Daniel can you please move in next door to me so we can have endless chats about how we see the world. I live in Haslemere on the West Sussex border - it is beautiful. Joking aside I find your interpretation of world affairs so similar to my own. I guess like me you have been totally immersed in US politics and the Brexit debacle since at least 2016 and like me you probably think more like an American than a British citizen in terms of 'live free or die'. I often feel more at home talking to my American friends on Substack than my British friends I have known for decades. From what I understand ever since China was first allowed into the WTO it has rigged the system in one way or another. Trump knows that and he also understands what power he has at his disposal and I for one am delighted that he is attempting a reset of the good kind. I remember Eric Weinstein being asked on a podcast what Trump would do when he took office. Eric responded - "He is going to renegotiate the world". He sure is doing exactly that and I am cheering him on because I know how corrupted the entire global system is.
I’d be honoured to be your neighbour Patricia…my kids might drive you mad with all their noise though! 😉 yes we are very similar, I feel far more aligned with MAGA people most of the time now than with most Brits. I still count myself an English nationalist but many of my countrymen and women are utterly dependent on MSM and consequently clueless on everything that matters.
I agree. I just came across a quote from French Enlightenment philosopher Rousseau
who believed that a government should express the will of its people and allow for the people to possess individual freedom. He warned how 'authority' can poison the mind of the citizen and disable it: "If you ever substitute in his mind authority for reason, he will no longer reason. He will be nothing more than a plaything of others’ opinions".
And, worse, you are ruled by fools who hate and mistreat their native born British citizens more than their predecessors hated and mistreated their colonial subjects in America. You might consider the treatment of hot tar and feathers that we administered to them. And the hot lead to their toadies in red jackets.
100 per cent. The reciprocal tariffs have been deferred for 90 days. In effect Trump has called the bluff of the EU and others. What do they think will happen after the 90 days? If only Britain had a Government willing to do likewise after the Referendum, instead of all the wailing from the Establishment and the legacy media that "we couldn't leave without a deal", so consequently the EU were allowed to walk all over the UK, which of course the UK Establishment was inviting them to do all along as some sort of punishment for Brexit. Incidentally, these are the same people who have been wailing the most about Trump's reciprocal tariffs. Unlike them, he is made of sterner stuff and is putting America and American citizens first, which he has every right to do.
I agree with you 100%. To my mind we should have told the EU we were leaving and then said if you want a trade deal send it over and we will consider it. Trump was very willing to give us a trade deal in his first term but as you detail the will of the people was not in alignment with the globalist establishment so as per usual 'We the People' were overridden.
The heartland of America has been hollowed out by these policies that have created little but despair, drugs and dependency. Yet the top 10% continue to pursue corporate socialism and fealty to the commie mafia in Beijing. And still none dare call it treason.....
It's so depressing that all the idiots who think they know everything because the BBC or their newspaper has "indepth discussions with experts" won't even listen to any other view. They know that Trump Is Mad! Vance Is Evil! Musk Is The Devil! (and obviously Putin Is Hitler!). Therefore, anything the current US administration do simply must be wrong and designed to destroy us all. These are all the idiots who believe wholeheartedly that Covid Is Deadly! The Vaccines Saved Millions Of Lives! Lockdowns Worked! Masks Worked! They also firmly believe Ukraine Is A Democracy! Zelensky Is Churchillian! They mostly all agree that Brexit Was Racist!
Love this — you’re all over it. Trump isn’t blinking, he’s negotiating — something he loves and is very good at. The US has needed a businessman at the helm for a very long time. Trump’s first 4 years were stymied by Congress and questionable Cabinet picks — because he was new to politics — but he is very smart and learned from that experience. It’s glorious.
There’s so many of us in western nations who would rather be ruled by MAGA and Trump than our current leaders. Canada and the UK are both in terrible states, as is Australia.
