Trump just unleashed a trade weapon no president has used since Herbert Hoover, and Canada’s retaliation could be the beginning of a global move away from America…
Nice work, Repugnicans. You’ve forcefully and convincingly shown the world that we can’t be trusted, now or ever again. Trust is precious, betrayal unforgettable. The damage you’ve done is likely immeasurable.
Note to Democrats: Playing by the rules of “regular order” hasn’t proved efficacious. Consider paying more attention to your voters and less to your corporate donors whose preferences tend to be indistinguishable from those of the Repugnicans. Consider fighting the fascists instead of those in your ranks most ready, willing, and able to join the fight.
This post just got a “like” from Ontario. That’s almost painful. I grew up in Niagara County of NYS and have visited Canada probably hundreds of times. MANY visits to the Horseshoe Falls, dinners, Leafs game, meetings, etc., etc. When I had Sabres season tickets, the guy seated next to me was a Canadian. I learned and sang the Canadian national anthem attending those games. I’ve never thought of Canada as anything other than a friend, an ally, a simpatico sovereign nation to the north. I am so profoundly ashamed of our behavior, the imbecile my countrymen have twice elected president, and his traitorous enablers in congress.
I apologize to our Canadian friends for the detestable behavior of our most awful of all presidents. This too, like a kidney stone, will pass. In the meantime, however, we are stuck with "monstrously cruel and stupid" as our operating system, our default setting. What is worse (if that's possible) is that the Republican Party seems to be so totally bought in to this worldview that they would continue in it full force, even if Trump were gone.
DT is just doing what Netty Net and Putie Pie suggest- nay, what they TELL him to do.
Become their humanoid version of pre-vax COVID and all that implies for N. America's fiscal health.
But hey . . . at least he is still the Hater-in-Chief of those "Others" and the strong "Women."
So, archetypes: Zippy the pin-headed boy and self-hating Lulu Belle [racist-misogynistic cultists, both] are still, not unlike a 10-year-old, gray, crusty jockstrap, supportive, if more than a tad sandpapery.
#VOTE as if 77,300,000 Americans are Nutjobs #SAVE Ivanka from the kiddie rapist
Trump's demands on Canada, which have not been specifically listed in most news reports, reminded me of something. In 1914 after Franz Ferdinand was assassinated, Austria-Hungary made a series of demands on Serbia, whom they thought was behind the plot. Some were okay, but others would have destroyed its independence, so naturally the Belgrade government rejected them. And that was the excuse the Austrians wanted to invade, touching off World War I.
So as I see it, Trump is either incredibly stupid, or he is incredibly stupid and backed by people who want a real conflict (hopefully just economic) with Canada, if not the entire world. If so, their thinking seems to be that if they push hard enough they will win everything. Of course they won't, and likely one of the first casualties will be the death of the dollar as the international reserve currency. But logic and facts never mattered here.
Thank you for writing this brilliant article my husband and I both born in early 1950’s were taught about the Great Depression our grandparents and parents taught us more than we ever learned in school books.
The Smoot- Haley Act according to both of our families was the final hatchet to middle class Americans. Banks were frozen to lend a helping hand for small loans the department of agriculture stepped up for my husband’s family just enough to get seeds and fuel they farmed at that time over 2000 acres in Bucks County Pennsylvania the Department of Agricultural set up a back door deal with Campbell Soup where they grew tomatoes turnips and pumpkins other farmers across this country were not as fortunate.
My family had to join forces and moved to outside Harrisburg some made it some did not.
