Trump administration 2024-2028

[Czech_pivo]

lol, our first cousins across the pond.

Even with all the piles of crap they are going through, their recent moves in with the Norwegians is brilliant.

 

[brihard]

Suddenly that Potash export terminal in Washington might get reconsidered.....

https://twitter.com/x/status/1998126698739708014

Amazingly, this is coming at the same time as he’s pledging to bail farmers out using… wait for it… Tariff money.

Trump unveils $12bn farm aid package amid global trade disputes - BBC News

The US agricultural sector has been hit hard by the Trump's administration's international trade wars.

www.bbc.com

The economic illiteracy on display here is staggering. He’s hurt farmers’ export markets by inviting reciprocal tariffs. Farmers are consequently suffering. And he’s gonna bail them out using the tax dollars from trade based levies on American consumers. But then he’s going to increase tariffs on one of their most essential inputs that cannot be produced domestically.

We have to follow the rules of the political subforum here, so I won’t opine on the intelligence of the act*ors*. But my God these are some profoundly stupid acts.

 

[IKnowNothing]

Amazingly, this is coming at the same time as he’s pledging to bail farmers out using… wait for it… Tariff money.

Trump unveils $12bn farm aid package amid global trade disputes - BBC News

The US agricultural sector has been hit hard by the Trump's administration's international trade wars.

www.bbc.com

The economic illiteracy on display here is staggering. He’s hurt farmers’ export markets by inviting reciprocal tariffs. Farmers are consequently suffering. And he’s gonna bail them out using the tax dollars from trade based levies on American consumers. But then he’s going to increase tariffs on one of their most essential inputs that cannot be produced domestically.

We have to follow the rules of the political subforum here, so I won’t opine on the intelligence of the act*ors*. But my God these are some profoundly stupid acts.

Not stupid. Dogmatic cognitive dissonance trying to reconcile doctrine with reality.

They really believe in the Miran playbook.

 

[QV]

Well... That's depressing.

The comments on that article are an interesting yet unsurprising mix.

 

[Eaglelord17]

Amazingly, this is coming at the same time as he’s pledging to bail farmers out using… wait for it… Tariff money.

Trump unveils $12bn farm aid package amid global trade disputes - BBC News

The US agricultural sector has been hit hard by the Trump's administration's international trade wars.

www.bbc.com

The economic illiteracy on display here is staggering. He’s hurt farmers’ export markets by inviting reciprocal tariffs. Farmers are consequently suffering. And he’s gonna bail them out using the tax dollars from trade based levies on American consumers. But then he’s going to increase tariffs on one of their most essential inputs that cannot be produced domestically.

We have to follow the rules of the political subforum here, so I won’t opine on the intelligence of the act*ors*. But my God these are some profoundly stupid acts.

Don’t forget cutting US foreign aid which a large part of it was spent on buying grain and such from, drum roll… US farmers.

 

[brihard]

Don’t forget cutting US foreign aid which a large part of it was spent on buying grain and such from, drum roll… US farmers.

Crazy talk.

 

[QV]

I’d just like to take this moment to reflect on something…. For 30 years working in defence I’ve lived the “do more with less”… the vast majority of my working life was in this atmosphere. A constant state of restraint and workarounds. Demoralizing and subduing to say the least. Despite agreements to meet 2%, years and years and several different POTUS engagements, regardless of dangerous emerging threats, no meaningful change, no urgency, just withering and rot.

Recently, I’ve never seen the kind of energy and engagement to push major projects, capability advancement and infra improvements through (defence related). All in the last few months. Though we are trying to restart from way behind, the energy is refreshing.

I’m stalwart in my belief that none of this would be occurring at this rate without the blunt force instrument that is Trump.

 

[Cloud Cover]

I’d just like to take this moment to reflect on something…. For 30 years working in defence I’ve lived the “do more with less”… the vast majority of my working life was in this atmosphere. A constant state of restraint and workarounds. Demoralizing and subduing to say the least. Despite agreements to meet 2%, years and years and several different POTUS engagements, regardless of dangerous emerging threats, no meaningful change, no urgency, just withering and rot.

Recently, I’ve never seen the kind of energy and engagement to push major projects, capability advancement and infra improvements through (defence related). All in the last few months. Though we are trying to restart from way behind, the energy is refreshing.

I’m stalwart in my belief that none of this would be occurring at this rate without the blunt force instrument that is Trump.

All true.

Just wait until the shewtin’ starts.

 

[brihard]

I’d just like to take this moment to reflect on something…. For 30 years working in defence I’ve lived the “do more with less”… the vast majority of my working life was in this atmosphere. A constant state of restraint and workarounds. Demoralizing and subduing to say the least. Despite agreements to meet 2%, years and years and several different POTUS engagements, regardless of dangerous emerging threats, no meaningful change, no urgency, just withering and rot.

Recently, I’ve never seen the kind of energy and engagement to push major projects, capability advancement and infra improvements through (defence related). All in the last few months. Though we are trying to restart from way behind, the energy is refreshing.

I’m stalwart in my belief that none of this would be occurring at this rate without the blunt force instrument that is Trump.

Indeed. It’s wold what an external threat will do to catalyze action.