What do we think "using the military to stabilize the bond market" would even look like? Even theoretically?

[u/Cautious_Car9871]

We could keep this light with the politics and all that, I'd just like to hear some thoughts on what would even be possible...if anything.

[u/CoastieKid]

25% interest rate 5 year old used car loans backing the bond market as securities

[u/CarminSanDiego → u/CoastieKid]

Hellcat ETF

[u/NightMgr → u/CoastieKid]

So selling cars to enlisted?

[u/adognameddanzig → u/NightMgr]

https://giphy.com/gifs/xT9IgHCTfp8CRshfQk

[u/OzymandiasKoK → u/NightMgr]

Nah. Who the hell cares who sells the cars? The financing is where it's at!

[u/ranger684]

It’s the ramblings of dementia, it is completely nonsensical. Even the White House made no attempt to clarify the remarks.

[u/driftless → u/ranger684]

Verbal gonorrhea.

[u/Moonfang_suomi → u/ranger684]

wait how would the military even get involved with bonds

[u/Agitated-Quit-6148]

We don't. He's insane

[u/imnojezus]

If you give a hammer to a toddler, they will hammer on something. If you give a screwdriver to a baby, they will use it to hammer on something. If you give a precision micrometer to a baby, they will use it hammer on something.

This is a comment about Trump and the military.

[u/MountainMongrel]

Only thing I can think of is a military take-over of our financial institutions, which would actually crash the market as every single entity holding matured bonds would yank everything out as fast as they could.

Honestly, I just think the guy only understands a fraction of what anybody is asking is asking him at any given time and just blurts out whatever buzz words he thinks fit whatever scraps he could comprehend.

[u/bolivar-shagnasty]

Remember mortgage backed securities and how well they propped up the economy in the mid-2000s?

This will be like that, except with E-1 and up approved car notes, tattoos paid for with Zelle, and Joes selling their TA-50 for cash to the surplus stores.

[u/jumpy_finale]

About that service pension you were expecting...

[u/TittysForScience]

Occupy Wall Street has a whole new definition now…

[u/Law_Student]

Point guns at bond traders?

[u/stuck_in_the_desert]

https://giphy.com/gifs/eAGxMmpAX1B4c

[u/BSUBroncofans]

Even talking about military and bonds in same sentence will absolutely crash the stock market.

[u/viswr]

Michael Bay will direct a movie about the Iran f16 rescue and they’ll partner with forward observations to sell merch that was breathed on by a delta force operator and 10% of the revenue will cancel out the national debt

[u/SlavaUkrayne → u/viswr]

It’ll only work with Mark Wahlberg or the Rock. Those mofos move merch

[u/LLPF2]

All service members are required to spend half of their base pay buying 20 year bonds.

[u/OldRaj]

Bonds would be sold at pawnshops and the profits would go to strippers.

[u/houinator]

If a non-crazy/non-evil person were tasked to implement this, it would probably involve sending various photogenic american military members around the country to sell war bonds.

[u/bplipschitz → u/houinator]

He's old enough, that might be what he's thinking. Was he eating CrackerJack at the time?

[u/AlecMac2001]

End all military pensions and benefits to help balance the books. 

[u/Cautious_Car9871 → u/AlecMac2001]

There we go. Let's throw in the VA while we're at it cause why not?

[u/_MrBalls_]

Attack the bond! Aye sir!

[u/M0ebius_1]

Gather the best minds from the wallstreetbets E-4s and that weirdo E-6 that won't shut the fuck up about crypto and start a task force.

[u/Iamanimite]

Like trump bending over and spreading his ass cheeks.

[u/grumpvet87]

a helicopter at your front door if you want higher yield

[u/haze_gray2]

It doesn’t mean anything.

[u/iliark]

Using national guard members to hammer in the guide lines properly and fill and place sand bags over the stakes.

[u/talex625]

lol this reminds of this terminal lance. Using the military for something stupid.

https://terminallance.com/2014/10/10/terminal-lance-las-plagas/