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19 September 2026

I PROMISE I AM NOT BEING DRAMATIC BUT HAVE YOU HEARD ABOUT WHAT THE ENTIRE CAR INDUSTRY JUST DID? NO YOU HAVE NOT BUT LISTEN TO ME! SIX MAJOR AUTO TRADE GROUPS REPRESENTING LITERALLY EVERY MAJOR AUTOMAKER INCLUDING TESLA AND SEVENTEEN THOUSAND DEALERS JUST SENT A UNIFIED LETTER TO TRUMP BEGGING HIM TO KEEP THE DOOR FIRMLY SHUT ON CHINESE AUTOMAKERS SELLING OR IMPORTING OR EVEN BUILDING CARS IN AMERICA, WHICH IS WILD BECAUSE TRUMP JUST SAID ON FOX NEWS LAST WEEK THAT HE WOULD BE TOTALLY FINE WITH CHINA OPENING PLANTS HERE! AND THE THING IS XI JINPING IS VISITING WASHINGTON NEXT WEEK, SO THE INDUSTRY IS SCREAMING THAT SUBSIDIZED CHINESE AUTOMAKERS WILL UNDERMINE FAIR COMPETITION AND HOLLOW OUT THE ADVANCED DEFENSE AND MANUFACTURING BASE, WHICH CANNOT BE REBUILT OVERNIGHT! ANYWAY THAT IS MY WHOLE THING, LET US DANCE.

Major U.S. auto trade groups urged President Donald Trump to bar Chinese automakers from manufacturing or selling vehicles in the country ahead of an upcoming visit by Xi Jinping.

📰 The actual headline · CNBC Auto industry urges Trump to bar Chinese automakers in U.S. ahead of Xi visit

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SO BASICALLY JP MORGAN IS STRUGGLING TO FORECAST OIL PRICES BECAUSE OF TRUMPS WAR WITH IRAN AND THE THING IS THEY ADMITTED THEY SIMPLY DONT KNOW WHICH IS WILD BECAUSE THEY ASSUMED THERE WOULD BE ECONOMIC RED LINES LIKE OIL AT ONE HUNDRED DOLLARS A BARREL THAT THE US WOULD BE UNWILLING TO CROSS ACCORDING TO THE BBC NEWS REPORT AND NOW NOBODY IS SAYING WHAT HAPPENS NEXT. ANYWAYS DO YOU WANT ANOTHER DRINK?

According to BBC News, JP Morgan cannot forecast oil prices amid Trump's war with Iran, having previously assumed the US would avoid economic red lines like $100 oil.

📰 The actual headline · BBC News 'We simply don't know' - JP Morgan struggling to forecast oil prices due to Trump's war with Iran

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