Captain Jack Sparrow<p><span class="h-card" translate="no"><a href="https://wandering.shop/@cstross" class="u-url mention" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">@<span>cstross</span></a></span> </p><p>China and Japan own over $1.75 Trillion of US debt. If they start selling that debt, then confidence in the US dollar will collapse and the (arguably) overvalued US economy will come crashing down to earth.</p><p>All it takes is one arsehole president to tip the balance by stating a trade war...<br><a href="https://usafacts.org/articles/which-countries-own-the-most-us-debt/" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" translate="no" target="_blank"><span class="invisible">https://</span><span class="ellipsis">usafacts.org/articles/which-co</span><span class="invisible">untries-own-the-most-us-debt/</span></a></p><p><a href="https://mastodon.world/tags/trump" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>trump</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.world/tags/trumpenomics" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>trumpenomics</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.world/tags/trumpcession" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>trumpcession</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.world/tags/tariffs" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>tariffs</span></a></p>