The idiosyncratic blogger el gato malo (no caps, cat fetish) is a very smart guy and argues against Trump’s tariffs. “if other countries oppress their own consumers, limit their choices, and force deadweight losses upon them [by applying protectionist tariffs], should the US follow suit and do the same? … the big question that emerges is how much of this is sincere and how much is just high stress posturing for negotiation. i’m not sure anyone really knows, including trump.” https://boriquagato.substack.com/p/talking-tariffs.
In his latest post he points to 2008 as the real start of US manufacturing decline, saying it was caused “domestically with bad energy and labor policy, over support of unions, and horrible litigation risks and hurdles especially driven by the EPA and other federal agencies. … so long as this issue remains unresolved (and it does), if the world moved to 100% free trade tomorrow with no country limiting US goods and the US limiting no goods from any nation, this would not drive an onshoring of industry to the US. it would drive more industry offshore because that’s how comparative advantage works.” https://boriquagato.substack.com/p/the-enemy-of-us-industry.
Maybe the Trump team has mis-diagnosed the problem or maybe their tariffs are only an opening ploy (as El Gato suggests) for much wider negotiations. I like that El Gato is pointing the finger at relatively recent environmental and energy policies. This ties in with what I have been saying for two decades that the 2008 Climate Change Act which metastasised in 2019 into Net Zero would in due course wreck the economy if left to run unchecked.
It would be great if this argument could be put to our cretinous politicians/globalist puppets.
I agree that tariffs [and wider negotiations] and DOCE are twin strategies. We have to get rid of all the grifting NGOs and lawfare which prevents politicians from doing what the electorate expect them to do.
Daniel can you please move in next door to me so we can have endless chats about how we see the world. I live in Haslemere on the West Sussex border - it is beautiful. Joking aside I find your interpretation of world affairs so similar to my own. I guess like me you have been totally immersed in US politics and the Brexit debacle since at least 2016 and like me you probably think more like an American than a British citizen in terms of 'live free or die'. I often feel more at home talking to my American friends on Substack than my British friends I have known for decades. From what I understand ever since China was first allowed into the WTO it has rigged the system in one way or another. Trump knows that and he also understands what power he has at his disposal and I for one am delighted that he is attempting a reset of the good kind. I remember Eric Weinstein being asked on a podcast what Trump would do when he took office. Eric responded - "He is going to renegotiate the world". He sure is doing exactly that and I am cheering him on because I know how corrupted the entire global system is.
I’d be honoured to be your neighbour Patricia…my kids might drive you mad with all their noise though! 😉 yes we are very similar, I feel far more aligned with MAGA people most of the time now than with most Brits. I still count myself an English nationalist but many of my countrymen and women are utterly dependent on MSM and consequently clueless on everything that matters.
I agree. I just came across a quote from French Enlightenment philosopher Rousseau
who believed that a government should express the will of its people and allow for the people to possess individual freedom. He warned how 'authority' can poison the mind of the citizen and disable it: "If you ever substitute in his mind authority for reason, he will no longer reason. He will be nothing more than a plaything of others’ opinions".
That’s an instance of a bad person saying a wise thing. Generally Rousseau was terrible, coming up with the ‘noble savage’ idea for instance.
Yes very true
And, worse, you are ruled by fools who hate and mistreat their native born British citizens more than their predecessors hated and mistreated their colonial subjects in America. You might consider the treatment of hot tar and feathers that we administered to them. And the hot lead to their toadies in red jackets.
I’d say that present day Globalists are considerably worse, tbh.
100 per cent. The reciprocal tariffs have been deferred for 90 days. In effect Trump has called the bluff of the EU and others. What do they think will happen after the 90 days? If only Britain had a Government willing to do likewise after the Referendum, instead of all the wailing from the Establishment and the legacy media that "we couldn't leave without a deal", so consequently the EU were allowed to walk all over the UK, which of course the UK Establishment was inviting them to do all along as some sort of punishment for Brexit. Incidentally, these are the same people who have been wailing the most about Trump's reciprocal tariffs. Unlike them, he is made of sterner stuff and is putting America and American citizens first, which he has every right to do.
Absolutely. We ended up with a terrible deal that crippled all the promise of Brexit.
