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The old 'if foreign bondholders start selling' scare tactic

Author: Nigel Tufnel  (8449 Posts - Original UHND Member)
Posted at 11:44 pm on Aug 23, 2026
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A silly notion that raises its head like clockwork. Foreign bondholders account for roughly a quarter of US debt. The top two countries are Japan and the UK, followed by China. Two close allies lead the list - collectively they hold 3X what China does.

US treasuries are favored because the market is extremely large, liquid, dollar-denominated, and widely usable as collateral. There is no single alternative market with comparable scale and liquidity.

This will not happen, even if foreign bondholder somehow launched a coordinated effort, which they won't.

None of this will stop people from continuing to roll out this tired, retread notion.


'I define fear as standing across from Joe Louis and knowing he wants to go home early.' - Max Baer

Replies to: “The old 'if foreign bondholders start selling' scare tactic”

  • Dumbfookery — [LINK] - conorlarkin - 12:04am 8/23/26 (29) [View All]
    • No surprise. The Trump "Administration" is comprised entirely of criminals & idiots. [NT] - ND521 - 4:37pm 8/23/26
    • Canada will lose in this trade war. - Rooney - 11:53am 8/23/26
      • The old 'if foreign bondholders start selling' scare tactic - Nigel Tufnel - 11:44pm 8/23/26
      • Both countries need to vote in better leaders. [NT] - iairishcheeks - 11:11pm 8/23/26
      • No one wins trade wars. Trump is remaking the US in his image…a total asshole - Chris94 - 6:56pm 8/23/26
        • Reciprocal trade agreements are completely justified. - Hensou - 7:09pm 8/23/26
          • Thank you, Natalie. [NT] - conorlarkin - 12:56am 8/24/26
      • 50% tariff is temporary, a response to retaliation from Canada on US. The real goal is reshoring- - Eli - 2:13pm 8/23/26
      • Your concern about the decline of America has been my fear of Trump 2.0. - conorlarkin - 2:08pm 8/23/26
        • Biden was also "corrupt, cruel, dishonest, impulsive, petty, destructive and incompetent." - iairishcheeks - 7:45pm 8/23/26
        • It’s going to be more of the same in November. Keep on propping up Democrat Socialist (Communists) - TampaIrish - 5:24pm 8/23/26
      • Up until Trump, America and Canada have both grown prosperous...same with Mexico, Europe and - TyroneIrish - 1:29pm 8/23/26
      • Carney was elected on an anti Trump platform. He will run Canada into the ground before he accepts a - BaronVonZemo - 12:25pm 8/23/26
        • The Canadians have had an unfair trade agreement for many years. - Hensou - 2:55pm 8/23/26
        • You are correct, the blame here rests with Carney. - PaND - 2:39pm 8/23/26
          • His own professionals brokered a reasonable deal that he nixed. One has to ask again… - BaronVonZemo - 3:12pm 8/23/26
            • He is giving the Eurotrash a better deal. - PaND - 3:20pm 8/23/26
              • Carney's rhetoric is over the top also "You're at war when you get attacked. We were attacked" - BaronVonZemo - 4:44pm 8/23/26
    • I guess one Canadian post just wasn’t enough. Canada, like Ukraine, needs to get off the US tit - TampaIrish - 12:41am 8/23/26
      • This author has Canadian citizenship. It’s a shame for Conor to post his piece here. [NT] - Eli - 12:58am 8/23/26
        • The best thing to come from Canada is Rush. Maple Syrup is second. [NT] - TampaIrish - 1:21am 8/23/26
          • John Candy was pretty awesome too. [NT] - ELP - 12:26pm 8/23/26
          • Pamela Anderson in the 90s would have been my answer then. - iairishcheeks - 1:23am 8/23/26
            • board violation. [IMAGE] - und67 - 2:09pm 8/23/26
    • Neocon’s piece. Sold his soul for writing fee. No intellectuals support Iraq war as crazy as he is. [NT] - Eli - 12:26am 8/23/26
      • Thank you chef. The article is about tariffs with Canada. [LINK] - conorlarkin - 12:31am 8/23/26
        • This sums up Canada perfectly. [NT] [LINK] - TampaIrish - 12:53am 8/23/26
        • Doesn’t matter. He lost credibility to criticize Trump because he is a bitter NeverTrump. - Eli - 12:48am 8/23/26
          • Well said. [NT] - BaronVonZemo - 3:38pm 8/23/26

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