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Melee
Did you get your letter? Shigeru Ishiba and Lee Jae Myung got theirs.
Donald Trump on Monday posted
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Trump is a moron on a good day. There is no other way to put it.
Trump and the damn autopen writing trade letters. Can’t imagine the rest of the DM not colluding quietly to take down America a peg or three. Who doesn’t want to get back at a bully. As H continually and rightfully explains, America is the wealthiest country because of the global economic system we created post WWII. But apparently the spoiled brat on the block wants more. On its face it’s ludicrous, and hideous, that the self-proclaimed greatest country ever wants to punish the RoW for ‘ripping us off’. In the meantime our dear leader and his billionaire’s cabinet are celebrating killing as many Africans as they can in the name of what – making the billionaires even richer. This is America’s version of the Hunger Games, but played on a global scale.
I can hardly keep my frustration and humiliation with this idiot contained at all. The embarrassment and shame this doofus is causing will not go unanswered. The idiocy is so profound I can barely wrap my mind around it. Enormous mistakes and foolishness at every step. These antics can’t go on for forever. Something will break… and a vol kraken will be unleashed.
Seconded
Those of you who believe that the US should continue and step up restriction on tech products and the technology needed to produce them might give this some thought.
The US had had to beg, threaten and cajole South Korea and Japan to follow US restrictions to stymie the Chinese tech industry. Each round has been more difficult as those nations and Holland have been starting to balk at measures which damage their national champion exporters.
That was before these new tariffs were threatened. It does not make sense that it will be easier after this.
Bullies win in the short term. There is always someone bigger. I know we have the most weapons. But you can’t make people buy American. I watch hockey and it shocked me when watching a Hockey game with a Canadian hockey team and when the US national anthem played all the Canadians booed. I read after that, Canadians started canceling vacation plans in the US and throwing out US goods in stores. Just proof that Trump doesn’t know what he is doing.
I’m currently in Germany. I saw a BYD dealership in Stuttgart and their cars are indeed impressive. However, I haven’t seen one on the road. I see BMW, Mercedes, and Audi EVs all over the place. This is a country that continues to pride itself on manufacturing and buying domestically manufactured automobiles. They do this despite allowing BYD to sell here and without attacking their neighbors. If our goal is to be more like Germans are, we need to act more like they do.
A fully supportive social safety net. A progressive tax system that scales with income. Full investment in apprenticeship programs starting at age 16. Employees viewed as 30 year investments.
People here earn less money and pay more taxes than we do. But everywhere I’ve been I see a relaxed people. The bars and cafes are full every night of people socially engaged and not on their phones. It’s truly been an eye opening experience.
The reality of the TACO trade is none of this deficit stuff actually applies. It’s a horrible excuse to extort our trade partners. To get out of “trouble” all these countries need to do is personally enrich Trump. Build him a golf course, send him a 747, or throw some millions into his meme coin and he’ll go away.
All of the Trump disruption, bullying and greed is for what. It’s for nothing good, just to make some billionaires richer. I’m not sure when America started to lose its moral compass, but greed and self aggrandizement are all we have left as a nation. Too many Americans are blind to this, but our historical allies are not. If America’s global leadership and prosperity grew out of the principles outlined in the Declaration of Independence, then our reign is over. The days of supporting global democracy are over and have been replaced by authoritarianism aimed at unlimited wealth for the few.