The most striking moment of Turkey’s lira drama so far came, as so often in crises these days, courtesy of Twitter. President Donald Trump tweeted on Friday that he was doubling US tariffs on Turkish steel and aluminium “as their currency . . . slides very rapidly against our very strong dollar!” In past financial crises, this was exactly the time when the US Treasury might have stepped in with words or actions aimed at calming markets. Mr Trump seemed instead to revel in fuelling the fire.
到目前为止，土耳其里拉戏剧性的走势出现最引人注目的时刻是由于Twitter，这也是现如今危机中经常发生的情况。美国总统唐纳德•特朗普(Donald Trump)上周五在Twitter上表示，“在土耳其货币……对我国强劲美元的汇率急速下跌之际”，他将把美国对土耳其钢铝的关税提高一倍。在以往的金融危机中，美国财政部在这个时候可能会通过喊话或行动来干预，以安抚市场。相反，特朗普似乎喜欢火上浇油。
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