But in a private speech in Washington for JPMorgan Chase, Bessent also cautioned that talks between the United States and China had yet to formally start.

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      Oh I know, I’m just pointing out that China has no reason to make the first call, which some how, and this blows my mind, Bessent seems to believe that somehow it’s going to be so bad for China that China will call first. Why would the winner call first? What strange world would this happen?

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      That’s not true. It’s led by the finest collection of imbeciles the modern world has ever seen.

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        A voted in by 77 million imbeciles and another ~70 million morons who didn’t vote against him.