{"id":2647123,"date":"2026-08-19T18:49:00","date_gmt":"2026-08-19T22:49:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/trump-gripes-about-switzerland-amid-bond-market-pressure\/"},"modified":"2026-08-19T18:52:05","modified_gmt":"2026-08-19T22:52:05","slug":"trump-gripes-about-switzerland-amid-bond-market-pressure","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/trump-gripes-about-switzerland-amid-bond-market-pressure\/","title":{"rendered":"Trump gripes about Switzerland amid bond market pressure"},"content":{"rendered":"<aside class=\"mashsb-container mashsb-main mashsb-stretched\"><div class=\"mashsb-box\"><div class=\"mashsb-count mash-medium\" style=\"&quot;\"><div class=\"counts mashsbcount\">16<\/div><span class=\"mashsb-sharetext\">SHARES<\/span><\/div><div class=\"mashsb-buttons\"><a class=\"mashicon-facebook mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/sharer.php?u=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.conservativenewsdaily.net%2Fbreaking-news%2Ftrump-gripes-about-switzerland-amid-bond-market-pressure%2F\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Facebook<\/span><\/a><a class=\"mashicon-twitter mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/intent\/tweet?text=&amp;url=https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/?p=2647123&amp;via=ConservNewsDly\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Twitter<\/span><\/a><a class=\"mashicon-subscribe mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"#\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Subscribe<\/span><\/a><div class=\"onoffswitch2 mash-medium mashsb-noshadow\" style=\"display:none\"><\/div><\/div>\n            <\/div>\n                <div style=\"clear:both\"><\/div><\/aside>\n            <!-- Share buttons by mashshare.net - Version: 4.0.47--><p>President Donald Trump addressed concerns about the U.S. bond market, highlighting Switzerland&#8217;s low interest rates as a contrast to America&#8217;s higher rates. He expressed disappointment over rising Treasury yields,which have reached near 4.7% for 10-year securities and as high as 5.31% for 30-year securities-the highest since 2007. Trump criticized the Federal Reserve and its political leadership, particularly Chairman Kevin Warsh, for <a href=\"https:\/\/amzn.to\/3YuVZYV\" >potentially raising interest rates due<\/a> to political influences rather than economic strength.He emphasized that historically, strong economic performance led to lower interest rates and suggested the Fed should lower rates, citing the U.S.\u2019s excellent credit rating. Trump also remarked on America&#8217;s large national debt, which recently surpassed $40 trillion, and affirmed that despite high interest rates, the U.S. remains powerful, aided by its global influence and economic resilience. The Treasury plans to increase its debt repurchase efforts in response to current market conditions.  <\/p>\n<p class=\"readmore\">\n    <button onclick=\"showReadMore()\" id=\"readmorebtn\">Read more&#8230;<\/button>\n<\/p>\n<hr id=\"line\">\n<span id=\"more\"><\/p>\n<article class=\"fn-body\">\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">President <a target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\" href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/tag\/donald-trump\/\" data-type=\"post_tag\" data-id=\"4\">Donald Trump<\/a> singled out Switzerland for its low interest rates when asked whether the administration had done enough to stabilize the bond market after 30-year Treasury yields surpassed a two-decade high this week.<\/p>\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">\u201cI think it is, but I mean, it\u2019s very sad,\u201d Trump told the <em>Washington Examiner<\/em> on Wednesday. \u201cEvery time we do great, we announce great numbers, the interest rates go up, and they go up because they want to stop inflation. They should go down because the country\u2019s strong. You know, I see countries like Switzerland, where they have the No. 1 lowest interest rates, a half a percent, and we pay 3.5%.\u201d<\/p>\n<section class=\"explore-more-section\" id=\"wex-recommended-widget\">\n<div class=\"magazine-container single\">\n<h1 class=\"magazine-title mt-2\">Recommended Stories<\/h1>\n<p>             <i class=\"fa-solid fa-play icon\"><\/i>         <\/div>\n<div class=\"explore-grid\">\n<div class=\"explore-card\">                         <a href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/news\/white-house\/4693599\/trump-switzerland-response-bond-market-pressure-question\/?itm_source=parsely-api\">                             <\/p>\n<div class=\"explore-thumb-wrap\">                                                                                                                                  <\/div>\n<h3>Trump invokes Switzerland in response to question about bond market pressure<\/h3>\n<p>                         <\/a>                     <\/div>\n<div class=\"explore-card\">                         <a href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/news\/white-house\/4693574\/trump-data-center-construction\/?itm_source=parsely-api\">                             <\/p>\n<div class=\"explore-thumb-wrap\">                                                                                                                                  <\/div>\n<h3>Trump urges more data center construction as public opinion sours on issue<\/h3>\n<p>                         <\/a>                     <\/div>\n<div class=\"explore-card\">                         <a href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/news\/white-house\/4693223\/watch-live-trump-speaks-tech-executives\/?itm_source=parsely-api\">                             <\/p>\n<div class=\"explore-thumb-wrap\">                                                                                                                                  <\/div>\n<h3>WATCH LIVE: Trump speaks to tech executives at White House<\/h3>\n<p>                         <\/a>                     <\/div>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<\/section>\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Yields on benchmark 10-year U.S. Treasury securities have hit near 4.7% in recent days. Yields on 30-year securities rose as high as 5.31% this week, the highest since 2007.