The point I would like to make is that from what we were taught ( I could give hundreds of more examples) that we are right now on a path to another Great Depression with absolutely no turning back. Of course Trump will blame Democrats blame Biden and sadly many Americans will believe him that we cannot change. I frequently think my grandfather’s advice that “ common sense “ pay attention will get you through any hardship. Buy what you need not what you want these days I believe are the worst this country has ever seen in history Dad would say if he was alive today” Buckle up your boot straps broken or not common sense is your compass”
Love it: Donald Herbert Hoover Trump or maybe Donald Herbert Adolf Hitloover Trump... I do not believe the saying that 'history repeats itself'... history is not an exterior, independent mechanism or cosmic/Einstein/Newton clock thing... rather, the appearance of history repeating itself is because we, the human race, keep doing the same stupid things over and over again. Thank you for the history lesson: I will study in greater detail. One thing: I don't believe Donald is doing this on his own; I think it's the (what are they called?) Project 2025 and Amerikkkan Enterprise Institute and other medievalist/anti-democracy conspiracy organizations that work for the oligarchs and with the oligarchs. The first thing to remember about the oligarchs is that they are international and have no loyalty to the USA or any other nation.... so we're dealing with sociopathic, ruthless hit & run robbers on a Billionaire scale... that is why Putin has surrounded himself with billionaires (mostly AIPAC brethren) whom he kills at a whim so that many have moved to London (now called Londongrad in honor of Stalin). We are at a critical moment in history. Either we get our Constitutional (balanced, Roman-style, Athenian, as modeled by the Founders) democracy back in November 2026, or I think we're going to go from sliding to plummeting into an abyss of no return. In Rome, it was 46 BCE with Julius Caesar finally finishing the job of the big money (boni et novi, traditional and newbies) and launching the thousand year tyranny of the empire. JTC
Great illustration. You are on the same page as I am with these predictions. Today I wrote "Trump Is Trying to Make Canada Bend. He May Be Teaching It to Live Without Us.
Now, if only Europe grew a spine. But not the fucktards, like Mark Ruttee, rush to D.C. to bend a knee, debase themselves and kiss the ring.And this behavior only empowers and encourages him,, it convinces him that he is he Emperor of the word, or at least the western hemisphere
Take Iran, there is no regime, I detest more, than the Islamic Regime of Iran, the mullahs hang young girls from construction cranes for "disrespecting" a head scarf,,the Guardians of the Revolution (IRGC) has power to act as it sees fit., summarily executing people,, and in January a volunteer force of religious fantics, the million man Basij) machine gunned 30,000 to 50,000 protesters.
Trump's war is also costing me at the gas pump and in the supermarket, but if the only way to get rid of Trumpism and MAGA is for Iran to win, then go Iran.
If I have to wear a hair shirt, to regain my freedom, my liberty then a hair shirt it is.
Cheeto Will Preside Over The Greatest Economic Collapse In Modern History
The petulant Cheeto aggravated by SCOTUS has doubled down on his tariff policy like a child not realizing that his ego driven economic scheme is not only impoverishing the American people with inflation but its currency itself.
Cheeto with his childish reckless policy will cause further undermining of the dollar like Hoover did in 1928 with his Smoot Haley Tariff Act. This Act coupled with an over bought equity market brought about the 1929 crash. The situation is eerily similar as what is happening now And China understands this.
China is not waging a financial war against the US as much as it is protecting itself from a collapse of the world’s fiat currency system led by dollar which is unfortunately the reserve currency of the globe. China saw the danger of the fiat currency system in 1982 and began accumulating gold and silver reserves and now estimates through cash flows of the country that she has between 40-70K tonnes of gold. When China announces its gold reserves it will signal the collapse of the dollar.
The commodity market in general should not be understood as an equity(stocks and bonds) market but as a reservoir of goods traded within a price range As Macleod points out, “These are the points that commentators miss. It’s not just gold and commodities rising, but their unit of account is falling — failing is a better description”( bit.ly/3MJ8exY) Gold as silver rising equates to the purchasing power of the dollar decreasing. Protect what wealth you have by using dollars which is credit to buy gold and silver which is real money.
Trump is a lifelong racketeer. They rule by extortion and, when necessary, by inflicting pain on those who disobey. Like most billionaires, he is not a genius businessman. He is just a ruthless sonovabitch who takes and takes and takes.
