“A top Goldman Sachs executive summed up the frustration with Mr. Trump succinctly: Someone has to stop him.”
www.nytimes.com/2025/04/06/b...
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If only there had been a chance to elect a competent leader who just presided over booming markets for the last 4 years. Ah well.
The crazy thing is, a lot of people are sitting around, going, "Isn't Goldman gonna stop him at some point?"
First someone needs to stop him from dismantling democracy, the Constitution, government checks & balances, due process, civil rights, equal rights and the federal government. Only then we could think of caring enough about Wall street to stop him from destroying the stock market!
American prosperity was based on rule of law, control of corruption and (mostly) free markets.
Was.
The are going or are gone.
I always thought big business would understand this and ultimately protect America's democracy.
Clearly not.
The Republican Congress could stop him at any time.
They’re just choosing not to.
In a normal country with a parliamentary system this wouldn’t be a problem.
Instead, we have a constitutional and cultural attachment to the sanctity of the presidency, reinforced by the crypto-fascist theory of the “unitary executive”, given its final imprimatur by John Roberts.
It’s all illegal.
Tell Goldman Sachs to call their Republican buddies. They can stop this before the evening ends.
Republicans in Congress could make this all stop at any time.
