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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?

You don't know much history, do you? Australia has spent its blood and treasure in wars you have started, going way back to Korea. Pine Gap and North West Cape on Australian soil has made us a nuclear target. I am angry because putting tariffs on a staunch ally with whom the US has a positive trade balance is the act of an ingrate, without any decency whatsoever. You have probably drunk so much Trump KoolAid you don't realize he is turning friends into enemies.

American farmers lost heavily in Trump's first presidency. Soybeans, grains, meat, tree nuts and cotton. Boeing has 760 unfilled aircraft orders. Most are from China, who has now halted deliveries. Each aircraft is about $55 million, making a market loss of $40 billion. You think Boeing will survive that? It takes 5-7 years to develop the mine and processing infrastructure for iron ore, which is quite a lot simpler than what's required for rare earths. What are you going to do in the interim? So you think countries exporting rare earths to America are not going to slap an export tax on them, in response to Trump's tariffs? Dream on. IIRC it was Teddy Roosevelt who said when you have them by the balls, their hearts and minds will follow. IMO it's China that has the firmer grip.

As an American, your egregious arrogance is the reason many Australians question whether an ally who cuts and runs from multiple conflicts when a fickle public gets tired is worth having. You lost in Vietnam. You lost in Iraq. You lost in Afghanistan. You are hanging Ukraine out to dry. As an ally, you're not worth p!ssing on. FYI, 5.5% of the Australian population is Chinese. They are probably one of the most law-abiding and hard-working racial groups, but then we don't share your bigotry and racism.

Someone else types your posts for you?

To me, negative emojis are a cop-out. Posters using them are too lazy to argue their case in opposition to what's posted.

Medical studies are based on a test group, and a control group given a placebo. It doesn't take long for statistically significant differences to appear, if the medication or vaccine is effective.

China's manufacturing output is double that of the USA. In terms of domestic demand, the Chinese middle class is bigger than the entire US population. Approximately 70% of economies in the world trade more with China than America. In terms of GDP, the US is bigger. In terms of Purchasing Power Parity ( PPP) China is bigger. I am Australian. China does not apply tariffs to Australia. The US does, despite having a positive trade balance with Australia. I would like an American to explain why we should continue to ally ourselves with the USA, because we certainly are not being treated as one.

For that matter, what stops an Executive Order which restricts payments of SS to those citizens living in the USA?

Ocean glass is made in Thailand. Steuben glass is made in the USA. Mr. Trump would not be happy with you.