Thanks Fred, great article that doesn’t make any sense: Reduce government income by not collecting taxes on the ppl who have money. Raise government income by collecting taxes on the ppl who don’t. Enrich corporations, bankrupt the poor.
DJT has always been a liar and why any country would believe what he says boggles my mind. He’s always been up front that laws don’t apply to him so ALL countries with any kind of “agreement “ MUST reconsider what is best for their country! SAD, SAD, SAD, 🤬🤬🤬
The problem isn’t whether someone likes or dislikes Trump... it’s that allies have now seen policies change within hours, even after court rulings.
For governments, that creates risk.
Countries don’t make decisions based on personalities. They make them based on predictability. And right now, predictability is exactly what’s in question.
🇺🇸 has avoided signing on, and backing out, of any international agreements and treaties to escape accountability for its foreign policy objectives. With its “exceptionalism” mentality it deems itself above the law when it serves their interests but lectures other countries about following the “rules based international order” and “democratic values”. What hypocrisy 😡! Nothing the orange 🍊 potato says or signs by executive orders can be trusted. An executive order by itself means overruling its own legislative law.
The only thing more concerning than watching a Sick Vile Psychopath Predator with no Morals or Scruples destroy Lives, Democracy and Freedom is watching one in Power doing so with a BRAIN DISEASE and SEVERE CONFABULATION that exacerbates the destruction and chaos. If those around him don't intervene he will undoubtedly continue to destroy the US (excluding the Rich & Powerful, of course) and cause more devastation across the Globe. Let's be clear, WE KNOW and even within that demented brain HE KNOWS he's on deaths door; a disturbingly dangerous position for anyone in power...but this Sick F#CK & his White Supremacy Project 2025 Cronies have taken it beyond a threshold most have never experienced before. Every Country is Painfully Aware to Expect anything but rational responses; It's what to do about it that remains equally unsettling.
I'm not sure why this is a surprise. Trump said months ago that he had a pivot available if the Supreme Court refuted his current tariff regime. There's a much bigger elephant in the room in my opinion. The U.S.A. is slowly going bankrupt. The country needs the revenue from tariffs. The chest-pounding is SOP for the cover-up of this reality.
The U.S. Dollar is devaluing, alternate trade currencies are being developed, the free world is rearming and finding new trade arrangements. The rich are getting richer and there's more of them; the poor are getting poorer and angrier. A major industry of the country is the buying and selling of drugs.
Trump is now looking at wars to stay in power. A gestapo has been developed to protect the rich and powerful. The stock market is overvalued and inflated by the gamble on AI. 2029 approaches; the 100 year hiatus will soon be over.
There are a few different issues mixed together there Jim.
The U.S. isn’t “going bankrupt” in the literal sense... countries that control their own currency don’t collapse the same way households or companies do.
But debt levels are high, deficits are rising, and tariffs can look politically attractive because they create revenue without calling it a tax.
Where I do think you’re right is the broader shift.
We're seeing...
• more regional trade blocs
• more defence spending globally
• countries hedging against U.S. policy risk
• growing inequality pressures inside many economies
That’s not collapse... it’s transition.
History usually moves through messy adjustment periods before a new balance forms.
It may be transition for many countries and the start of collapse for the U.S. I think the U.S. economy is in serious trouble and its collapse will be damaging for many countries and Canada in particular. My allusion to 1929 reflects my concern.
It's transactional with Trump. It's also a power play. And it's to tweak the noses of those who actually believe in the separation of powers under the Constitution
Nice read! I am surprised the world took this long to start treating America the pariah it is. After all he tried this in regime 1.0. I hope that Europe and others pulls back any concessions it made to get the non deal. It seems Europe is still trying to argue that they should stick to their original concessions, because they are honorable, how dumb. They should refuse to deal with America on anything. 20% tariffs on America, trump can't go that high, and even his 15% is 150 days max. Just to make him freak out and his head explode.
I was reading the latest Hansard transcripts, and you can see this anxiety spilling onto the House floor. You noted that Canada faces a major trade agreement review soon. The stakes are incredibly high. Roughly 89% of Canadian exports survived those initial tariffs strictly because they followed CUSMA (our free trade deal) rules. The panic in Ottawa is that this new White House workaround might erase those exemptions entirely. If Washington ignores signed agreements, our biggest economic shield becomes worthless.
It is clear that Trump‘s old tariff and new tariffs in any Tarah he puts on so if it will be completely illegal as they cannot replicate the same lunacy is done in the past.
We now have a giant hole in the budget, and the Congress just now say we do not have the funds anymore. The budget has changed completely and we need to completely eliminate ICE and the concentration camps in order to start balancing the budget.
American people just riding the tide and not intervening in charting their own course explains perfectly what are the consequences in this article and others you published. You provide information that goes beyond reporting actions but what are the adverse and potential permanent negative results that isn't just political but individual life changing and not in a good way. Thank You. We need all the help we can get to face hard truths.
Thanks Fred, great article that doesn’t make any sense: Reduce government income by not collecting taxes on the ppl who have money. Raise government income by collecting taxes on the ppl who don’t. Enrich corporations, bankrupt the poor.
Two classes:
Elites vs Wage Slaves
I get the frustration. What we’re seeing right now is less about left vs right and more about structural imbalance.
When policies shift benefits toward capital instead of labour, inequality widens... that’s just math, not ideology.
The real question isn’t “elites vs everyone else.”
It’s whether governments can keep economies stable enough that the middle class still exists.
That’s the part a lot of people are worried about.
“Elites vs everyone else” is reality, the elites have their thumbs on govt.
DJT has always been a liar and why any country would believe what he says boggles my mind. He’s always been up front that laws don’t apply to him so ALL countries with any kind of “agreement “ MUST reconsider what is best for their country! SAD, SAD, SAD, 🤬🤬🤬
You’re not wrong about the trust issue Karen.
