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submitted 1 week ago by tonytins@pawb.social to c/news@lemmy.world

Donald Trump is considering a possible executive order that would require banks to make sure customers are U.S. citizens to create or keep their accounts, according to a new report.

The proposed action, reported byThe Wall Street Journal, would see banks collect information on individuals’ citizenship through requests for a new category of documents in order to open the accounts.

The Independent has contacted the White House for confirmation or further information about reports of the executive order, which has reportedly raised eyebrows among some banks in recent days.

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[-] 9tr6gyp3@lemmy.world 18 points 1 week ago

Damn, thats crazy.

Did he release all the Epstein files yet?

[-] mracton@piefed.social 14 points 1 week ago

It’s long past time to kill executive orders. Even the times they are used for good, they are often legally dubious and live on the whims of the courts.

[-] just2look@lemmy.zip 9 points 1 week ago

They need to go back to what they were originally intended to be. It wasn't supposed to be a way to enact new laws, it was meant to give agencies direction on how to go about enacting and enforcing laws passed by congress.

The whole system is broken and corrupt though. So no simple fixes for any of the issues unless you consider tear it all down and start fresh as simple.

[-] OwOarchist@pawb.social 6 points 1 week ago

It wasn’t supposed to be a way to enact new laws, it was meant to give agencies direction on how to go about enacting and enforcing laws passed by congress.

EOs should be considered dead on arrival and unenforceable unless they begin and end by listing which laws passed by Congress they're meant to enforce and enact.

[-] oddpixel@lemmy.wtf 13 points 1 week ago

Let's pretend this passes and becomes law. Now imagine a nationwide call for people to do a run on their bank, and pull out all their money. Even when the banks try to limit withdrawals, it doesn't mean you can't come back at some point and keep withdrawing.

Not everyone would do it, but eventually the news would be running in panic mode, as would investors.

I'd imagine the banks would be keen to demand a reversal of the law real quick..

[-] ohellidk@sh.itjust.works 5 points 1 week ago

If only people worked together like that, we'd do amazing things.

[-] Munkisquisher@lemmy.nz 3 points 1 week ago

Sharemarket too, I'd have to sell my US shares without my brokerage bank acct (I don't live in the US)

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[-] gravitas_deficiency@sh.itjust.works 10 points 1 week ago* (last edited 1 week ago)

Yeah that’s gonna generate an absolute shitload of lawsuits.

Also, way to go speeding the shift away from the USD as the de facto global reserve currency. Jesus tapdancing christ.

[-] IronBird@lemmy.world 1 points 1 week ago

this is their goal, they're trying to collapse the US economy. disaster capitalism is all that's left when all other fields are taken/captured by effective monopolies. there's no room for organic growth, just smashing shit to the ground and buying up distressed assets on the cheap

we have done this boom/bust cycle many times now

[-] Paragone@lemmy.world 9 points 1 week ago

I'm certain that suddenly de-banking all green-card holders will .. do wonders for the US's innovation-position, globally .. won't it?


Ideology masquerading as "thinking" never legislates properly.

Bullying idiots, with their oversimplification "reality" they're doing their bullying in.

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[-] OwOarchist@pawb.social 7 points 1 week ago

Corporations are not citizens, so all corporate accounts are toast as well, right?

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[-] dogslayeggs@lemmy.world 7 points 1 week ago

So what would happen to all of those bank accounts of people on work visas?

[-] ccunning@lemmy.world 7 points 1 week ago

…or legal permanent residents…

[-] Tinks@lemmy.world 7 points 1 week ago

Seriously! Anyone who thinks about this for half a second realizes the repercussions of only allowing US citizens bank accounts. Are we just eliminating immigration entirely now? Immigrants have to prove that they are financially self-sufficient and doing that without a bank account is... effectively impossible. Every legal permanent resident would be immediately unable to function in society. Most jobs require direct deposit into a bank account these days and won't issue paper checks. How do you even pay rent or a mortgage without a bank account.

It would be absolute chaos.

[-] Maeve@kbin.earth 4 points 1 week ago

Women are next.

[-] Rhaedas@fedia.io 4 points 1 week ago

It would be absolute chaos.

So a Trump Presidency term.

[-] Lodespawn@aussie.zone 2 points 1 week ago

Can you even cash a cheque without a bank account?

[-] Rhaedas@fedia.io 6 points 1 week ago

Yes, but only at select places, maybe some banks but usually a check cashing place, and they charge a big cut of the check.

