Uh, all of this was planned by the oligarchs who support Trump. It was literally advertised a year before he was elected, it is called a wealth transfer and has nothing to do with politics, sanity or ideology.

It’s theft by means of terror, and events like this will keep happening: taking the markets to the brink and even beyond sometimes, over and over again for the next few years.

After people get jaded enough to not be so shocked, the ante will be upped: expect everything to be used, eventually, to swing the markets, including threats of nuclear war and brinkmanship with China and others.

This wild ride is only starting