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Arguing With A Wall
Maybe I was wrong.
That's happened once or twice. Three times even. Four at most. ("Not funny," sai
“persifilage” – one of my favorite words. Outside of Proust, I’ve never seen it used, much less in financial writing. What a pleasure it is to read the informed musings of an educated person. Bon courage, Scott!
I understand essentially nothing about the details in the article, from reverse repo rates even to the difference in style between fiscal and monetary stimuli. But I can take away that these China talks mean nothing, and a wonderful new word to use the very next time I bestow persiflage on my unfortunate colleagues. How meta!
Even the greatest deal maker of all time ? Walks on water, might become the next pope, always 5 steps ahead of everyone, even him ?
Somehow, we outsiders – non CCP insiders – don’t get the picture. Trump, Bessent, and the average global investor are Xi’s oyster. We have nothing to move him or the CCP. They can crack us open and devour us when they want. It is not yet; no matter how much Donny squirms.
We will know the talks are in trouble if they spend the first few days arguing about what shape the table they will meet at should be.
Which is better Chinese Ideologues of GOP Lickspittles?
OR. Though an ideologue of a lickspittle sounds really bad.
H-Man, so POTUS will fight back, as usual, with meretricious persiflage.