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Where Biden failed to be laught at on the world stage, Trump succeeded;

Your citation? From asia.nikkei.com dated Nov. 13, 2019? "Southeast Asia's strongest currency baht fights own success" From same: "Thailand is trying to coax the baht down from six-year high territory as the currency's strength threatens local manufacturing and tourism." Good news will be the baht slides furthe downward towards 2025.

How was the aircraft identified as a Mynamar jet? Was IFF used? Did pilots talk over an international frequency? Did Thai pilot make a missile lockon BVR, ie., 30-105km max range? If jet was Mynamar, this would be the third Thai airspace intrusion in about a year. This height suggest a ground military support role. Not the first time a Mynamar jet flew into Thai airspace for a bombing run against Mynamar insurgents operating near the Thai border. The Thai military response was to protest the incursion.

If there's one thing China understands, it is international transactional crime, aka its claim of sovereignty over the entire China South Seas irrespective of the ruling by the international tribunal in The Hague. The ruling declared large areas of the sea to be neutral international waters or the exclusive economic zones of other countries. In the subject territorial dispute China has no "ownership" other than to preserve a favorable authoritarian government to its south, ie., versus a potential elected democratic government. Thailand should reject China's involvement in this territorial dispute as it has "No Standing," but then Thailand seems willing to sacrifice its sovereignty in exchange for Chinese tourism. Certainly China would understand, as China objects to the USA having no standing in its supporting The Philippines sovereign rights to portions of the China South Seas; nor even the USA Navy's right to even traverse China South Seas waters.

MAGA is asking POTUS Biden to pardon Trump. But that's not insane?

"Why all the negativity?" As posted elsewhere in today's forum. It's half of human nature.

Trump has already "Gone to China." "China spent over $5.5 million at Trump properties while he was in office, documents show", by Zachary Cohen and Kara Scannell, CNN - January 4, 2024 cnn.com "Trump Organization plans second Saudi Arabian tower in regional expansion," by Pesha Magid December 12, 2024. reuters.com "The Trump Organization plans to build a Trump Tower in the Saudi capital Riyadh as part of a real estate expansion in the region including in the Emirati capital Abu Dhabi" as per Eric Trump, the U.S. president-elect's son. Trump has shown to foreign countries that he can be bought as POTUS.

The jury delivered the adjudicated verdict - guilty. What we're now waiting for is the sentencing by the judge. SCOTUS has since ruled that the court (judge and not jury) must examine whether presidential immunity applies and that it may or may not determined by actions of the President, ie., whether Trump was acting as a civilian or within his duties as President. The SCOTUS did not provide any guidance per se on such an analysis. For example, being a candidate for President is not the same as being the President.

Now maybe but you made reference to genocide allegations against Israel.

The ICC Warrant related to alleged forced deportation of Ukrainian children to Russia following Russia's February 2022 invasion of Ukraine. There are consequences to ignore the warrant.

In many instances there seems little mentioned of the ill economic consequences during Brexit debates. In 2023, UK exports of goods and services to the EU were £356 billion (42% of all UK exports). The EU's share of world imports in 2023 was 14.2%. The European Union (EU) is the world's largest trading bloc of 27 members and the world's top trader of manufactured goods and services. EU is a key player in the World Trade Organization (WTO). UK is a member of WTO that has over 160 members that represent 98% of world trade. The WTO's agreements create an international trade legal framework for 164 economies. Most if not all Free Trade Agreements fall under WTO provisions. As of December 2024, the United Kingdom has 39 active free trade agreements with nations and trade blocs, covering 102 countries and territories. I've not heard that UK objects to be legally binding on WTO rulings in its FTA's. What about UK's sovereignty then - it's not absolute.

"Judge rules Trump’s conviction withstands Supreme Court immunity decision," (my bold) by Zach Schonfeld and Ella Lee - 12/16/24 https://thehill.com/regulation/court-battles/5043247-trump-hush-money-conviction-uphold/ "A New York judge upheld a jury’s verdict that convicted President-elect Trump of a felony, ruling the outcome of the hush money case can withstand the Supreme Court's new test for presidential immunity." (my italics)

Probably part of the toilet seat from Russia's Mir space station.

Remember after a year of government badgering (but not in response): "The Bank of Thailand unexpectedly lowered its key interest rate by 25 basis points to 2.25% during its October meeting, marking the first rate cut since early 2020 and a move long advocated by the government. The decision was made amid a sluggish economy and inflation remaining below the lower end of its target range between 1% to 3%." https://tradingeconomics.com/thailand/interest-rate Okay, so if the government has now failed to improve the economy that could lead to higher inflation, why would BOT further lower interest rates?

