Don't you think they'd be smart enough to wait until September 2020?
Election season has already started. That is how the presidential election cycle works. Waiting until 2020 is way too late. They know their timing, have a game plan developed and in motion. This is part of it. They are by not political nitwits.
2019 is when the chess pieces start to be moved interms of players for the next election. A year of bad economic news would so color the landscape in 2020 that outcomes could be unpredictable and unfortunate. The Congress is run by the Dems but the senate is Republican. Total gridlock, nasty mindgames, and a rising volume of blame games will be the order of the year. That’s why they are making their moves now!
No, they are tanking the market to get Trump out in 2019.
” tanking the market in December 2018 ... to get Trump out in 2020? “
Consider that Trump is causing slightly hard times now- but his opponents are jumping in to make it worse.
It’s like if a driver turns right, but a passenger pushes the steering wheel further.