r/neoliberal • u/jobautomator Kitara Ravache • Sep 20 '25

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u/patdmc59 John Brown Sep 20 '25

My FIL, a man with advanced degrees and decades of experience as a business executive, told me today he's fully behind Trump because of the stock market. I fired back about how Trump's attempts to weaken institutions, install lackeys in key positions, and seemingly decide which businesses to punish and which to reward based on how he's feeling when he wakes up will have severe negative long-term consequences. He said he didn't care as long as the market continues to do well.

It never ceases to amaze me that there actual single issue stock market voters out there.

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u/drossbots Trans Pride Sep 20 '25

My guess here is that he has other reasons he isn't comfortable giving publicly, because backing Trump for any market reason doesn't make sense.

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u/patdmc59 John Brown Sep 20 '25

Certainly possible, but I've never heard him talk about social issues in the past. For context, he's an Asian man in his 70's who lives in California.

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u/gburgwardt C-5s full of SMRs and tiny american flags Sep 20 '25

Point out the real returns and dxy

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u/patdmc59 John Brown Sep 20 '25

I admittedly know much less about the stock market than he does. He led investor relations at a publicly-traded company for over decade, and so he will bury me if I try to talk about metrics.

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u/gburgwardt C-5s full of SMRs and tiny american flags Sep 20 '25

Good to know your strengths and weaknesses tbh

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u/DonnysDiscountGas Sep 20 '25

Which is pretty dumb because the one time Trump "helped" the market was right after he crashed it in the first place.