If you don't disburse the vaccine and you don't track the impact of the disease on the population, the result is a perceived low mortality from the disease and/or misdiagnosis of the impact of the disease. 45th POTUS Trump faced a conundrum: On the one hand 45th POTUS Trump correctly took credit for producing the covid vaccine at "warp speed" to save lives, but on the other hand 45th POTUS Trump denied Am,erican deaths from covid and wouldn't put resources into tracking the extent of spread of the disease because the vaccine proved successful. But there was a considerable time lapse before the vaccine was available and the spread of covid. "How Trump's Denial and Misinformation led to the covid pandemic's dark winter," by Yesmeen, Abutableb, Ashley Parker, Josh Dawsey, and Philip Rucker, Dec. 19, 2020 https://www.congress.gov/118/meeting/house/115611/documents/HHRG-118-FD00-20230330-SD005.pdf "Debunking the False Claim That COVID Death Counts Are Inflated," by Christie Aschwanden, Oct. 20, 2020 https://www.scientificamerican.com/article/debunking-the-false-claim-that-covid-death-counts-are-inflated1/ "In August, President Donald Trump retweeted a post claiming that only 6 percent of these reported deaths were actually from COVID-19." vs "94 percent of COVID-19 deaths reported by the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention “were the result of 2-3 additional serious illnesses and were of advanced age.” "The Trump Administration and the COVID‐19 crisis: Exploring the warning‐response problems and missed opportunities of a public health emergency," by Charles F Parker and Eric K Stern https://pmc.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/articles/PMC9115435/

After you read this story you'll want to drink one?

Thai economics. Increasing inflation of consumer product costs for more government revenue. But that actually will reduce consumer purchasing power and thus demand for inflated cost of products. Retailer loses. Standard of living for consumer decreases.

Trump isn't POTUS yet. He is a civilian. The Suite currently belongs to POTUS Biden. And like his civilian guests, he should have held his hand over his heart during the national anthem.

Blame the accident on the wind.

"Karen" likely refers to a stateless indigenous people living in Thailand. For example: "The Black Forest: Karen People's Fight for Indigenous Rights in Thailand," by Yostorn Triyos August 7, 2023 - earthjournalism.net - "The National Council for Peace and Order (NCPO) announcement No.64/2557, better known as the Forest Reclamation Policy, led to regulations to stop encroachment on forest resources in Thailand. - Enforcement resulted in more than 46,000 villagers in the country being arrested and sued. Most were villagers who lived on, or had land plots that overlapped with, forest preserve areas in various ways. - As national parks adopted specific laws and imposed severe penalties, a shockingly large number of people were prosecuted, many going to jail. Many others lost their ancestral lands. In some cases, families were left bankrupt, the assets accumulated over a lifetime exhausted. Others lost family members." Historically, the stateless (having no citizenship) Karen people have not been well treated in Thailand. Hence, a younger generation of "soldiers."

A good example for a Muslim democratic system is Indonesia. While 93% of the adult Indonesian population identify themselves as Muslim, Indonesia is not an Islamic state, but "constitutionally a secular state whose government officially recognizes six formal religions." In 2023 Indonesia ranked 58 worldwide as a democracy according to the Freedom Index. Contrast with Malaysia 53, Thailand 30, Iran 12, Saudi Arabia 8. The higher the score the higher ranked for democracy (in political rights & civil liberties), ie., Norway at 100. https://freedomhouse.org/country/

I'd think tasers would be more practical in tourist areas for police.

I quote one source, you avoid citing any counter source. Instead you divert from the topic. "Trump Abandons Iran Nuclear Deal He Long Scorned," by Mark Landler, May 8, 2018 New York.com "President Trump declared on Tuesday that he was withdrawing from the Iran nuclear deal, unraveling the signature foreign policy achievement of his predecessor Barack Obama, isolating the United States from its Western allies and sowing uncertainty before a risky nuclear negotiation with North Korea." "5 years after U.S. left Iran nuclear deal, more enriched Uranium and much less trust," May 30, 2023 by Connor Donevan, Courtney Dorning, Mary Louise Kelly - npr.org "It was then-President Trump who, five years ago this month, yanked the U.S. out of the nuclear deal known as the JCPOA, Joint Comprehensive Plan of Action. What followed is the U.S. reimposed crushing sanctions. Over time, Iran stopped adhering to the limits the deal had imposed, and day by day, its nuclear program crept forward." Personally, I think Trump's rejection of the deal was purely that the deal was formulated by Obama. Technically the deal was beyond Trump's comprehension and would give credit to his nemesis Obama.

Lest we forget why Iran is where it is now with its nuclear program. "Killing the Iran nuclear deal was one of Trump's biggest failures", by Tom Collina, May 7, 2024, responsibkestatecraft.org 45th POTUS Trump promised a better deal. - "Six years after the US withdrew from the JCPOA, prospects for its resurrection are dim and Tehran is closer than ever to a bomb. - Tehran is believed to be not one year but just weeks from being able to produce enough fissile material for a bomb if it chooses to do so." Now does Trump 47th POTUS have a better deal or just another "concept?"

I think this "suffering" is self-contained. Are there not many other more critical issues before the nation that need discussion?