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The good old Trump. Every business he has attempted to run has failed miserably (Trump steaks, Trump University,Trump airlines etc etc). And people think this will Make America Wealthy. Nope America will just be cut out of the supply chain and it's consumers will pay more. Americans think America is too big to fail..well I think Trump with his business acumen will test that theory. Yanks just don't coming running to the rest of the world when it all goes tits up.

Gonna hurt US consumers more than anyone. “plundered and stolen from” lol. He has no clue about economics. The US has benefitted hugely in price and diversity from everyone that sells to them. They can’t make most of what they buy in.

Who the fork are these people to order others what to sell...if they don't like they can buy off the products and throw them away.. These people are making a living in their own country if you don't like go back to your country...

British people dont have a home country anymore. Their government gave their country away

So, they did not even know why they were beating two bales of schittt out of the guy. Pack mentality at its worst.

Throw him out now and send him back to Switzerland, not wanted here with that attitude

Oof. Thats gonna hurt for thailand losing the american consumer. Maybe they should drop their tariffs against the US

About time. I hope Trump hits thais rights to buy houses/own land in the USA and copies thai 51% rule for business owner as well. And I'm not an American!!! Thailand has got away with this abuse for far to long.

You mean like, he started beating up 10 guys, and they only acted in self-defense? Regardless of what is left out of the story, there is NEVER an excuse for 10 cowards beating up 1 guy.

An Thais and the rest of the world will shun American products. How the Tesla stock price doing?

All British are known for this are they? Each and every one of them? Idiot.

The police and court system in Thailand have treated me really well. Nobody asked for bribes, attacker was traced and caught, cash compensation was paid, sentencing to come in May. When the guy said it was all my fault, the judge turned to him and said "find a better defense, you're going to jail". Not been quick though, happened in Oct 23, sentencing in May 25 ....... 18 months from start to finish. I didn't even hire a lawyer, all done by public prosecutor, my only expense was 2x court translator fee (required by police) at 1,000bht a time.

You people vastly underestimate the power of american consumerism. Thailand is toast

Sounds like BS to me.

Americans will simply not buy products from Thailand. Thai businesses will be forced to either shut down or move to the US

Fool.

If I had a choice of volunteering information to the tax man, or slamming my personal appendage in a car door, I'm choosing the latter.

as neither of them can own land... how did they end up in a land dispute ?

Reduce the greedy protectionist tariffs and the numbers will come down - do nothing and there's plenty of scope for them to go up and match 100% like for like. Right now they're getting a big discount - even with the new increased rate - the discount is there for when they think they can negotiate. I read earlier that Vietnam already removed their tariffs in response to this. So Vietnam is all set, in fact there's a growing list of countries who immediately reduced their tariffs.

2023 At times, Thailand's regression into third world mentality is deeply worrying. Anyone, esp foreigners, can find themselves in trouble real quick. Best not to argue with the natives, even when in the right, though of course if you're getting shafted, what do you do... Hope these guys find justice and can move on.

300% tariff on vehicles imported into Thailand. Not sure what the tariff is on Chinese cars but I'll be my left nut it's not 300%.

These are the final days of the US dollar as reserve currency. The more the world is forced to disengage with the Americans, the less valuable it becomes as vehicle of trade. And with the reserve currency gone, also the political influence of the US will be gone. Good riddance, I say! The better reserve currency would be the Euro, or maybe a basket of Euro and Yuan: much more reliable, and by nations who understand equal trade.

Rubbish, I say no to mobile devices everyday..Japan (everyone) has a paper backup as they realise that digital is not the be all and end all and not failure proof..thank goodness they even have notepads and pencils at air traffic control in case the systems go down...positively stone age ehh ? More rubbish security and efficiency effected by not having a mobile phone ?? what security ?? I suppose you will be first inline for the implanted digital ID card/gps tracker/health tracker/social credit and carbon score checker for your own "security" of course soon after that there will be no need for travel you can just plug into the "metaverse" and go wherever and do whatever from the comfort of your pod !! 🤢

Where does it say he was intoxicated.....so you are blaming the victim....pathetic response

So I went to Thailand for 2 weeks back in February. I spent 4 nights in Phuket and met this beautiful bar girl on my 2nd night there at a bar. We talked, played pool and I bought her a lady drink. As I was leaving she gave me her WhatsApp so we can keep in touch whilst I was in Phuket. She messaged me the next day asking how my trip was to James Bond Island and if I was coming back to that bar. I went back and we again talked, played pool and I bought her a lady drink. She wanted to pay the bar fine and take her back. But I was too tired and had to go on a trip the next day. We left it at that and next day she again messages me. I went back to the bar that night and repeated what we did the previous 2 nights. Only this time I wanted to take her back and she asked me to wait as they were short staffed that evening. I waited, paid the bar fine and took her back. Next day comes around and she messages me again to tell her when I landed in Bangkok as I was leaving Phuket that day. I assumed she’d stop contact but she messaged me throughout my last day in Thailand, and asked me to message her when I arrived home in the Uk. We added each other on TikTok and facebook. And for the last 5 weeks we have been messaging back and forth asking how are day has been etc. Told her about my trip back to Thailand to visit my dad in Udon Thani which is where her family is from in the coming November. Last night she messaged me telling me her mother was in hospital and she’s having to pay 450 baht a day for medical fees. She then asked if I can send over 8000 baht which I can’t even afford and would never send money over to someone I barely know. She seemed ok with me telling her no but I’m now wondering if she’s trying to scam me or something after out of the blue asking me to help her with medical bills. Should I now stop contacting her as I see this as a red flag. We’re not in a relationship, she’s never asked for money before. Just two people still messaging each other from time to time. What should I do apart from not send any money over.

