JimHuaHin

What is good for the goose, is good for the gander. "The HYPOCRISY is sickening", agreed, the hypocrisy of Trump, Musk, MAGA. et al.

Agreed. But Tom Hanks liked it 🙂

About 49.8% of the people who voted in the last US election voted for Trump. One can assume that most of these people knew his policies, and the majority knew what the impact of these policies would be. They voted for pain, and now they will get it.

Can I apply for a refund for fines already paid?

I would prefer to read - Thailand haults imports of Chinese agricultural produce due to the presence of toxic chemicals.

Agreed.

Similar research on this topic has been published before; but, as is too often the case, the research is ignored by governments and often suppressed under pressure from big business.

Agree with the heading - just look at what Trump had done over the past 2 weeks!!

Is there any country, apart from Israel, that Trump has not threatened?

Being a retired expat Permanent Resident would make life easier, especially in dealing with the Thai bureaucracy. It would be nice if retired expats, who have resided in Thailand for 5+ or 10 or so years, who have had no problems with the police/law, who have an adequate annual income, say Baht 1 million, from pensions, investments, etc. be granted PR. Fully aware that PR, like citizenship, can be revoked by the authorities.

Short answer, yes, easily.

Thailand, never learns, slowly declining.

Same as Putin? More like Adolf Hitler.

Which of Taksin's, sorry I mean Paetongtarn's, achievements have advantaged Thailand and the Thai people, and not just the rich and powerful?

Just another example of Thai racism and xenophobia. Thailand, and before that Siam, has/had a long history of discrimination against its neighbours.

"These days, the Night Sky is a thing of the past, at least within 100-miles of any small city. Even in the countryside, these days, almost every house adds light bulbs, a few per year. Every year, new bulbs are added, without fail, for no logical reason, blocking out the stars, and even the moon." - Agreed. As a young amateur astronomer in Australia, I enjoyed the beauty of our night skies. Thailand - what stars? About a decade ago, in Thailand, my then Thai gf wanted to see the Milky Way - impossible in Hua Hin. One clear moonless night we drove south-west inland for about an hour before I could find a spot with very low light pollution so she could see the Milky Way.

No mention of Thai democracy?

TAT has more money than brains. It clearly has zero comprehension of the current financial and economic situation facing most people in China.

Trump is ignorant and stupid enough to do anything, as we have seen recently.

Unfortunately, yet again, we are in a situation where the official policy is do A, but the (local) official's advice is that one does not need to do A. So what do we do? Take a gamble and follow the (local) official's advice, or follow policy? A British friend in Hua Hin who remitted "a few hundred thousand Baht" (his words) into Thailand in 2024, went to the local revenue office last week - he explained his situation, and was told that as he did not work in Thailand, no need for a Thai TIN, no need to file a tax return.

Does he mean "fix" the Thai economy to his advantage?

I had the same problem years ago. After a little investigation (no taps on, water flowing from mains into water tank; recheck taps; problem continues; turn tap from mains to water tank off; water level going down; shine light into tank; notice large crack in wall) found that the concrete water tank was leaking - large crack in a side wall.

Time to leave Meta behind.

"Stupid is, stupid does" Forrest Gump; who seems far more intelligent than Trump.

There seems to be assumptions that (i) the USA will still exist in 2028, (ii) that the USA will still be a (flawed) democracy in 2028, (iii) Trump will not decree the Democrat Party as a terrorist organisation, (iv) Trump, having learned from other dictators, will not have eliminated all/most opposition by 2018, and (v) people care.