Nice work, Repugnicans. You’ve forcefully and convincingly shown the world that we can’t be trusted, now or ever again. Trust is precious, betrayal unforgettable. The damage you’ve done is likely immeasurable.
Note to Democrats: Playing by the rules of “regular order” hasn’t proved efficacious. Consider paying more attention to your voters and less to your corporate donors whose preferences tend to be indistinguishable from those of the Repugnicans. Consider fighting the fascists instead of those in your ranks most ready, willing, and able to join the fight.
This post just got a “like” from Ontario. That’s almost painful. I grew up in Niagara County of NYS and have visited Canada probably hundreds of times. MANY visits to the Horseshoe Falls, dinners, Leafs game, meetings, etc., etc. When I had Sabres season tickets, the guy seated next to me was a Canadian. I learned and sang the Canadian national anthem attending those games. I’ve never thought of Canada as anything other than a friend, an ally, a simpatico sovereign nation to the north. I am so profoundly ashamed of our behavior, the imbecile my countrymen have twice elected president, and his traitorous enablers in congress.
I apologize to our Canadian friends for the detestable behavior of our most awful of all presidents. This too, like a kidney stone, will pass. In the meantime, however, we are stuck with "monstrously cruel and stupid" as our operating system, our default setting. What is worse (if that's possible) is that the Republican Party seems to be so totally bought in to this worldview that they would continue in it full force, even if Trump were gone.
DT is just doing what Netty Net and Putie Pie suggest- nay, what they TELL him to do.
Become their humanoid version of pre-vax COVID and all that implies for N. America's fiscal health.
But hey . . . at least he is still the Hater-in-Chief of those "Others" and the strong "Women."
So, archetypes: Zippy the pin-headed boy and self-hating Lulu Belle [racist-misogynistic cultists, both] are still, not unlike a 10-year-old, gray, crusty jockstrap, supportive, if more than a tad sandpapery.
#VOTE as if 77,300,000 Americans are Nutjobs #SAVE Ivanka from the kiddie rapist
Trump's demands on Canada, which have not been specifically listed in most news reports, reminded me of something. In 1914 after Franz Ferdinand was assassinated, Austria-Hungary made a series of demands on Serbia, whom they thought was behind the plot. Some were okay, but others would have destroyed its independence, so naturally the Belgrade government rejected them. And that was the excuse the Austrians wanted to invade, touching off World War I.
So as I see it, Trump is either incredibly stupid, or he is incredibly stupid and backed by people who want a real conflict (hopefully just economic) with Canada, if not the entire world. If so, their thinking seems to be that if they push hard enough they will win everything. Of course they won't, and likely one of the first casualties will be the death of the dollar as the international reserve currency. But logic and facts never mattered here.
The Guns of August….
Thank you for writing this brilliant article my husband and I both born in early 1950’s were taught about the Great Depression our grandparents and parents taught us more than we ever learned in school books.
The Smoot- Haley Act according to both of our families was the final hatchet to middle class Americans. Banks were frozen to lend a helping hand for small loans the department of agriculture stepped up for my husband’s family just enough to get seeds and fuel they farmed at that time over 2000 acres in Bucks County Pennsylvania the Department of Agricultural set up a back door deal with Campbell Soup where they grew tomatoes turnips and pumpkins other farmers across this country were not as fortunate.
My family had to join forces and moved to outside Harrisburg some made it some did not.
