spidermike007

Gates is absolutely amazing and what his plans are for mankind are even more amazing. This world needs more super rich folks like him, and it makes me wonder if Thailand will ever see anyone of this sort, with a grand vision for helping humanity. It's your puts to start contrast to guys like Thaksin, Trump and Musk! Truly tiny men with no sense of obligation to society.

A very weak negotiator will give away talking points before the negotiations start, that is the very definition of Trump, he's never been a good negotiator, nor a particularly good businessman, he knows how to steal money, and he knows how to grift, but that's about it. We all knew he would cave in, China is holding all the cards in this game.

There's no question that Putin has it within himself to be a genocidal madman, on the level of Hitler, if given the right opportunity. He would have no compunctions as the man has no moral barometer, and no integrity whatsoever. Also, he seems to enjoy inflicting pain upon common people, and his thirst for power knows no boundaries.

He will be. Not soon enough. He might not even make it through the entire 4 years.

It started with Reagan. And continued with every Democratic and Republican president since. Stop the partisan nonsense. America is on the decline and nothing that the goon does will change that.

Oh yeah. The IMF projects that 2024 will be the third consecutive year where Iran’s GDP outpaces that of the US, with Iranian national income expected to grow 12.1% between 2022-2024 compared to 6.1% in the US. Tehran has also seen record-high non-oil exports year after year during Biden’s presidency, with IMF figures showing Iran’s export of electricity and techno-engineering services surging from $67 billion in 2020 to $120 billion in 2023. Recent figures by watchdog United Against Nuclear Iran (UANI) found that since 2021, Iran sold a record $90 billion worth of US-sanctioned oil to countries like China and India. Without proper investments, the Iranian economy may not collapse in the way that the sanctions proponents desire, but it will be deprived of its full potential,” said Trita Parsi, executive vice president at the Quincy Institute for Responsible Statecraft. Parsi added that sanctions typically impose maximum pain immediately after their imposition, “but after a while, the target economy adjusts and finds a new equilibrium. Iran has not been an exception.” https://nypost.com/2024/06/29/world-news/how-iran-is-growing-rich-as-a-pariah-nation/

Yet, it miraculously healed up nicely, despite the fact that ears do not regenerate tissue. Just look at Evander Holyfield.

No. Trump is the petulant big child. They don't get more petulant than the goombah.

China can and will endure the pain. The US can't. Americans are way too soft. Empty shelves equals sacrifice. Not gonna happen. China has the stronger cards and they know it. They could crush Trump and the US. He will likely cave in.

None of this matters. He is now above the law. He cut a deal with the morally bankrupt army, to return, as he was desperate to return, and they were desperate to maintain power and influence. A quid pro quo. The rest is just nonsense.

Though the war would drag on for a few more months due to Japan's inability to wrap their minds around the fact that they had already lost the war, this is an incredibly significant day for Europe and marks the end of a long and gruesome war. Those fatality statistics are truly horrific, and what's even more horrific is the fact that so many Russians died at the hands of Stalin, not just the Germans.

She is enigmatic indeed, it appears quite obvious by her body language that she doesn't like her husband very much, she probably does not enjoy spending time with him, and it makes one wonder what's in it for her to carry on with this charade of a marriage? She is one of the most low profile first ladies ever, and that's likely because she just does not want to be there.

Attack Iran at your own peril, Donnie. We could be looking at a protracted 20-year war, with a nation which has deep pockets, and one of the most talented hacking crews in the world. Not to mention multiple proxy terror groups, which could rain down a horror show on US soil. For a goon who promised no new wars, he sure talks a tough game. I wonder how he would behave if he was faced with actual danger. And let's not even discuss the supposed "assassination attempt", with the super fast healing miracle ear.

Anyone who's ever had any dealings with Trump knows that it's best just to keep your mouth shut and let him go on and on, talking nonsense and making an absolute fool of himself. That's what he does best, Carney was shrewd and he played it smart. While Trump embarrassed himself for the 12,345th time.

The first trade deal of this administration. He talked about 100 in a month or so. Ha! The joke is on Don. Even the British PM admitted it was a modest outline of a deal. Hard for Trump to strike a deal. He is not very good at it, despite his desperate attempts to convince us otherwise. We have been privy to all of his failures.

A good friend of mine just got the latest variant of covid, she was in bed for a day the next day she was feeling just a little bit of a cough, and most virologists agree that this thing just keeps getting weaker and weaker with each variant. So this is a big nothing burger, do not worry yourself for a nanosecond. But it definitely will keep a certain percent of the population masked up for the foreseeable future, that's on them.

Trump begged Xi for the meeting. He realized China was going to make a major fool out of the goon, and asked them to please ignore his antics, and grant the US a meeting.

We are going to tax your pants off. OK, I over stepped and will not tax you as much. Wow, we just concluded a major trade deal. See how amazing I am. I am probably the smartest man in the world.

Any nation that can negotiate a major trade deal outside of the increasingly irrelevant orbit of the US is doing a very smart thing. Shun them. Ignore them. Show them how much they overestimate their own importance. Ignore ignorance and foolish nonsense.

Kanye who? Never heard of him. Or, at least I wish I had never heard of him. I hesitate to call him a fool and a jerk, as I don't want to insult the fools and jerks of this world.

Not to worry. Hegseth will be thrown under the bus within 60 days. He is a huge liability, and has shown himself to be reckless, and beyond incompetent. Always best to avoid minor news hosts when selecting someone to head one of the most important departments in the government.

The fact that Trump, who is a terrible negotiator, has not put together a single deal yet, does not bode well for Thailand. Better to just establish other markets, and completely spurn the US. Let them isolate themselves into oblivion.

Even the cops are cowards and assume they are not accountable. In the US, police are treated very warmly by the other inmates. They develop alot of "close friendships". Same here? Lock this irresponsible creep up.

Pattaya would appear to be the new Tombstone. Like the Wild West of the 1870s. Without the side shooters. A place that seems to attract drunkards, ladyboys, and dregs.

I don’t think he has a coherent value structure as most of us understand it. I think we’re seeing a president who’s operating without anything any of us would recognize as a conscience. Truly. It is about showing what he can get away with. It’s about showing his enemies that what they support, he can tear down. It is all about displays of brute strength. He gets off on that, and in that sense, it seems not so much an autocracy but a flexocracy. Let me show you how I can flex my bicep as I use it to power my fist coming into your face. It’s not about any coherent values. It’s not about any North Star. It’s about showing that you can turn the boat 180 degrees around and that you can do whatever you want and you can bring the people who opposed you to their knees. And he is creating much destruction, and accomplishing very little in return. Trump is a true goombah. A very sorry and pathetic man, and a horrible leader.