The problem isn’t whether someone likes or dislikes Trump... it’s that allies have now seen policies change within hours, even after court rulings.
For governments, that creates risk.
Countries don’t make decisions based on personalities. They make them based on predictability. And right now, predictability is exactly what’s in question.
That’s why you’re seeing recalculations globally.
🇺🇸 has avoided signing on, and backing out, of any international agreements and treaties to escape accountability for its foreign policy objectives. With its “exceptionalism” mentality it deems itself above the law when it serves their interests but lectures other countries about following the “rules based international order” and “democratic values”. What hypocrisy 😡! Nothing the orange 🍊 potato says or signs by executive orders can be trusted. An executive order by itself means overruling its own legislative law.
There’s definitely frustration around consistency... and not just now.
U.S. foreign policy has always balanced ideals with national interest, like every major power does.
What’s different recently is the perception of volatility.
Allies can manage disagreements.
What’s harder is when policies shift quickly or agreements feel uncertain.
That’s when countries start building alternatives... not out of anger, but risk management.
Trust in international relationships isn’t about perfection.
It’s about predictability.
That’s the part being tested.
The only thing more concerning than watching a Sick Vile Psychopath Predator with no Morals or Scruples destroy Lives, Democracy and Freedom is watching one in Power doing so with a BRAIN DISEASE and SEVERE CONFABULATION that exacerbates the destruction and chaos. If those around him don't intervene he will undoubtedly continue to destroy the US (excluding the Rich & Powerful, of course) and cause more devastation across the Globe. Let's be clear, WE KNOW and even within that demented brain HE KNOWS he's on deaths door; a disturbingly dangerous position for anyone in power...but this Sick F#CK & his White Supremacy Project 2025 Cronies have taken it beyond a threshold most have never experienced before. Every Country is Painfully Aware to Expect anything but rational responses; It's what to do about it that remains equally unsettling.
I'm not sure why this is a surprise. Trump said months ago that he had a pivot available if the Supreme Court refuted his current tariff regime. There's a much bigger elephant in the room in my opinion. The U.S.A. is slowly going bankrupt. The country needs the revenue from tariffs. The chest-pounding is SOP for the cover-up of this reality.
The U.S. Dollar is devaluing, alternate trade currencies are being developed, the free world is rearming and finding new trade arrangements. The rich are getting richer and there's more of them; the poor are getting poorer and angrier. A major industry of the country is the buying and selling of drugs.
Trump is now looking at wars to stay in power. A gestapo has been developed to protect the rich and powerful. The stock market is overvalued and inflated by the gamble on AI. 2029 approaches; the 100 year hiatus will soon be over.
There are a few different issues mixed together there Jim.
The U.S. isn’t “going bankrupt” in the literal sense... countries that control their own currency don’t collapse the same way households or companies do.
But debt levels are high, deficits are rising, and tariffs can look politically attractive because they create revenue without calling it a tax.
Where I do think you’re right is the broader shift.
We're seeing...
• more regional trade blocs
• more defence spending globally
• countries hedging against U.S. policy risk
• growing inequality pressures inside many economies
That’s not collapse... it’s transition.
History usually moves through messy adjustment periods before a new balance forms.
The question is how disruptive this one becomes.
It may be transition for many countries and the start of collapse for the U.S. I think the U.S. economy is in serious trouble and its collapse will be damaging for many countries and Canada in particular. My allusion to 1929 reflects my concern.
It's transactional with Trump. It's also a power play. And it's to tweak the noses of those who actually believe in the separation of powers under the Constitution
There’s definitely a transactional element to how he approaches negotiations Richard... leverage first, structure later.
Where it becomes bigger than personality is the institutional question.
Allies pay attention to whether decisions are stable across branches of government and over time.
When that stability looks uncertain, countries hedge. That’s not political... it’s strategic.
That’s why this moment is getting so much attention internationally.
Mark Carney will bring all over that.
Nice read! I am surprised the world took this long to start treating America the pariah it is. After all he tried this in regime 1.0. I hope that Europe and others pulls back any concessions it made to get the non deal. It seems Europe is still trying to argue that they should stick to their original concessions, because they are honorable, how dumb. They should refuse to deal with America on anything. 20% tariffs on America, trump can't go that high, and even his 15% is 150 days max. Just to make him freak out and his head explode.
Have you ever seen the Russian Constitution? (Or the USSR edition?) It’s a legal-looking palaver about rights and some such. We got one too!
I was reading the latest Hansard transcripts, and you can see this anxiety spilling onto the House floor. You noted that Canada faces a major trade agreement review soon. The stakes are incredibly high. Roughly 89% of Canadian exports survived those initial tariffs strictly because they followed CUSMA (our free trade deal) rules. The panic in Ottawa is that this new White House workaround might erase those exemptions entirely. If Washington ignores signed agreements, our biggest economic shield becomes worthless.
The orange clowns tariffs sound more like very his own ponzi scheme. The money disappears and he finds a way to get us to pay more to fund his schemes
It is clear that Trump‘s old tariff and new tariffs in any Tarah he puts on so if it will be completely illegal as they cannot replicate the same lunacy is done in the past.
We now have a giant hole in the budget, and the Congress just now say we do not have the funds anymore. The budget has changed completely and we need to completely eliminate ICE and the concentration camps in order to start balancing the budget.
American people just riding the tide and not intervening in charting their own course explains perfectly what are the consequences in this article and others you published. You provide information that goes beyond reporting actions but what are the adverse and potential permanent negative results that isn't just political but individual life changing and not in a good way. Thank You. We need all the help we can get to face hard truths.