{"id":32203,"date":"2026-09-10T09:06:49","date_gmt":"2026-09-10T07:06:49","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/michelsanti.fr\/?p=32203"},"modified":"2026-09-10T09:06:49","modified_gmt":"2026-09-10T07:06:49","slug":"trump-5000-2","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/michelsanti.fr\/en\/hyperinflation-2\/trump-5000-2","title":{"rendered":"Dead Tired"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><img data-recalc-dims=\"1\" fetchpriority=\"high\" decoding=\"async\" data-attachment-id=\"32212\" data-permalink=\"https:\/\/michelsanti.fr\/en\/hyperinflation-2\/trump-5000-2\/attachment\/t-bonds-2\" data-orig-file=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/michelsanti.fr\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/09\/t-bonds-1.png?fit=844%2C545&amp;ssl=1\" data-orig-size=\"844,545\" data-comments-opened=\"1\" data-image-title=\"t bonds\" data-image-description=\"\" data-image-caption=\"\" data-large-file=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/michelsanti.fr\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/09\/t-bonds-1.png?fit=844%2C545&amp;ssl=1\" class=\"alignnone size-full wp-image-32212\" src=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/michelsanti.fr\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/09\/t-bonds-1.png?resize=844%2C545&#038;ssl=1\" alt=\"\" width=\"844\" height=\"545\" srcset=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/michelsanti.fr\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/09\/t-bonds-1.png?w=844&amp;ssl=1 844w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/michelsanti.fr\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/09\/t-bonds-1.png?resize=300%2C194&amp;ssl=1 300w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/michelsanti.fr\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/09\/t-bonds-1.png?resize=768%2C496&amp;ssl=1 768w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 844px) 100vw, 844px\" \/><\/p>\n<p>Trump is now promising $5,000 to every American adult if the Republicans win the November elections. An injection of more than $1 trillion into consumption would obviously be inflationary, at the very moment when he is demanding that his central bank cut its rates \u2014 failing which he would interrupt all trade with countries running a trade surplus vis-\u00e0-vis the United States.<\/p>\n<p>The paradox is reminiscent of Erdogan, who maintained in Turkey an activist policy of artificially low interest rates that contributed to sending inflation soaring to 70% in 2022 (35% today). Meanwhile, the lira has gone, over 20 years, from 1.5 to 50 per $1.<\/p>\n<p>At the same time, the Treasury is manipulating the markets by progressively converting U.S. sovereign debt into 3-month Treasury bills: because it is becoming too expensive for the United States of America to finance itself over the long term at 5%. An authentic flight into the unknown as it postpones the problem instead of solving it and makes this country, indebted to the tune of $40 trillion, entirely dependent on market fluctuations.<\/p>\n<p><img data-recalc-dims=\"1\" decoding=\"async\" data-attachment-id=\"32210\" data-permalink=\"https:\/\/michelsanti.fr\/en\/etats-unis\/trump-5000\/attachment\/usa-3\" data-orig-file=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/michelsanti.fr\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/09\/usa.png?fit=1370%2C1148&amp;ssl=1\" data-orig-size=\"1370,1148\" data-comments-opened=\"1\" data-image-title=\"usa\" data-image-description=\"\" data-image-caption=\"\" data-large-file=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/michelsanti.fr\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/09\/usa.png?fit=1024%2C858&amp;ssl=1\" class=\"alignnone size-full wp-image-32210\" src=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/michelsanti.fr\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/09\/usa.png?resize=1170%2C980&#038;ssl=1\" alt=\"\" width=\"1170\" height=\"980\" srcset=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/michelsanti.fr\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/09\/usa.png?w=1370&amp;ssl=1 1370w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/michelsanti.fr\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/09\/usa.png?resize=300%2C251&amp;ssl=1 300w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/michelsanti.fr\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/09\/usa.png?resize=1024%2C858&amp;ssl=1 1024w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/michelsanti.fr\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/09\/usa.png?resize=768%2C644&amp;ssl=1 768w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/michelsanti.fr\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/09\/usa.png?resize=1200%2C1006&amp;ssl=1 1200w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 1170px) 100vw, 1170px\" \/><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Trump is now promising $5,000 to every American adult if the Republicans win the November elections. 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