In a post on his X on Monday, Ghalibaf used a picture of "Wile E. Coyote and the Road Runner" animated cartoon to challenge Bessent's assertion that the US economy is entering a "liftoff phase," pointing to the developments involving US fuel prices, Treasury holdings, military recruitment and Federal Reserve policy.
"Wheels up. Warm-ups before liftoff:
Diesel ATH: Short it
Your biggest creditor dumping: Good luck with Yentervention++
NOR cutting $80B: Rename Norway to Americaway
Low recruitment: Debt-to-Service w/ DO[Israel's]W, per your puppeteers
Oh. Fed's dot plot flashing red