<\/p>\n<div class=\"wex-inarticle-ad wex-inarticle-ad-art-dsk-inart-1\">\n<div class=\"wex-ad-wrap wex-ad-art-dsk-inart-1\" style=\"min-height:90px\"><span class=\"wex-ad-label\" hidden>Advertisement<\/span><\/p>\n<div id=\"div-gpt-ad-3182201-15\" data-wex-ad=\"art-dsk-inart-1\"><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"article-paywall\">\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">During an event in the <a target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\" href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/tag\/white-house\/\" data-type=\"post_tag\" data-id=\"8767\">White House<\/a>\u2018s Roosevelt Room before the Commodity Futures Trading Commission\u2019s first Innovation Advisory Committee meeting this week, Trump also told the <em>Washington Examiner<\/em> that he retained the \u201cabsolute right to cut off all business with a country like Switzerland.\u201d<\/p>\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">\u201cI don\u2019t want to single them out because there\u2019s 60 countries like that,\u201d he said. \u201cThey live off the United States, so why are we <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/the-federal-reserve-eases-up-on-interest-rate-hikes-as-inflation-slowly-cools\/\" title=\"... eases rate hikes as inflation cools.\">paying higher interest rates<\/a> than them? You know, in the old days, we used to pay the lowest interest rate, no matter how we were doing, because we sort of generate for the whole world.\u201d<\/p>\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">The Federal Reserve, led by Trump-nominated Chairman <a target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\" href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/tag\/kevin-warsh\/\" data-type=\"post_tag\" data-id=\"20643\">Kevin Warsh<\/a>, is seen as increasingly unlikely to raise its interest rate target at its September meeting. The market is decreasing the chance of a rate hike to 56%, down from 82% immediately after the Fed\u2019s July meeting,\u00a0according to the Atlanta Fed\u2019s Market Probability Tracker.<\/p>\n<div class=\"wex-inarticle-ad wex-inarticle-ad-art-dsk-inart-2\">\n<div class=\"wex-ad-wrap wex-ad-art-dsk-inart-2\" style=\"min-height:90px\"><span class=\"wex-ad-label\" hidden>Advertisement<\/span><\/p>\n<div id=\"div-gpt-ad-3182201-16\" data-wex-ad=\"art-dsk-inart-2\"><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">\u201cI think he\u2019s doing a great job,\u201d Trump said of Warsh. \u201cThe problem is he has a board, and it\u2019s a political board. People put in by <a target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\" href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/tag\/obama\/\" data-type=\"post_tag\" data-id=\"1563\">Obama<\/a>, <a target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\" href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/tag\/biden\/\" data-type=\"post_tag\" data-id=\"11470\">Biden<\/a>, and me, and there are quite a few members still left, as you understand, and so they vote to raise interest rates. I don\u2019t know if they\u2019re doing it because they think they\u2019re doing a good thing or because they like the politics of it. But my point is, years ago, 25 years ago, when the country announced good numbers, interest rates went down because we had a stronger country.\u201d<\/p>\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Trump added that the Fed should drop interest rates because \u201cit\u2019s all based on credit, meaning good credit, and we have the best credit, and we pay off the debt very easily, very quickly.\u201d<\/p>\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">The recent rise in yields for U.S. government securities reflects, in part, investor expectations for higher inflation and more government debt.<\/p>\n<div class=\"wex-inarticle-ad wex-inarticle-ad-art-dsk-inart-3\">\n<div class=\"wex-ad-wrap wex-ad-art-dsk-inart-3\" style=\"min-height:90px\"><span class=\"wex-ad-label\" hidden>Advertisement<\/span><\/p>\n<div id=\"div-gpt-ad-3182201-17\" data-wex-ad=\"art-dsk-inart-3\"><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">The U.S. amassed $40 trillion in national debt on Wednesday, five months after reaching the $39 trillion watermark, according to the Treasury Department.<\/p>\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><a target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\" href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/news\/white-house\/4691964\/will-trump-endorse-netanyahu\/\"><strong>CAN TRUMP\u2019S ENDORSEMENT SAVE THIS EMBATTLED POLITICIAN?<\/strong><\/a><\/p>\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">\u201cI think we have a very powerful country, and we\u2019re powering through these ridiculous interest rates,\u201d Trump said before referring to his Innovation Advisory Committee. \u201cWe have the hottest country in the world, and these people are helping us a lot.\u201d<\/p>\n<div class=\"wex-inarticle-ad wex-inarticle-ad-art-dsk-inart-4\">\n<div class=\"wex-ad-wrap wex-ad-art-dsk-inart-4\" style=\"min-height:90px\"><span class=\"wex-ad-label\" hidden>Advertisement<\/span><\/p>\n<div id=\"div-gpt-ad-3182201-25\" data-wex-ad=\"art-dsk-inart-4\"><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">The Treasury Department announced Wednesday that it would increase the size of its government debt repurchases by \u201cat least double\u201d from next month.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/article>\n<p><\/span><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Trump cites Switzerland&#8217;s low rates amid bond market concerns<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2652,"featured_media":2647124,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_mo_disable_npp":"","fifu_image_url":"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/08\/AP26231730955568.jpg?w=696","fifu_image_alt":"","footnotes":""},"categories":[33651],"tags":[84405,84406,32171,36132,3634],"class_list":["post-2647123","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-the-western-journal","tag-bond-market","tag-economic-tensions","tag-political-commentary","tag-switzerland","tag-trump"],"fifu_image_url":"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/08\/AP26231730955568.jpg?w=696","_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2647123","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2652"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=2647123"}],"version-history":[{"count":3,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2647123\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":2647127,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2647123\/revisions\/2647127"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/2647124"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=2647123"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=2647123"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=2647123"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}