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Posted on 01/22/2026 3:32:07 PM PST by marshmallow
"If that would happen, there would be a big retaliation on our part, and we have all the cards," the US leader stated
NEW YORK, January 22. /TASS/. Serious tit-for-tat measures can be taken if European countries start selling US bonds, President Donald Trump told Fox Business television in an interview.
"If they do, they do. But you know, if that would happen, there would be a big retaliation on our part, and we have all the cards," Trump said.
Danish pension fund AkademikerPension made the decision earlier to sell US Treasury Bonds amid the conflict around Greenland. The fund plans to sell its entire package of Treasuries totaling about $100 mln by the end of January, CBS News television said.
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How would they even do that? The market to sell is thin....
I lie the story, but I’d like to see it from a source other than TASS.
My takeaway from this is not the on-the-surface view of governments selling US bonds, but the possible or likely sub message to all of us, FR, outside FR, friends, family: the existing Bretton-woods-based US Petro-Dollar debt-based currency is not long for this world, and a replacement is in the wings. Yes, we are being all prepped, to limit being shocked later. Or, soon. Combine this news with the rapid price rise of PMs and what goes on with Jerome Powell and the FED. There’s also the side-remarks, steady feed of them from Trump and Bessent, of the limited future of the IRS and talk of Tariffs.
bfl
>the existing Bretton-woods-based US Petro-Dollar debt-based currency is not long for this world, and a replacement is in the wings
I wouldn’t say it’s long for this world, just maybe lose it’s standing as the dominant one. A true replacement would just be speculation although we do see what is in the offering now
I am pretty ignorant on world finance. But if they already paid for the bonds what does it matter if they sell them off? Like I said, I am pretty ignorant in this regard.
1. I get concerned when we get our news from the USSR’s TASS.
2. Aside the from that, I suspect the world is heading into an ‘economic war’ where money is the ammunition.
I believe almost all of the countries in the world have a lousy balance sheet. Too much debt already and politicians unwilling to stop printing more money.
So if an economic war breaks out it will be nasty. And that is probably one reason SILVER was $71 ounce on December 31, 2025 and tonight at 7pm EST SILVER hit $97 per ounce.
Let that sink in Silver price has increased $26 in the first 22 days of January 2026.
And let me add that in January 2025 SILVER was $28 ounce and right now, one year later, SILVER is $97 ounce and banging loudly on the 100 dollar door to be let in.
And let me add that GOLD is close to going through the 5000 dollar door. GOLD hit $4964 ounce at 7 pm EST tonight.
“””How would they even do that? The market to sell is thin....”””
If the market to sell bonds is thin, then the price of bonds drop dramatically and interest rates increase dramatically.
An economic war would be very nasty.
The WSJ is also posting-—I can’t because of paywall.
The Wall Street Journal
https://www.wsj.com › livecoverage › card
9 hours ago — “If they do, they do. But you know, if that would happen there would be a big retaliation on our part. And we have all the cards,” he said in an ..
What exactly is “$100 min”?
“””What exactly is “$100 min”?”””
100 mln is 100 million
Ha! $100 million? We’re $39 trillion in debt! Come on! That’s nothing!
“When I went into Russia (April, May, June and July ’24) I noticed many of the “Uber cars” were BYD brand, Chinese electric vehicles. It made sense given two years of existing sanctions and few cars from Europe or America available except under costly brokerage fees for acquisition. They like the Geely brand better, but BYDs are much cheaper. A brand new BYD costs around $5,000 to $10,000 USD, in some places even less.
“Then later I noticed even more of these BYD cars in Europe. I started to pay attention to them and saw them everywhere.
“When I went back into Russia a year later in 2025, there was a very noticeable increase in BYD cars. It was crazy, they were everywhere.”
“In Thailand, Philippines, Malaysia, Vietnam, these BYD’s were everywhere, maybe even 30% of total vehicle traffic at times – most certainly well over 50% of all EVs – and there are digital billboards for “Build Your Dream” (BYD) all over the place throughout Asia.”
But if they already paid for the bonds what does it matter if they sell them off?
If US bonds are seen as a risky investment the interest rates on our existing debt go up and we will end up paying more just to maintain our current debt levels. Just like an individual with bad credit will pay higher interest rates for a mortgage or credit card than an individual with good credit.
But use of the $US is NOT declining.
BIS shows international transitions in $US has a rising share since 2022
https://www.bis.org/statistics/rpfx25_fx.htm
Use of US $’s, by volume of an inflated currency, the modern-day Denari? Okay.
The sordid history of the BIS, and connections to the Nazi’s, WW2 gold, and how it facilitates expansion of debt-based fiat is quite troubling.
Quite illuminating is the book The Tower of Basel (Adam Lebor).
“The Bank is completely removed from any
governmental or political control.” — Gates McGarrah, first president of the Bank for
International Settlements, 19311
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