Trump says he will demand lower interest rates immediately

[Zorro]

(Reuters) - U.S. President Donald Trump on Thursday said he would demand that interest rates drop immediately, and that other countries should follow suit.

"With oil prices going down, I'll demand that interest rates drop immediately, and likewise they should be dropping all over the world," Trump told the World Economic Forum on Thursday in Davos, Switzerland.

https://finance.yahoo.com/news/trump-says-demand-lower-interest-163214070.html

King Canute demands the tide recede...

[sakabatou]

1. He sooooo wants to be a dictator

[Bernardo de La Paz]

2. Someone got a degree in Economics in his name. . . . nt

[Aristus]

3. Even King Cnut didn't actually think the tide would recede.

He allegedly told the tide to come no further as a way of showing his obsequious courtiers that he did not have godlike powers.

Cnut was known to be a wise and conscientious ruler.

Trump, not so much.

Demand away, dickhead…

[OLDMDDEM]

4. The Fed Reserve doesn't really care what he thinks or wants.

[bucolic_frolic]

5. He's on a power trip. Government meddling in the free market from an anti-government political hack. /nt

[tanyev]

6. Gonna hold your breath until they do, Donny?

[John1956PA]

7. The way this report is written, it sounds like Borowitz.

Seriously, if someone had presented this to me and said that Borowitz wrote it, I would have chuckled and said, "Another good one from Andy."

It is getting impossible to distinguish reality from satire.

[modrepub]

8. Gasoline Went Up 9 Cents

Last time I filled up. $3.099 is more than $2.999 still, right?!? Or did he EO basic math also?

[Klarkashton]

9. Don't believe your lying eyes. It's 99.9 cents, anything

Else is fake news.

[boonecreek]

10. The BP station down the road from me

has 87 octane for 3.39 which I believe is about a .25
jump from last Friday. Meanwhile, the BP in Genoa City, WI
just across the state line has it for 2.99. This is according
to Gas Buddy which relies on reports from their users
so who knows?

[Simeon Salus]

12. Like my experience in a similar Illi-consin border area. My increase in WI is about 25 since election day

Illinois regularly runs 25 to 40¢ higher per gallon, but we have, ya know, good county roads, great park districts, and other fancy stuff.

[Zorro]

11. Will he demand the oil companies lower the cost of gas?

Since according to him the cost of oil has gone down…

[electric_blue68]

13. Oh. "DEMAND!" Pffttt. Show boating Idiot.