I think they lost sight of their job description LOL........
In an unexpected twist, China’s "national team" (i.e., plunge protection team), adding to the market pain in the third quarter, when it net sold 104 billion yuan in domestic stocks.
http://www.zerohedge.com/news/2018-11-26/beijing-mystery-chinas-plunge-protection-team-has-been-inexplicably-dumping-stocks

Realist - Everybody in America is soft, and hates conflict. The cure for this, both in politics and social life, is the same -- hardihood. Give them raw truth.