jonclark

But the most important and unanswered question in your analogy is..did the guy in the middle (america) have a good night? Was he milked for all he was worth? And did he like it?

I think the backlash will be more subtle and two fold - Firstky I think a greater % of consumers globally will just avoid anything that says 'Made in the USA' hitting US Exports. Trump is now helping China hugely - as Trump represents, chaos division and protectionism, Xi now has a much easier task of presenting China as a bastion of free trade, stability and openness. How the worm has turned. This benefits China hugely. That will be the biggest backlash.

Note the word 'If' at the start of the sentence as well. I assume you know what if means?? Let's hope the rest of the countries of the world follows America's choice then and Countries like China, Brazil, etc all put themselves first even if that is to America's detriment. You could also invade and annex Greenland as well if you want minerals lets not forget that.

If I am making stuff up then it appears I am in the good company of Vance, Trump and Pete Hogwash then aren't I? America is already running to Ukraine for its rare earths as it needs them. When you say 'we're going to have to pay the price and most are willing to do that ... I assume that you are talking exclusively about Americans as the rest of us as we sure as hell didn't agree to anything like that and Amercia can take a long walk off a short pier if they think the rest of the world will comply with Trumps demand to Make America Great Again at their expense.

..."Our friends were worse than our enemies in that regard" probably explains why Russia (or Israel) isn't on Trump's list of Traffis then doesn't it? "Thailand can have all the friends... they will get burned 100%," kind of like they have now by America? It will be interesting to see the additional tariffs, which will now likely come on a huge range of American exports by all the countries that have had tariffs on them now.....and then trump will raise tariffs in return, and then the cycle repeats and no one becomes wealthy. So ironic that in 2018 Trump signed a FTA with Canada and Mexico that he described (in his own words) as "the greatest deal ever!!" So great in fact that he has done a complete U-turn and applied tariffs to Mexico and Canada. Good luck America you are sure gonna need it with an oversized, badly dressed Cheeto running your country and acting like he is the King of America.

But it's not just Thailand though is it? It's the entire world who america and trump has placed tariffs on. Thailand has plenty of friends in the world....while America's friendship pool is getting smaller by the day. United we stand divided we fall. Ever heard that saying? The world will be forced t unit economically against tariffs ..so who is going to fall I wonder?

An Thais and the rest of the world will shun American products. How the Tesla stock price doing?

The good old Trump. Every business he has attempted to run has failed miserably (Trump steaks, Trump University,Trump airlines etc etc). And people think this will Make America Wealthy. Nope America will just be cut out of the supply chain and it's consumers will pay more. Americans think America is too big to fail..well I think Trump with his business acumen will test that theory. Yanks just don't coming running to the rest of the world when it all goes tits up.

Maybe the opposition should just refer to Taksin as The Dark Lord Voldemort..aka he who shall not be named.

Hmmm. Now that either the most ironic post on TVF/AN or Taksin has joined our ranks and is self promoting himself to the expat crowd.

Also known as Immigration Officers...

Only male police generals in Thailand. Maybe a few female generals would be needed help sort out the <deleted> show that the RTP has become with men at the top.

An imbalance in the Thai economy ...so says the head of one of Thailand's richest family. I look forward to him sharing his wealth with the poor to achieve a more financial and economically balanced country...

No great loss...fairly sure that the loss of Chinese tourists would be devastating for Thailand tourist industry.

Nope she has a bulls eye on her back because she is unpopular, unwanted and stabbed MFP /PP in the back by withdrawing from the MoU after PT lost there crown as the most popular party in Thailand.

Well it would be nice if she started working as PM then cause for the past 6 months daddy has clearly been making all decisions and setting the vision and direction of the government.

A bit off topic but it's a pity they didn't pay him to see how many kilos of weed he could smoke in an hour. At worse he would have woken up from some vivid dreams with a craving for some chocolate chip cookies. Poor kid. Feel for his grandmother who has now lost her only family and carer.

Everyone knew this...but good to see people now calling this charade out publicly. Hopefully Pita can follow Taksins lead. As Pita is an immensely popular figure for Thai people.

But does that make it right though?

Detention outside of prison could be a humanitarian gesture for serving inmates, who are old or have terminal health conditions. It should not and never be an option for those that have fled the legal consequences of their actions by running abroad.

Maybe. But I cannot see why a university (and the UK government to some extent) would offer a potentially cheaper alternative to a single person coming to the UK and contributing new income in the region of; 25k GBP course fees per year, NHS contributions, visa fees, flights and accomodation and living costs in the UK. By opening a campus here they are potentially reducing that flow of money into the UK and UK universities. Interesting if it did happen if then UK resident students could come to Thailand to study at local Thai costs at the UK unis Thai branch. A growing number of universities are businesses first and educational establishments second.

Why would any UK uni want to open up a branch in an overseas country when overseas student fees when studying in the UK in a university there, are uncapped and double or triple domestic fees. Financial suicide for a large number of UK universities to do so.

So by your own definition, wouldn't that makes Israel's ongoing actions against Palestine an activity of terror? Or does that definition only work at Israel's discretion. 100% support the removal of Hamas but not when the human cost far exceeds the cost of the trigger.

No one's questioning "their country their rules" just giving an opinion about the rules of their country which incidentally the rules of their country allow. No mistakes made...just truth.

It's my business end of story...and if you don't like it....well tough. I don't have to justify or validate myself to the likes of you.