[-] Maeve@kbin.earth 2 points 1 week ago

Walmart will fare well.

[-] Lodespawn@aussie.zone 1 points 1 week ago
[-] Rhaedas@fedia.io 3 points 1 week ago

Then there's the racket of paycheck lending places, where you get an advance on your next check for a big fee/interest. A brief solution for those who are that desperate for money now, but it digs a deep hole that many fall into.

[-] UnspecificGravity@piefed.social 5 points 1 week ago

OR just all the thousands of people from other countries that do business with the US.

[-] Munkisquisher@lemmy.nz 2 points 1 week ago

Hell even my travel Wise card gives me a local US bank acct number, I don't even have a visa

[-] someguy3@lemmy.world 2 points 1 week ago

Lol idk imagine they are a giant oil ship from venezuela.

[-] funkless_eck@sh.itjust.works 1 points 1 week ago

I wouldn't mind if they write off my mortgage.

[-] Witchfire@lemmy.world 6 points 1 week ago

So if someone is a permanent resident are they just expected to keep their money under their mattress?

[-] pivot_root@lemmy.world 9 points 1 week ago* (last edited 1 week ago)

Their what now? That's ICE's money. After the pulled the immigrant out of his bed, that money was just laying there. Nobody owns it, so it's finders keepers. /s

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[-] JoMiran@lemmy.ml 5 points 1 week ago

He truly is the stupidest man I've ever heard of...and I knew a guy who boiled his sliced bread because the toaster was broken (true story, and he procreated...a lot).

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[-] 11111one11111@lemmy.world 5 points 1 week ago

Do you want to collect less in taxes? Cuz this is how you encourage cash under the table compensation agreements. Fuck it, make it a law you have to be a citizen to own a home, trade stocks and buy anything that is not food. Ill get my citizenship from Niue where they have an average annual population growth rate of 1 person per year and ill go full on undocumented illegal who follows the lae by not paying taxes!

[-] Maeve@kbin.earth 3 points 1 week ago

I'm fairly sure that's the point.

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[-] groupofcrows@lemmy.ca 4 points 1 week ago

Bank runs are great for the economy

[-] CharlesDarwin@lemmy.world 4 points 1 week ago

I'm sure this is the way to solve the affordability crisis.

[-] Zink@programming.dev 4 points 1 week ago

So now republicans are cool with the government telling businesses who they can and cannot do business with?

I'm not sure whether to file this one under projection or just good old bigotry.

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[-] DevotedShitStain69@lemmy.world 4 points 1 week ago

Why is that pedophile not in prison yet?

[-] ChonkyOwlbear@lemmy.world 4 points 1 week ago

They can open up Cayman Island bank accounts just like the billionaire tax evaders.

[-] SabinStargem@lemmy.today 3 points 1 week ago

I think this will ultimately lead to Trump hoovering up the wealth of his enemies, by closing accounts and having banks transfer the assets to his own hoard. DOGE stole information from the treasury, so Trump has a list to work with.

[-] Maeve@kbin.earth 3 points 1 week ago

But Deutsch is free to keep the money flowing to POTUS, family, and friends!

[-] phutatorius@lemmy.zip 3 points 1 week ago

The article makes it sound like Trump's racism against Somais and hatred of Ilhan Omar has a basis in fact and sanewashes his invasion of US cities by armed goons. Not unusual for the often-shoddy journalism of the oligarch-owned Independent.

One thing that is correct that many people posting here seem not to understand is that there is no current residency requirement to open a bank account in the US. Some banks will refuse because of their own policies, but that's it. You have to prove your identity, not your lawful residency status.

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[-] Thedogdrinkscoffee@lemmy.ca 2 points 1 week ago

What a shithole. But, in a weird silver lining sort of way, part of me doesn't mind the government hurting banks and more of the economy going underground out of reach of taxation.

[-] Maeve@kbin.earth 2 points 1 week ago

The tax man brought down Capone.

[-] Thedogdrinkscoffee@lemmy.ca 3 points 1 week ago* (last edited 1 week ago)

But didn't bring down Musk, Gates, Bezos, Thiel, Trump and many many more.

[-] Maeve@kbin.earth 2 points 1 week ago

I suspect it depends who you do and don't anger.

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[-] Fedizen@lemmy.world 1 points 1 week ago

I wonder if the goal is to push more people into crypto to prop it up?

The goal is to fuck over immigrants and poor people, and they don't care who ends up as collateral damage.

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