PomPolo

It's insider trading pure and simple, if he wasn't president and was a stockbroker the SEC would have him up on federal charges, but he would probably get away with those also, America is letting him destroy the country but they voted for him so no sympathy, the stupidity was always inevitable.

I stand corrected on this team just done a web search and can't see anything about existing Skype credit being transferred to teams, but there have been a few other AN topics on the go about Skype and fairly sure someone has said that previously it would which I think is where I got that idea from.

The OP said :

Oooooohhhh wake up on the wrong side of "das Bett" this morning?

Germans

It will be interesting to know how they are going to do this with the current tariff debacle i) Do the Thai exporters take the hit and reduce prices to cover the Tariffs for the importer, probably difficult for most companies to do that or ii) Do the government step in and cover the cost of the US Import duties for the Thai exporter not really very clear in her statement all well and good getting people to talk to people but Orange Face has said this morning the Tariffs are staying in place so anyone with stocks and shares or private pensions expect another hit today when the markets open

Employing Uri Geller to justify bombing the cr4p out of Iran which might not be a bad thing but the yanks really are scraping the barrel now employing psychics to justify their potential actions, shame they couldn't have found one to predict the topic of the weeks actions, absolutely bonkers!

Given the recent tariff's and a "Possible end to globalisation and trade" are we in a better position to shield ourselves from what could possibly become one of the most painful times for the west in modern history if we continue to buy our products from Asian suppliers shipped into a country that import tariffs should not be dramatically impacted buying from Asian countries, the Baht may lose value given the export situation to a large economy like the US will be affected but if money is already saved then just means your exchange rates will go up, private pensions may be a concern with the destruction of the Stock Market but I don't think expats will take the brunt of it, unfortunately that will be Americans and the Penguins. (I did copy and paste the below from a Sky News article but it highlights very well the situation American consumers are going to find themselves in very shortly) "To see what I mean, the best place to begin is by pondering the hidden life of the device you're reading this on. I'm assuming it's a smartphone, specifically the latest iPhone, but most of the following applies for other smartphones and, indeed, many laptops or desktop computers. The display was made in South Korea or Japan. The camera module was made by Sony in Japan (who have a particular expertise in this type of specialised silicon that few other companies have been able to match). The batteries (for the latest iPhone at least) are made in India, though these days, the vast majority of the world's cells are made in China. On it goes - the memory chips from South Korea, which has a near monopoly on solid state storage silicon. The logic chips - the ones that help the device "think"- made in Taiwan, albeit with intellectual property (IP) from all over the world, including America and even Britain. Some of the chips do indeed come from the US - in particular the modem, though the company behind them (Qualcomm) sometimes manufactures in Taiwan. But there are some from Europe too - most notably the spatial sensor chips that come from Bosch in Germany."

Your Skype credit will transfer to Teams with the same Microsoft ID and you can make calls and (I think) send SMS's from there - the main issue teams have is you can't have a Skype Number so someone can call or SMS you which is the main reason I am looking for something else, I will use Teams until I burn up my remaining Skype credit got about 20$ on there that should last me a year or two the amount of landlines I call

At least he is honest 'it wont be easy' having him as president for sure

An overstayer is an overstayer whatever country they are from - there are bad memories and there is taking the p1$$

But the Daily Mirror in the UK I have been informed is a top class paper to find world news delivered fairly and non-biased 🤣

At least one person in the worlds status has to be elevated although I do believe you just made all that up how in anyway will increased import tariffs make it cheaper for someone in thailand to buy American goods? The import duties after thailand inevitably raises it's own tariffs will be passed onto all your thai friends the consumers so sorry for calling BS

It was his cult that promoted the violent clashes in the first place when he got ousted last time so time for a bit of payback me thinks

I doubt anyone here or in many countries in the world give a flying fk about what the US do so doubt there is much for Yank expats to worry about. It is the Americans in America that are going to suffer the most, and looking at the amount of protests the US had yesterday in every state then I guess the Americans are more pee'd off with him than even the penguins are

Germans!

Yeah she hasn't aged well, she has had more work done on her face than a Ford Ranger with a head gasket blown

Not as much of a crime as it is a mental breakdown that requires intervention.

That's not gonna work the reciprocal tariffs to the US are going to be higher than the dollar loss, Americans are losers two ways i) Their dollar is worth less for the average American buying anything in their own country ii) Everything in the US is going to cost a hell of a lot more Next.