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angrychair

(11,988 posts)
Fri Feb 13, 2026, 01:25 PM Friday

Potentially hard times ahead [View all]

The news media is not openly talking about the financial and social storm approaching. It's not just bad it's a Category 5 hurricane.

Just a couple of highlights:

Currently Canada and Mexico are openly discussing leaving USMCA trade agreement and Mango Mussolini has also said he doesn't care about the trade agreement.
https://mexiconewsdaily.com/news/mexico-us-review-trade-talks-canada/

The EU has suspended its approval of the US trade agreement and are likely to walk away completely
https://abcnews.com/Business/european-officials-suspend-us-trade-agreement-amid-tariff/story?id=129422031

China has ordered its banks to curb its holdings of US treasuries to avoid exposure to its flagging market strength.
https://www.reuters.com/world/asia-pacific/china-urges-banks-curb-us-treasuries-exposure-bloomberg-news-reports-2026-02-09/

Moderna walks away from phase III research and development on infectious diseases in the US after the FDA moved the goalposts on its mRNA flu vaccine
https://www.biospace.com/business/moderna-wont-run-phase-iii-vaccine-trials-as-skepticism-grows-in-us-bloomberg

We only added180,000 jobs in all of 2025 and 2026 has already seen record layoffs for a single month https://www.nbcnews.com/business/economy/january-jobs-revisions-trump-rcna258398

I could go on and on. We are, slowly but surely, reaching a tipping point and once that happens it's unlikely we will have a way back.

This guy has absolutely and likely permanently destroyed any and all goodwill and trust in the world.

Everything from permanent closer of bases around the world to completely dropping the dollar as the international currency of trade, are on the table.

China sees this and is already in motion to take advantage of it around the world.

China is a massive economic engine that, given the opportunity, will easily crush the dominance of the US.

Many in the world are already changing their perspective on the US, viewing us as a nation in decline, a violent, racist and xenophobic hellscape.

In many ways that is a very accurate assessment.

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Potentially hard times ahead [View all] angrychair Friday OP
Dollar erosion is a major concern bucolic_frolic Friday #1
Not positive angrychair Friday #2
Gold standard isn't coming back lonely bird Saturday #39
Are banks safe??? Urgent Warning From Prof. David Cay Johnston liberalla Saturday #55
Thanks for posting, it's an important interview bucolic_frolic Sunday #56
prepare for interest rates to zoom. mopinko Friday #3
MAGA don't care about educated professional people losing their jobs. They have jobs chasin MexuRicans. ChicagoTeamster Friday #4
True Cirsium Saturday #43
True for some but I grew up in a Union household and was a teamster my first 2 years of College ChicagoTeamster Saturday #49
May Take Awhile modrepub Friday #5
True regarding capital expenditures lonely bird Saturday #40
So maybe we need a Mark Carney type person for President? mwooldri Friday #6
Can I ask in this very important thread how does one prepare? ALBliberal Friday #7
Preparation markodochartaigh Saturday #53
I agree that the US is on a trajectory of economic disaster but I take one exception Bev54 Friday #8
Then add the upcoming climate disasters... ananda Friday #22
It is convenient to popsdenver Friday #9
Yes angrychair Friday #10
But when he is gone popsdenver Friday #12
Fair point angrychair Friday #14
Hey AC popsdenver Friday #17
I've been saying this forever. People still don't get how much language matters. live love laugh Friday #16
Hey popsdenver Friday #18
That's what makes me throw things at the TV and 90% of online/Youtube postings! BComplex Friday #20
You are more than welcome BC popsdenver Friday #23
Scream from the rooftops they hate ALL Americans not just liberals NoSheep Saturday #42
Except China and Russias' economies are also in the tank. mwmisses4289 Friday #11
Very different reasons angrychair Friday #13
China is in the "shadows" popsdenver Friday #24
Exactly right angrychair Friday #26
China has a huge demographic problem lonely bird Saturday #41
American Jinga live love laugh Friday #15
Elections have far greater consequences than what side gets owned on social media. Initech Friday #19
No, Initech: This is the world that THE REPUBLICAN PARTY built. BComplex Friday #21
I repeat popsdenver Friday #25
True, but they are the face of the GOP. Initech Friday #28
If you look at the evidence in the Trump fraud case brought by Letitia James Jarqui Friday #27
77 million morons voted for him. Turbineguy Friday #29
over 70 million voted for him timms139 Friday #38
How many of the 90 million that "stayed away", RandomNumbers Saturday #45
Not as many timms139 Sunday #57
China won the economic war. Roc2020 Friday #30
It will be all Biden's fault. milestogo Friday #31
We've all watched this unfold in real time FoggyLake Friday #32
I must disagree with your title. Strike the words Potentially and ahead. Hard times are here and getting worse. flashman13 Friday #33
Don't forget AI coming for entry level white collar jobs trumpisapdf Friday #34
love ur screen name here is a welcome heart gopiscrap Friday #37
Welcome to DU LetMyPeopleVote Saturday #47
Guessing pdf stands for "petty dumb f**ker" KS Toronado Saturday #50
I'm not concerned. OldBaldy1701E Friday #35
Elections have consequences gulliver Friday #36
... jfz9580m Saturday #44
Don't forget the BRICS countries the_liberal_grandpa Saturday #46
I mentioned Brics angrychair Saturday #51
Typically, repubs crash everything... returnee Saturday #48
So true duckworth969 Saturday #52
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