{"id":822036,"date":"2026-08-22T11:32:17","date_gmt":"2026-08-22T11:32:17","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/822036\/"},"modified":"2026-08-22T11:32:17","modified_gmt":"2026-08-22T11:32:17","slug":"trump-sparks-mockery-after-suggesting-baffling-new-use-for-the-military","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/822036\/","title":{"rendered":"Trump Sparks Mockery After Suggesting Baffling New Use For The Military"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>That\u2019s when he gave this baffling reply: \u201cWe have many types of intervention; that\u2019s one. The ultimate intervention is our military, and if we have to use that, we will.\u201d <\/p>\n<p>It\u2019s unclear what Trump meant, but many social media users took the opportunity to offer their own interpretations. <\/p>\n<p>Some critics jokingly likened the bond market to Iran, mocking Trump\u2019s stated reasoning for ongoing war: not allowing the country to develop a nuclear weapon. <\/p>\n<p>Others took the president at his word, suggesting he was literally speaking of taking military actions against bond traders. <\/p>\n<p>The White House did not immediately respond to an inquiry seeking clarification. <\/p>\n<p>Read more reactions to Trump\u2019s comments here: <\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"That\u2019s when he gave this baffling reply: \u201cWe have many types of intervention; that\u2019s one. The ultimate intervention&hellip;\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":822037,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[27],"tags":[18280,28,12,4379],"class_list":["post-822036","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-business","tag-bond-market","tag-business","tag-donald-trump","tag-military"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/822036","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=822036"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/822036\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/822037"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=822036"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=822036"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=822036"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}