The point I would like to make is that from what we were taught ( I could give hundreds of more examples) that we are right now on a path to another Great Depression with absolutely no turning back. Of course Trump will blame Democrats blame Biden and sadly many Americans will believe him that we cannot change. I frequently think my grandfather’s advice that “ common sense “ pay attention will get you through any hardship. Buy what you need not what you want these days I believe are the worst this country has ever seen in history Dad would say if he was alive today” Buckle up your boot straps broken or not common sense is your compass”
Love it: Donald Herbert Hoover Trump or maybe Donald Herbert Adolf Hitloover Trump... I do not believe the saying that 'history repeats itself'... history is not an exterior, independent mechanism or cosmic/Einstein/Newton clock thing... rather, the appearance of history repeating itself is because we, the human race, keep doing the same stupid things over and over again. Thank you for the history lesson: I will study in greater detail. One thing: I don't believe Donald is doing this on his own; I think it's the (what are they called?) Project 2025 and Amerikkkan Enterprise Institute and other medievalist/anti-democracy conspiracy organizations that work for the oligarchs and with the oligarchs. The first thing to remember about the oligarchs is that they are international and have no loyalty to the USA or any other nation.... so we're dealing with sociopathic, ruthless hit & run robbers on a Billionaire scale... that is why Putin has surrounded himself with billionaires (mostly AIPAC brethren) whom he kills at a whim so that many have moved to London (now called Londongrad in honor of Stalin). We are at a critical moment in history. Either we get our Constitutional (balanced, Roman-style, Athenian, as modeled by the Founders) democracy back in November 2026, or I think we're going to go from sliding to plummeting into an abyss of no return. In Rome, it was 46 BCE with Julius Caesar finally finishing the job of the big money (boni et novi, traditional and newbies) and launching the thousand year tyranny of the empire. JTC
Great illustration. You are on the same page as I am with these predictions. Today I wrote "Trump Is Trying to Make Canada Bend. He May Be Teaching It to Live Without Us.
Mark Carney has discovered the one response Trump’s economic bullying is least equipped to handle: No." https://halbrown.substack.com/p/trump-is-trying-to-make-canada-bend
Now, if only Europe grew a spine. But not the fucktards, like Mark Ruttee, rush to D.C. to bend a knee, debase themselves and kiss the ring.And this behavior only empowers and encourages him,, it convinces him that he is he Emperor of the word, or at least the western hemisphere
Take Iran, there is no regime, I detest more, than the Islamic Regime of Iran, the mullahs hang young girls from construction cranes for "disrespecting" a head scarf,,the Guardians of the Revolution (IRGC) has power to act as it sees fit., summarily executing people,, and in January a volunteer force of religious fantics, the million man Basij) machine gunned 30,000 to 50,000 protesters.
Trump's war is also costing me at the gas pump and in the supermarket, but if the only way to get rid of Trumpism and MAGA is for Iran to win, then go Iran.
If I have to wear a hair shirt, to regain my freedom, my liberty then a hair shirt it is.
Cheeto Will Preside Over The Greatest Economic Collapse In Modern History
The petulant Cheeto aggravated by SCOTUS has doubled down on his tariff policy like a child not realizing that his ego driven economic scheme is not only impoverishing the American people with inflation but its currency itself.
Cheeto with his childish reckless policy will cause further undermining of the dollar like Hoover did in 1928 with his Smoot Haley Tariff Act. This Act coupled with an over bought equity market brought about the 1929 crash. The situation is eerily similar as what is happening now And China understands this.
China is not waging a financial war against the US as much as it is protecting itself from a collapse of the world’s fiat currency system led by dollar which is unfortunately the reserve currency of the globe. China saw the danger of the fiat currency system in 1982 and began accumulating gold and silver reserves and now estimates through cash flows of the country that she has between 40-70K tonnes of gold. When China announces its gold reserves it will signal the collapse of the dollar.
The commodity market in general should not be understood as an equity(stocks and bonds) market but as a reservoir of goods traded within a price range As Macleod points out, “These are the points that commentators miss. It’s not just gold and commodities rising, but their unit of account is falling — failing is a better description”( bit.ly/3MJ8exY) Gold as silver rising equates to the purchasing power of the dollar decreasing. Protect what wealth you have by using dollars which is credit to buy gold and silver which is real money.
Trump is a lifelong racketeer. They rule by extortion and, when necessary, by inflicting pain on those who disobey. Like most billionaires, he is not a genius businessman. He is just a ruthless sonovabitch who takes and takes and takes.
TACO put in the "two weeks" before it would go into effect. Distraction and Manipulation.