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[–]magnora7[S] 6 insightful - 1 fun6 insightful - 0 fun7 insightful - 1 fun -  (1 child)

And also consider this: https://www.zerohedge.com/news/2018-12-20/bill-dudley-fed-not-there-take-away-markets-pain-policy-not-too-tight

It's funny Obama got 0% for 8 years, but now that Trump is in office they're all about raising the rates 0.25% every single quarter. It really does seem like they're pressuring a crash. Trump is a convenient scapegoat, so I can see why they'd want to do it during his term.

Also causing it now would probably hurt his 2020 re-election chances, if someone wanted to keep him from being re-elected.

[–]JasonCarswell 1 insightful - 1 fun1 insightful - 0 fun2 insightful - 1 fun -  (0 children)

But Trump has the Presidential Plunge Protection.

https://duckduckgo.com/?q=president+plunge+protection+team

The Democrats are big loosers, but they only lose to Republicans (not progressives). If they can win 2020 it may "redeem" them a bit in the minds of the mass hypnotized.