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It seems he has chosen so far a 'stuck in the middle' policy which is unlikely to bring any significant change.

Yawn... 😀

Exactly! Your posts would often deserve it! 😃

An imaginary trade deal? On top of it, you are completely misinformed. UK strongly benefited from trade deals made by the EU. In particular, one key point of these agreements was to give access to the EU market for products in exchange for the partner giving access to its market for EU services. BTW, how are post-Brexit trade deals negotiated by UK with Japan or NZ better than the trade deals negotiated by the EU with the same countries? Please tell us?

There is no significant unemployment increase forecast for the next 5 years. https://www.statista.com/statistics/217029/forecast-to-the-unemployment-rate-in-the-united-states/ Edit: you can also factor in the fact that baby boomers are retiring while U.S. born low-birth generations are joining the job market, so only foreign-born can fill the gap.

When you are small or medium sized you have a lower negotiating power than when you are big. For example, if Trump imposes tariffs on the EU, and the EU retaliates in a similar way it will significantly impact the U.S. economy. If UK imposes tariffs on U.S. imports, it will not be significant.

I am just stating something obvious. A mass deportation as promised by Trump will result in a lot of vacant jobs. As the unemployment rate is already low, it will cause wage inflation and price inflation (businesses will increase prices because they have to pay higher wages). That's Trump main problem: his promises are in contradiction with each other. He promised to decrease inflation (which is now already low), but mass deportation, tariffs and tax cuts will increase inflation.

As UK left the EU, it has a weak negotiating power against the U.S. It is an aggravating factor.

Combined with tax cuts and tariffs, a nice way to increase inflation! 😃

It's a thread about LW conspiracy theories, but as usual, the only posters pushing conspiracy theories in this thread are MAGA posters! 😃

Ridiculous B.S. conspiracy theory! 🤣 What was your forum name before?

I'm keeping my posting energy for next year! There will be much more opportunities! 😀

It is quite relevant to show these caricatures to illustrate freedom of expression, in particular in respect to the terrorist attack on Charlie Hebdo. He actually proposed that Muslim students could look elsewhere or shortly go out of the class if they felt offended. It is absolutely legal in France to criticize or mock religion and the main target has always been the Catholic Church (for centuries). Of course, false rumours have been diffused on social media, in particular that he would have showed a picture of a naked man and said he was the prophet.

Thete is no BRICS pot (just like there is no G7 pot).

However: - we don't know how China would be if it never was 'socialist'. It may be more developed than the current level. Actually, the development of China is correlated with a decreasing level of socialism. - Chinese has enjoyed an impressive development, indeed. However most of its knowledge base has been imported, in one way or another, from the 'democratic' countries which created this knowledge. - it's a question of size and it's like dominant positions in economic regulation. China will become too powerful to assume it will not abuse its dominant position one day. - it's governed by a communist party, and communists always want to 'control'.

Fake, just like every previous MAGA voter fraud claim. 😀

Trump and MAGAs have also amplified voter fraud claims recently, which is a good sign he's not sure to win.

Loads of ridiculous B.S.! 😀

Every lawsuit failed, every recount failed, every audit failed. The 2020 massive election fraud only exists in the MAGA alternate universe. 😀

I guess you had a great time! 😀 https://www.cnbc.com/quotes/DJT

Thank you Vlad! 😃

It turned out as the best economic recovery among G7 countries! 😁 https://commonslibrary.parliament.uk/research-briefings/sn02784/

Your post makes sense. However, in this particular case, it's mainly due to low birth rates and high retirement numbers. Since the 90's the number of birth in the U.S. oscillates around 4 million. And in 2024, the number of people retiring trends towards 6 million. It's simple maths: the number of U.S. born people joining the job market is around 2 million lower than the number of people retiring. https://www.statista.com/statistics/195908/number-of-births-in-the-united-states-since-1990/ Of course, as I am on his ignore list , Riclag doesn't know he made a stupid post again! 😀

I'm also on ignore! 😀

Exactly, and it's currently the peak of the baby boomers generation retiring https://finance.yahoo.com/news/many-people-retiring-every-next-113857061.html