutnick using 'Trump drug price math'?
US got stock in Intel in August 2025.
In the last six months, Intel stock went up....131.94%
Great return, but FAR from 3,540%

Omens for 2026?

Amazon.com is starting to see an uptick in product prices on its e-commerce platform as sellers respond to cost pressures stemming ​from U.S. President Donald Trump's tariffs, the tech giant's CEO, Andy Jassy, told CNBC on Tuesday.

The company had pulled forward its inventory shipments early last year and urged third-party sellers to bring in more stock ahead of time to circumvent tariff-driven surges in shipping costs, but "that supply has run out in the fall," Jassy said in the interview at the World Economic Forum in Davos, Switzerland.

https://news.yahoo.com/news/finance/...152137234.html

This one's better...Agriculture Secretary Brooke Rollins' $3 meal
Originally Posted by RX792P

Brooke Rollins continues her delusions...

"For farmers, for making America healthy again, getting real food back into families' dinner plates, seeing the tax cuts, the largest investment in rural America, 24 new trade deals — it's just win after win after win"

Brooke Rollins continues her delusions... Originally Posted by RX792P

What funnier is that she has tried to backwater by basically saying “I really meant for the memes to show bigger pieces of chicken, and a full head of broccoli, and a couple slices of bread along with the one other thing…..”



These people Trump appoints are fucking idiots.

elg…..

Brooke Rollins continues her delusions... Originally Posted by RX792P

that's about right for 3 bucks, if even that..

A full head of broccoli is about 2.00 on sale, so where can I buy that big piece of chicken for 0.50??

A full head of broccoli is about 2.00 on sale, so where can I buy that big piece of chicken for 0.50?? Originally Posted by 69in2it69

Trumpladia!

Right next to Oz……

elg……

OMG!!! The apocalypse is upon us.
How could the defender of America First Donald J Trump allow this to happen?

Nathan’s Famous, an iconic American hot dog maker and fast-food chain, was sold to a Chinese-owned pork producer in a $450 million all-cash deal.

What's next? Chery buys Chevy?

OMG!!! The apocalypse is upon us.
How could the defender of America First Donald J Trump allow this to happen?

Nathan’s Famous, an iconic American hot dog maker and fast-food chain, was sold to a Chinese-owned pork producer in a $450 million all-cash deal.

What's next? Chery buys Chevy? Originally Posted by RX792P

What's next in the Trump Economy? Shanghai strips away silver pricing from London/NY. Oh that already happened 1 Jan 2026

The upside...

https://www.foxbusiness.com/economy/...-q3-2025-final

The Bureau of Economic Analysis (BEA) on Thursday released its final reading of third quarter GDP, which showed the economy grew at an annualized rate of 4.4% in the three-month period including July, August and September.

That figure topped the expectations of economists polled by LSEG, who had estimated 3.3% GDP growth in the third quarter. It was also the fastest growth rate in two years.

The report also found that real GDP rose at an annualized rate of 3.8% in the second quarter. That followed a GDP contraction of 0.6% in the first quarter. Taken together, those three readings indicate the U.S. economy grew at a 2.5% annualized rate through the first three quarters of 2025.

The BEA said the rise in real GDP reflected a rise in consumer spending, exports, government spending and investment. Imports also declined in the third quarter.

"Compared to the second quarter, the acceleration in real GDP in the third quarter reflected upturns in investment, exports, and government spending, as well as an acceleration in consumer spending. Imports decreased less in the third quarter than in the second," the BEA said.

a caveat..the increased consumer spending may involve both paying higher prices for the same goods and a strong bias toward the highest income brackets doing the spending rather than across the board consumer spending.

Not really 'new' news....been obvious to those who actually think about it...
Trump’s Energy Agenda Is Starting to Collide With Itself
https://oilprice.com/Energy/Crude-Oi...th-Itself.html

Some expected oil and gas producers to go on a drilling spree once Trump was elected, but instead, they remained cautious. That new normal of strict capital discipline and pickiness about new investments was not a passing fad. It is, quite literally, the industry’s new normal. This is what prompted Exxon to call Venezuela “univestable” after the U.S. president prompted oil majors to go in and spend $100 billion to make Venezuelan oil great again over the next ten years.

Wood Mackenzie said earlier this month that upstream capex fell globally last year and is about to fall further this year—notably including in the United States. Despite the full support of the federal government. Despite the energy dominance agenda of the White House.

Caution is the new “Drill, baby, drill” in the oil and gas patch.

Not Trump's fault (unless one wants to conspiracyitize the massive artic cold air mass flooding the US is secretly a Greenland preemptive strike on the US)

U.S. natural gas futures at Henry Hub surged by over 40% in two days, driven by an Arctic cold front descending on the eastern United States and a resulting spike in heating demand.

Benchmark gas prices jumped from $3.40 per million British thermal units (MMBtu) to over $4.70 per MMBtu, heading toward their biggest weekly gain in 35 years.

Not really 'new' news....been obvious to those who actually think about it...
Trump’s Energy Agenda Is Starting to Collide With Itself
https://oilprice.com/Energy/Crude-Oi...th-Itself.html



Caution is the new “Drill, baby, drill” in the oil and gas patch. Originally Posted by RX792P

Why should Trump drill for oil when oil can be taken from Venezuela? Trump derailed the BRICS lock on being a major oil cartel since Russia and Saudi Arabia are oil powerhouses and BRICS member nations, if Venezuela oil fell into the BRICS hands (China) they would have LEVERAGE over The West in commodities markets. The people who control Trump couldn't allow that to happen hence 4D Chess to capture Maduro and to derail Russia and China's interest in Venezuelan commoditites.

Why should Trump drill for oil when oil can be taken from Venezuela? Trump derailed the BRICS lock on being a major oil cartel since Russia and Saudi Arabia are oil powerhouses and BRICS member nations, if Venezuela oil fell into the BRICS hands (China) they would have LEVERAGE over The West in commodities markets. The people who control Trump couldn't allow that to happen hence 4D Chess to capture Maduro and to derail Russia and China's interest in Venezuelan commoditites. Originally Posted by CPT Savajo

Venezuela produces around 900,000 - 1,000,000 bpd, Around 21st in the world for production.
Despite it's reserves, it will take very big capital expenditures by someone (and time) to raise that amount to any degree.
And at the apparent desired price of $40/bbl for Venezuelan oil, it's not going to spur much capex spending...



btw, did you know Venezuela is a founding member of OPEC

OMG!!! The apocalypse is upon us.
How could the defender of America First Donald J Trump allow this to happen?

Nathan’s Famous, an iconic American hot dog maker and fast-food chain, was sold to a Chinese-owned pork producer in a $450 million all-cash deal.

What's next? Chery buys Chevy? Originally Posted by RX792P

Can't remember if I read it here, but it seems the tariff situation that is suppose to protect us Americans has let those lefty loving electric cars be a big time seller of the chinese north of the border. But I guess maggies don't care about that since it ain't a drill baby driven affair.