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“Arrr! Trump be swearin’ to sink U.S. Steel’s treasure, makin’ their doubloons tumble like a ship in a storm!”

2024-12-03

Arrr, after the sun dipped low on Monday’s eve, the soon-to-be captain Trump declared he’d scuttle the sale of U.S. Steel to them pesky Japanese scallywags. Yet, lo and behold, when the markets awoke, U.S. Steel’s treasure plummeted like a cannonball, down 8 percent! Avast, what a jolly mess!

Arrr mateys! Gather ‘round and lend me yer ears for I’ve a tale of trade and treachery from the high seas of finance! Just after the sun dipped low on the American stock markets, our newly crowned Captain of the land, Donald Trump, declared in a loud and boisterous voice that he be "totally against" the swappin’ of U.S. Steel to them swabbin’ competitors from Japan.

"As yer captain, I swear by me trusty cutlass, I’ll block this deal from settin' sail!" he bellowed, with a gleam in his eye and a chest full of bravado. But lo and behold, when the sun rose and the market opened its shutters, U.S. Steel’s shares took a nosedive faster than a ship caught in a squall! They fell by more than 7 percent quicker than ye can say ‘shiver me timbers’ and be down by nearly 8 percent as the day wore on!

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