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justin66yesterday at 4:41 PM2 repliesview on HN

As far as I know, Trump is unique among American leaders in having mused stupidly in public about not paying all holders of US Treasury debt.

But I'm sure he would not do anything crazy. That's just inconceivable.


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_carbyau_yesterday at 11:24 PM

> That's just inconceivable.

The finance world:

"You keep using that word. I do not think it means what you think it means."

OrvalWintermuteyesterday at 4:51 PM

The Chinese still owe the US for railroad bonds.

A year or two of NATO countries increased contribution doesn't make up for decades of underinvestment ripoffs.