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There is a tradition of these G20 protests way before Trump was POTUS.  However it is understandable that now he is there the protests will escalate to a new level.

What I find most worrying about this article is the word "war" (as in trade war).  If Trump reads the word "war" he will be salivating and getting over excited.

Germany continues to be the most influential country in Europe and under Merkel I imagine it will just get stronger.  No need for her to "make Germany great again" because they are fine as they are. 

1 hour ago, UncleFester said:

Europe, especially Germany is on their knees right now due to the allowed influx of refugees not compatible with your societies.  If you aren't on your knees now, you soon will be.  It's a matter of time.

Germany today met and signed a free trade deal for the EU and Japan.  Merkel has also had meetings and made agreements this week with China.  Germany on their knees?  you really should wake up and get with the reality.

2 hours ago, UncleFester said:

They can wave as we start bombing the idiot in the wicked north.  We can play whack-a-mole with the satellites leveling out the game.  Pyongmouth isn't threatening China, he is threatening allies and us.  So China can <deleted> and they will.  We can crush their fragile economy in a heartbeat and they know it. The non-wildcard is President Trump who unlike the previous occupant, has a pair when it comes to doing the right thing.

Kim isn't actually threatening anyone.  He has said (over and over) that if attacked he will defend himself.  As for the "We can crush their fragile economy in a heartbeat" well again you seem to think that the USA has some say in that.  China will decide as they have the only sanctions that would make a difference.  There has  already been sanctions on NK for years but still they carry on regardless.  You really should stop believing that Trump has any say at all when it comes to North Korea.  He will just do what the Chinese allow him to do and nothing else.

57 minutes ago, UncleFester said:

Rotund man threatens the USA. That cannot stand.  President Trump is not Obama. He will strike. Perhaps you have a better idea? Would you prefer we get on our knees like most of Europe and beg him not to bomb us?

 

It's not in our nature.

You are missing something rather important.  China has said that military action is off the table for now and they make the rules over NK.  If the USA were to strike them against the wishes of China then there would be serious consequences for America and I don't think that Trump is going to cross that line.

He has already been on his knees pleading with China to intervene but they have just waved him away.

6 hours ago, Redline said:

Good job DT!  Make America irrelevant!  Time to learn Mandarin

No need to learn mandarin anymore.  With China becoming a major world power and therefore a global player it is likely that mandarin will cease to be their main language within the next twenty years.

6 hours ago, F4UCorsair said:

It's a shame you couldn't resist the dig in your first sentence.   Constant reference has become really tedious.

Tedious yes but it's frighteningly true for that reason alone it needs to be re-iterated over and over again.

North Korea is a worry but Trump wants to make it a "him and me" issue.  He thinks he can put pressure on China but he really can't.

It is clear that with Trump as POTUS the rest of the world will sideline the USA more and more.  Trump's role as the ignorant bully alienates him more and more and the sooner he is gone the better.  Then the USA can work on regaining it's credibility because at the moment they don't have any.

7 hours ago, F4UCorsair said:

Trump said that the US hadn't confidently expected cooperation from China, but had to try.

The Chinese are not going to take any notice of what Trump wants.  It is their area and they will call the shots as they see fit.  To have a missile that may or may not hit Alaska is hardly a declaration of war by North Korea.

3 minutes ago, tonray said:

Couldn't we just get Kim Jong Un a twitter acct and let them go at each other

Or invite him to the G20 as an honoured guest?  Even make him a member!

Well China will decide Kim's fate but they don't seem in too much of a hurry over it.  They know that Kim will never point a missile at them so they can probably watch Trump jump up and down and bluster for a bit longer. Having said that a missile aimed at Sarah Palin in Alaska does bring a smile!

To be serious though this latest test does raise everything to a higher level and having two nutcases with nuclear capabilities facing off against each does send a shiver down the spine.

Just an everyday event in Thailand.  No matter how many times foreigners complain about the injustices the Thai people consider this to be the Thai way.

21 minutes ago, trainman34014 said:

I hope most of them never come back as it's time Thai's learned to do their own dirty work instead of using slaves to do it.

I think there will be considerable change in the future with Burma being like Thailand was years ago when it was an adventure to go there.  You will probably find that the Burmese shortfall will be (to some extent) filled by the Cambodians but they will need to improve their work skills considerably to match the Burmese.

9 minutes ago, boomerangutang said:

 Trump is not a student of history, and has many deep character faults, not least is his infantile quick-to-anger and retribution - particularly if he feels offended.  Putin is a cool cucumber in comparison.  Plus Putin is smarter and better versed on history and world affairs than Trump can ever hope to be.   Putin is playing chess, while Trump dropped his dominos on the floor and blaming everyone else for rocking his crib can causing him to have daily tantrums.  

Can't argue with that!

To think for one second that Trump is capable of having a meaningful conversation with Putin is ridiculous.  Putin will swivel him on his middle finger and Trump will think (wrongly) he is being treated like a grown-up.

