Trump, Truss and the ‘moron premium’ The educational value of the former UK prime minister’s cautionary tale is timeless

Unlike the other nations, #Starmer has to deal with the #MoronPremium that Truss has saddled the UK with. www.ft.com/content/7ccf...

a group of people sitting in front of a sign that says ' i crashed the economy ' ALT: a group of people sitting in front of a sign that says ' i crashed the economy '

Remember when happened the last time we had disruptive politics. The UK is still paying a #MoronPremium on debt since then. observer.co.uk/opinion-and-...

De #rente op Britse #staatsobligaties is hoger dan normaal door een ‘moron premium’.

De ‘moron’ in dit verhaal is minister van financiën #Reeves die een dramatisch #begrotingsbeleid voert. #moronpremium

Wall Street warns Trump aides the GOP tax bill could jolt bond markets White House officials maintain bankers’ concerns are overstated and discount expected revenues from the president’s tariffs.

"Wall Street bankers and executives are privately warning the Trump administration that the tax bill moving through Congress could stoke investor anxiety about rising deficits, push up U.S. borrowing costs and damage the broader economy...." #MoronPremium
wapo.st/453qclw

Trump’s use of emergency law to enact tariffs imperils trade war strategy Two courtroom defeats dealt a blow to President Donald Trump’s strategy, even as an appeals court reinstated existing tariffs.

"Trump’s trade war strategy has led to a cul-de-sac of his own making. The president has spent four months charging headlong down a risky path and now may be forced to start over. The continuing uncertainty, meanwhile, has both diplomatic and commercial consequences." #MoronPremium
wapo.st/4kJSGWc

Tepid demand for US Treasury auction shows investor jitters about tax bill, deficit The U.S. Treasury Department saw soft demand for a $16 billion sale of 20-year bonds on Wednesday with investors worried about the country's increasing debt burden as Congress wrangles with a tax and spending bill that is expected to worsen the fiscal outlook.

US Taxpayers Pay the #MoronPremium as International Investors Stay Home
www.reuters.com/business/tep...

How DOGE’s grand plan to remake Social Security is backfiring The agency is abandoning an initiative aimed at preventing fraud, the latest example of a failed effort by Elon Musk’s disruptive cost-cutting team.

How Retiring Trump Voters (and the rest of us) Pay the #MoronPremium
wapo.st/4ksrPxM

White House eased China tariffs after warnings of harm to ‘Trump’s people’ The president has backtracked repeatedly on his tariff policies, creating a whiplash with downsides and few clear benefits so far.

"A high tariff rate could in theory provide an incentive for manufacturers to move production to the U.S., but the administration’s constant reversals of policy gives businesses little confidence that they won’t be undercut later." #MoronPremium
wapo.st/43ghP3x

"But he's a businessman!" How America pays the #MoronPremium
www.youtube.com/watch?v=pT2c...

The US dollar’s role in the international monetary system is now dangerously in flux The argument that the erosion of the dollar’s global status could benefit the US is gaining traction in Washington. That move would be a needless act of self-harm.

America pays the #MoronPremium
www.chathamhouse.org/2025/04/us-d...

Travel to the U.S. from almost everywhere is falling under Trump Charts show the scale of a steep drop in visitors from key countries and regions after President Donald Trump returned to office.

#MoronPremium "If the trend continues, he said, “we’re looking at a decline greater than 10% for the year,” which could amount to a projected loss in $9 billion in travel and tourism revenue."
wapo.st/3EdehGY

If only #moronpremium would trend to the point where it becomes integral to any discussion of US bond yields and US consumer price inflation.

America to pay hefty 'moron premium' thanks to Trump: Financial Times columnist The United States is about to pay an economic price that Edward Luce for the Financial Times calls the "moron premium," he argued in an article published on Monday.A sign of how far things have fallen...

#MoronPremium • #FOTUS is #TankingTheEconomy
America to pay hefty 'moron premium' thanks to Trump: Financial Times columnist
www.rawstory.com/trump-moron-...

Nominating #GoldenLettuce for the #TrumpPortraitPageant in the #MoronPremium category

The oranges of the "Moron Premium" lead back to the head of lettuce, Liz Truss. #MoronPremium

Why would lenders pay the Trump "moron premium" to be exposed to the falling dollar? Go Euro. No #MoronPremium

Is the #MoronPremium affecting bonds?

Liz Truss taught us about the “moron premium”—when markets punish a country for electing an idiot. Now imagine Trump 2.0. The pound wobbled under Truss. The dollar could collapse under Trump. The cost of chaos is real. And this time, the whole world pays. #MoronPremium #Trump