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The Chinese won't be backing down. Trump will tout a surrender as a win.

My policy with the moron sniper is to give him zero oxygen.

It gets better, Laura Loomer advising on the stuffing staffing of national security.

It's rather naive to think the corrupt agent- corrupt IO nexus would vanish if such a change took place, although the higher fees may push more of the indigent out. It's also unrealistic to say Thailand is more prosperous. Not in my GF's village, where the average wage is 2000-3000 baht/month. That's a village which crops rice twice a year, so one can only guess at the poverty level in Isaan, which only has one. I can meet the raised requirement with cash in Thai banks now, although I suspect many people would be irritated by cash that is only earning 1% for them, while the banks are lending it out at 5-6%.

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Well, that means 77 million people who voted for him are fools.

Let's see - rename the Gulf of Mexico, make Canada the 51st state, buy Greenland, make the Panama Canal American. End the Ukraine war in 24 hours. Why would anyone think he is not?

There's a clip somewhere on YouTube where Ronald Reagan explains free trade grows an economy, and protectionism stifles it. Rich people don't have to worry about tariffs, an extra 10% on an item means nothing to them. It's the poor who get hit hardest. Insanity was defined by Einstein as doing the same thing over and over, and expecting a different result. Trump lost the trade war with China in his first term.

Then the fall in US tourism of 20% by Europeans since Trump took power is short-term too? About $64 billion worth.

If Trump fires Powell, a voice of reason, the rush to the exits will become a stampede.

Since Trump's inauguration, the euro has appreciated against the dollar by 8.3%. The Japanese yen is over 10% up. That's about as convincing a sign trust in the dollar has tanked, as one can get. It might be great for American exporters; however, American consumers will be hit with a double whammy. Which means inflation, whether the product can be made in the US, or not.

Pine Gap is one-third of US satellite surveillance capability. North West Cape is your communications to every submarine in the Indian Ocean. That is here and now. I'd like your last sentence to be true; however, having a demented narcissist in the White House gives me no comfort. When you fire two of your most experienced intelligence operatives on the word of a conspiracy theorist, what kind of message does that send to your allies? It's nuts. https://www.bbc.com/news/articles/ckgerl183j3o

If not suffering fools gladly is the definition of a bigot, guilty as charged.

Asking if someone is 2 years old, or on drugs, is a personal attack. Save your false concern. You don't seem to understand 50% of what is imported from China is made by American subsidiaries. Why are those companies there? Simple, labor costs are too high in the USA. Americans are so used to instant gratification they voted for Trump in the expectation he would fix things overnight. Instant gratification is also why America is in the biggest debt hole on the planet. The ancient Greeks said hubris is always followed by nemesis. That's where the US is now.

You destroy your credibility when you resort to personal abuse. Yes, English is simple for most people. They use capital letters when appropriate, and know what apostrophes are for. They also know the difference in meaning between your and you're.

Don't waste my time with articles behind a paywall.

For the chronologically challenged, your data is two years old. When no Trump tariff on aluminium existed. You think customers won't be switching their orders to cheaper Airbus models? US production of aluminium is declining, mainly due to high electricity costs. It was 670,000 tonnes in 2024, compared to imports of 4.9 million tonnes. You really think America can increase domestic aluminium production seven-fold? No need to ask what you are drinking.

Trump is making the threats. China is seeking to forge new trade deals with anyone who wants them, including the EU. You are confusing Chinese threats to America with threats to the West. Xi understands Trump is a bully, and the best way to deal with a bully is a hefty smack in the mouth. Please post an example of China threatening a Western country which is not the US. Or there's this: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Australia–China_relations

Kindly post a link to your claim of thousands of unfilled orders. With a 25% tariff on aluminium - you know, the stuff that is 75-80% of an aircraft's structural mass, is Boeing going to be absorbing that cost, or passing it on to customers? Airbus must be chortling over Trump's stupidity. Customers will be switching over to them in droves.

I suggest you take a walk through Harlem, Detroit or the Philadelphia projects before you point the finger at other countries.

America has the highest prison population in the world. Between 20 and 50% of prisons in some states are privatized. Historically, Big Pharma has run multiple trials of medications and vaccines on prisoners. Perhaps you can connect the dots from there.

The American public's ability to endure economic pain is on a par with their ability to tolerate military pain. You are pulling out of Ukraine without even having a single pair of boots on the ground. You are ready for it? About as ready as a turkey is for Thanksgiving.

Admit it, you lied.

Australian population 27 million. US population 330 million. Go back to basic arithmetic school. Most of what America has supplied is obsolete inventory which was going to be scrapped.

Trump has massive factories springing up overnight. It's reminiscent of Hitler marshaling non-existent armies to defend Berlin. America has tariffs on everyone. China is offering zero tariff trade deals to everyone. Who is going to get more market share in that situation?