Thanks to Victor Daviss Hanson, probably one of the premier commenters in the world today.

 

https://amgreatness.com/2025/03/06/five-ukrainian-fables/

 

 

"Fable Two: A Trade War?

Donald Trump is not wildly slapping tariffs on Europeans.

He is simply saying that 1945 is now 80 years past and that the asymmetrical tariffs that Europe imposes on U.S. imports should be corrected. The massive trade surpluses Europe accumulates each year should give way to fairer, more balanced trade.

If Europe does not want tariffs, then simply calibrate its own tariffs on what America places on European imported goods, and work down jointly to zero tariffs on both sides."

 

 

7 hours ago, Yagoda said:

Thanks to Victor Daviss Hanson, probably one of the premier commenters in the world today.

 

https://amgreatness.com/2025/03/06/five-ukrainian-fables/

 

 

"Fable Two: A Trade War?

Donald Trump is not wildly slapping tariffs on Europeans.

He is simply saying that 1945 is now 80 years past and that the asymmetrical tariffs that Europe imposes on U.S. imports should be corrected. The massive trade surpluses Europe accumulates each year should give way to fairer, more balanced trade.

If Europe does not want tariffs, then simply calibrate its own tariffs on what America places on European imported goods, and work down jointly to zero tariffs on both sides."

 

 

America is tired of being the bread basket for the world!

 

11 hours ago, riclag said:

America is tired of being the bread basket for the world!

 

Bread basket? You mean a pocket to be picked.

19 hours ago, riclag said:

America is tired of being the bread basket for the world!

 

"Once the world’s breadbasket—now, under Trump, just the basket case!