I agree with you 100%. To my mind we should have told the EU we were leaving and then said if you want a trade deal send it over and we will consider it. Trump was very willing to give us a trade deal in his first term but as you detail the will of the people was not in alignment with the globalist establishment so as per usual 'We the People' were overridden.
Very good article. And precisely the correct length. 😉
Haha, thanks. 😂
The heartland of America has been hollowed out by these policies that have created little but despair, drugs and dependency. Yet the top 10% continue to pursue corporate socialism and fealty to the commie mafia in Beijing. And still none dare call it treason.....
In a nutshell!
I am no logistic expert, but it’s like adding 2+2. Britains only hope was Liz Truss, and look what the irrational plebs did to her.
Exactly!
It's so depressing that all the idiots who think they know everything because the BBC or their newspaper has "indepth discussions with experts" won't even listen to any other view. They know that Trump Is Mad! Vance Is Evil! Musk Is The Devil! (and obviously Putin Is Hitler!). Therefore, anything the current US administration do simply must be wrong and designed to destroy us all. These are all the idiots who believe wholeheartedly that Covid Is Deadly! The Vaccines Saved Millions Of Lives! Lockdowns Worked! Masks Worked! They also firmly believe Ukraine Is A Democracy! Zelensky Is Churchillian! They mostly all agree that Brexit Was Racist!
You will note they think in slogans not ideas!
The good stuff Trump is doing needs to be codified by Congress…
True.
For Australia it started with the Lima 'Agreement' which was signed by the foul Whitlam in 1972.
MSM, do you think Trump hasn't thought this through? He's light years ahead in thought and, more importantly action. God bless him.
Love this — you’re all over it. Trump isn’t blinking, he’s negotiating — something he loves and is very good at. The US has needed a businessman at the helm for a very long time. Trump’s first 4 years were stymied by Congress and questionable Cabinet picks — because he was new to politics — but he is very smart and learned from that experience. It’s glorious.
Thanks and I agree. It is glorious.
Daniel, you've got another new neighbour here too !
If only POTUS 47 would make us the 51st State (or is it 52nd after Greenland) and get us out of this shitshow we're in !
There’s so many of us in western nations who would rather be ruled by MAGA and Trump than our current leaders. Canada and the UK are both in terrible states, as is Australia.
The idiosyncratic blogger el gato malo (no caps, cat fetish) is a very smart guy and argues against Trump’s tariffs. “if other countries oppress their own consumers, limit their choices, and force deadweight losses upon them [by applying protectionist tariffs], should the US follow suit and do the same? … the big question that emerges is how much of this is sincere and how much is just high stress posturing for negotiation. i’m not sure anyone really knows, including trump.” https://boriquagato.substack.com/p/talking-tariffs.
In his latest post he points to 2008 as the real start of US manufacturing decline, saying it was caused “domestically with bad energy and labor policy, over support of unions, and horrible litigation risks and hurdles especially driven by the EPA and other federal agencies. … so long as this issue remains unresolved (and it does), if the world moved to 100% free trade tomorrow with no country limiting US goods and the US limiting no goods from any nation, this would not drive an onshoring of industry to the US. it would drive more industry offshore because that’s how comparative advantage works.” https://boriquagato.substack.com/p/the-enemy-of-us-industry.
Maybe the Trump team has mis-diagnosed the problem or maybe their tariffs are only an opening ploy (as El Gato suggests) for much wider negotiations. I like that El Gato is pointing the finger at relatively recent environmental and energy policies. This ties in with what I have been saying for two decades that the 2008 Climate Change Act which metastasised in 2019 into Net Zero would in due course wreck the economy if left to run unchecked.
It would be great if this argument could be put to our cretinous politicians/globalist puppets.
I agree that tariffs [and wider negotiations] and DOCE are twin strategies. We have to get rid of all the grifting NGOs and lawfare which prevents politicians from doing what the electorate expect them to do.
I think that blogger will be proven wrong, so long as Trump’s hands aren’t tied.
Yup.
Precisely put. Thank you.
Good on you!
We live in interesting times...