Has legal problems in the U.K. Abandons her older kids. Commits benefit fraud and presumably Visa fraud. Boasts about it online Raises her young son on illegal money Overstays her visa Hope she's dealt with appropriately and poor Cairo is looked after.

If there is any doubt about the locals' unguarded feelings toward foreigners. Take a good look at some of the water throwing hate-fest Songkran in Pattaya.

National economic suicide. The biggest tax rise for U.S. consumers in history. Too bad he skipped his classes at economics school. The idiocy is truly epic. Yet the maga cult will stick with him till the bitter end.

What Thai visa is she on?

Multiple orange vests in the pictures. Pattayas finest.

Because the Russians kidnapping people for bitcoin regularly and Chinese running scam centres are so much more well behaved 😂

All decent people, Thai and farang, are asleep by 4 AM.

Got to be a total idiot to fall for this scam.

They make it up as they go along. Can they just do us all a favor though and blacklist the Vlads the same as the EU have done? I would be very appreciative of that. Pattaya is literally thronged with them. They are everywhere. Enough is enough. regards, bob.

None of your business or anyone else's for that matter. As for "Thai woman" I call my "Thai woman" my wife. When are you going to stop these BS posts? As an expat I hope you're ok (mentally) but I have my doubts. As a poster on here PLEASE STOP! It's pitiful.

She has the right to sell what she wants in her country. Nobody is forced to buy them. If the guy being pushed out of the shop is so upset, he has 2 choices. 1 He can buy them all and do what he wants with them. 2 He can simply walk on by and ignore the shirts, the shop and the owner. What he does NOT have the right to do. is to tell the owner what she can or cannot sell.

Ed, you would have been smarter admonishing your brother. He could have killed me if I was walking under that building. Selfish idiot.

Such a nice location. Bob can be seen daily renting himself out. Bob exercising.mp4

But sometimes Thais make me want to pull out my hair. It was my son's 11th birthday. We organized an ice cream cake at Swensen's at the shopping mall his friends and him hangout at every Saturday. He chose a 3lb chocolate ice cream cake, and arranged with his friends to meet him here at the specified time. More than enough for the 7 or 8 of his friends that showed up. First came one of their mothers, a loud busybody that never shuts up, straight away she was into dragging my son to the fridge to go through all the different cakes even though he had already chosen it. Then going through the entire menu with him even though he had already chosen it. Every one sits down, the plates and glasses of water arrive, everyone is chatting and laughing. The busybody comes down with the menus and is in everyone's face going through every page getting them to order sundae's etc. There's a big ice cream cake coming, why not just sit down and shut up. She's making them choose then double choose then triple choose pointing out extras. Everyone's settled and laughing and joking and then she declares we're going to move tables to the slightly wider table behind. Everyone has their bags and toys and phones and plates and glasses of water out on the table already, most don't even hear her because they're in the zone. She forces everyone up to move to the other table. The sundaes she made everyone order even though the big cake was ordered and coming started arriving and she was up trying to organize who gets what and what extras do they they want, maybe add this, maybe add that why not get this too etc just sit down and shut up. Each kid gets a big slice of the 3lb cake and loves it, none can finish the slice of cake and their sundae, of course. It came to the end and I got up to pay and told the waitress to bill me for the only the cake. Of course this simple request almost melted the minds, brains and computer system in the store and took 10 minutes and numerous managers and staff to figure out. I paid the 800 baht for the cake and left, leaving the rest of the 1,700 baht bill for the busybody motormouth to take care of. Maybe next time she'll sit down and shut up and let everybody enjoy their own time. It's now going round on group chat's that my son's father is tight and stingy and not good. Thailand.

BREAKING NEWS: Influencer Elizabeth Important has broken a fingernail.

Jeebus mate! Where did that come from?

Can't blame the roads this time, it was a reckless motorbike rider without a helmet that basically killed himself.

Again an example of a great family oriented place there must be more to this surely

Brit probably got a bit lippy with the Thais. And got a fat lip. It amazes me how some farangs, and especially us Brits, think they can talk down and yell at the locals without any consequences.

Trump may or may not be a 'coward' - I'm not sure about it either way. What's far more important is that he is grossly avaricious, a bully, a braggart and a 'show off' who never seems to think things through, before he postulates or indeed, signs an 'Executive Order'. He's the 'bull in the china shop' for sure. His all-round weakness and stupidity is very dangerous, even for the most avid Republicans in the USA, who in time, will also suffer under his madness. It is heartbreaking to see his treatment of Ukraine. Having apparently curtailed Ukraine's ability to attack he now seems busy now, taking away much of their ability to defend. Cruelty in the extreme . . . As for his favourite word, 'tariff', as someone said, that's just a dumb way forward, as we are already seeing. How anyone ever contemplated voting for him defies belief. AIMHO

Good luck then, that Thailand has the largest consumer market right at its doorstep, China. Maybe it does not need American consumers at all; there will be a time of pain though, sure, but in the long run it is the USA that will hurt the most if it detaches from the whole world as a market.

did you ever run a restaurant? ever heard of .... overhead expenses?

I truly envy those foreigners who don't read any forum bs and haven't heard squat about this.