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Since Trump, US dollar is getting killed.

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Trump may be reveling in the stock market's gains since his election victory, but the dollar is going in the other direction. It is getting killed.When Trump was elected the Dollar Index was at 98. Now it's at 90. Dollar/yen was at 118, now it's at 110. Euro/dollar was at 1.04, now it's at 1.23. British pound was at 1.23, now it's at 1.37. Canadian dollar was at 1.36, now it's at 1.24.Trump has been a disaster for the dollar.What's more, the dollar's fall is still in its early stages. With his monkey idiot Treasury Secretary, Steve Mnuchin, and the endless sanctions on everybody--the literal weaponization of the US dollar--these fools have set in motion a powerful trend of global "de-dollarization."It is becoming plainly obvious to countries and institutions around the world that the risk

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Trump may be reveling in the stock market's gains since his election victory, but the dollar is going in the other direction. It is getting killed.

When Trump was elected the Dollar Index was at 98. Now it's at 90. Dollar/yen was at 118, now it's at 110. Euro/dollar was at 1.04, now it's at 1.23. British pound was at 1.23, now it's at 1.37. Canadian dollar was at 1.36, now it's at 1.24.

Trump has been a disaster for the dollar.

What's more, the dollar's fall is still in its early stages. With his monkey idiot Treasury Secretary, Steve Mnuchin, and the endless sanctions on everybody--the literal weaponization of the US dollar--these fools have set in motion a powerful trend of global "de-dollarization."

It is becoming plainly obvious to countries and institutions around the world that the risk of being shut out of the global, dollar-based transaction and clearing system is too great so alternatives are being sought. This is one explanation for the rise of Bitcoin and other cryptocurrenices. You can also see it in newly emerging bilateral agreements between nations, such as China and Russia, where transactions and trade are being conducted in ruble and yuan.

Add to this the fiscal stimulus of the tax cuts (money printing) and the Fed's rate hikes which they stupidly believe squash inflation. (5 rate hikes since Dec 2015 and inflation up, dollar down, gold up, oil up.)

It's over for the dollar. Trump and Mnuchin...the tag team that will destroy the dollar.

Get short, everybody. Get short.

Mike Norman
Mike Norman is an economist and veteran trader whose career has spanned over 30 years on Wall Street. He is a former member and trader on the CME, NYMEX, COMEX and NYFE and he managed money for one of the largest hedge funds and ran a prop trading desk for Credit Suisse.

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