2 hours ago, FredNL said:

A guy that I know is completely renovating his house in Bangkok. That was going on for several weeks now and it was planned to have it finished by September.  

 

For 2 weeks now, nobody showed up and the Thai contractor told him that his skilled labourers went back to Myanmar due to visa problems. He told the guy that the renovation could not be finished by September as planned and that he had to hire skilled locals that are 5 times as expensive.

 

The 2 million renovation (75% paid) will now be done for 5 million THB, the contractor told him and asked him to pay 3 million in advance and half a million when the jobs is done...

 

It sure looks like a scam to me.

I have been involved in building several houses in Thailand (some for me and involvement in others not directly for me) and I can tell you it is a scam.  5 times as expensive is nonsense and the biggest problem will be getting Thai's with the same skill levels that can stay sober long enough to do a days work.  There are some simple guidelines to follow and one is to never pay a "daily rate".  If the contractor has a problem with his workforce then he has to fix it within the agreed price.  Stage the payments as you go along which should allow for the buying of the materials (that you should check) and the wage bill for the workers.  That way you are never overly exposed.  Regularly check the progress and make sure they keeping to the spec.  If not then make them put it right before continuing.  Having a good site manager and an architect who is pro-active is essential.  It can be done but you have to keep on top of it every day otherwise it will probably go pear shaped and who wants to live in a pear shaped house!

6 minutes ago, phantomfiddler said:

I,d like to get some of the stuff little fat boy is on, he always appears to be in a state of total happiness :)

Clear conscience obviously and the joy of winding up Donald!

3 minutes ago, jaiyen said:

That will put a stop to all (or is that most) Over priced shoddy built condos for a while. The law will change later to bring them back to build the fantastic new Observation Tower. 

I have been involved in building a few homes in Thailand and I always used Burmese workers as their skill levels were far better than the Thai equivalents and man for man they work harder.  To stop the shoddy built condos you need to look to the owners and managers who always go with the cheapest materials and unskilled labour. 

The opportunities in Burma are much better than they ever have been.  Roads, airports and hotels being built in expectation of increased tourist numbers while Thailand becomes ever more reliant on the Chinese to sure up their own tourism market.

Just Kim raising his middle finger to Mr Trump again

Well if I were Mr Andreas  I would give Thailand a wide birth until the police have stitched someone else up, which they will almost certainly do now that there is international coverage.

5 hours ago, Johnyo said:

Europe is imploding and she the UK will be able to trade with the rest of the world!

 

 

 

 

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I wouldn't hold your breath about Europe imploding and of course the UK will be able trade with the rest of the world if that is what the rest of the world wants.  Britain's strength is it's service industry.  You will find Britain's  manufacturing base is owned by overseas companies these days.  

1 hour ago, jb61 said:

I see comments like childish, no dignity, not presidential like etc. etc.

Well, let’s see:

Clinton used the oval office for his personal soi 6 bj bar.

Bush and Cheney lied America into a war in Irag where thousands of boys came home missing arms, legs and parts of their heads, and some came home in bags. And they’re still there.

Obama expanded the wars and then illegally spied on millions of Americans and lied about it and was recently described by 25 year veteran of the CIA; Kevin Shipp,  as a subversive and outlined just a few things that Obama did that boggles the mind.

So, if Trump wants to have a bit of fun at the expense of the media, go for it Donald. Just practice your body slam. It’s a bit rusty.

Yes a sorry lot of individuals for one of the highest profile jobs in the world.  Trump appears to be determined to drag the role of POTUS further into the gutter and I have to say achieving that goal.  You would think that the USA would be able to find someone to be proud of but it appears they prefer to wallow in the swamp that they themselves create.

10 minutes ago, KenKadz said:

I am willing to give the Trump Team the benefit of the doubt. I think five months is not enough time to judge.

This is Trump's honeymoon period!  When he get's this much criticism within the first five months where do you think he will be after one year? (if he survives that long).

2 minutes ago, ELVIS123456 said:

Judging by all the anti-Trump rhetoric on this thread you would think Obama must have been FANTASTIC as a POTUS.

I will let you into a little secret.  The USA has been sliding south for some years now and after GW Bush's terrible presidency, well the USA was left licking it's wounds.  Before Bush there was the King of sleaze Clinton so it's not all about republican failures. Obama was flawed and struggled on domestic issues but compared to Bush the world saw him as a breath of fresh air.  Now you have Trump and he makes  all who went before him look not bad at all.

It is accepted that Obama was far more popular abroad than at home.  Trump, on the other hand is proving to be not only despised at home but also despised and ridiculed by the rest of the world.  Now you could argue that it doesn't matter what the outside world thinks of Trump and believe me we all wished it didn't.  But because the USA had such a major, positive influence on world affairs it affects us all when Trump goes about destroying everything that the USA was justly proud of.

Surely it is time to take the blinkers off and stop desperately scratching around for anything positive to say about Donald Trump.