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Bitcoin slips below $71,000 as Trump orders U.S. to join Iran in blockade of Strait of Hormuz (www.coindesk.com)

submitted 3 hours ago by technocrit@lemmy.dbzer0.com to c/technology@lemmy.world

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Get ready for the lines going down on Monday...

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[–] bleistift2@sopuli.xyz 27 points 3 hours ago* (last edited 3 hours ago) (1 children)

The madman theory is a political theory commonly associated with the foreign policy of U.S. president Richard Nixon and his administration, who tried to make the leaders of hostile communist bloc countries think Nixon was irrational and volatile so that they would avoid provoking the U.S. in fear of an unpredictable response.

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Madman_theory

[–] FartMaster69@lemmy.dbzer0.com 40 points 3 hours ago (2 children)

And in this case he actually is mad.

[–] halfapage@lemmy.world 14 points 2 hours ago

Madman practice

[–] kkj@lemmy.dbzer0.com 1 points 1 hour ago (1 children)

Nixon was pretty irrational himself.

[–] Gsus4@mander.xyz 1 points 3 minutes ago

Nixon was a flower girl next to these goons in the WH.