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Politics : The Trump Presidency -- Ignore unavailable to you. Want to Upgrade?

To: Thomas M. who wrote (353231)	10/27/2025 1:50:41 PM
From: Thomas M.	1 Recommendation Recommended By longz Read Replies (1) \| Respond to of 353885

> be Scott Bessent > born in South Carolina > parents have tumultuous relationships > consider joining Naval Academy but unwilling to lie and say I am straight > go to Yale instead > partofthatwholeYalething.mp3 > study political science > intern for Jim Rodgers (Soros co-founder) > then go work with Jim Chanos > finally land at Soros Fund Management in 1991 > heading up the London office > lead the pound short that created Black Wednesday > Break the Bank of England > historically donated to democrats > Al Gore: [unknown] > McCain: $1,000 > Obama: $2,300 > Hillary: $25,000 > Donate one million to Trump in 2017 > inherit inflation, trade partners in disarray, multiple major conflicts > stopcaring.png > reverses trade deficits > forces China to show their hand > slaps the richest man in the world when he’s libbing out > US budget is tightening for the first time in years > government shut down > whocares.jpg > Argentina sidequest > if I can break the bank of England I can do the opposite too > buy 40 billion in dollars of pesos at 1488 in FX swap line > Argentina ETF up 15% one week after the trade > back to the US > cut SNAP during shutdown > too many fat people anyways > “I respect the market” > done more for gay acceptance than every single pride parade since the era of Obama Tom