Trump administration 2024-2028

[QV]

Oh, your talking about the time period after the Cold War when every single country in NATO cut back defense spending, including the US?

I'm talking about the continued degrading of the Canadian military post WWII all the way to today. Nothing is going to justify the state Canada has found itself in these past decades. It was stupid then, and remains stupid today. And now we are scrambling and the threats are growing.

 

[Czech_pivo]

I'm talking about the continued degrading of the Canadian military post WWII all the way to today. Nothing is going to justify the state Canada has found itself in these past decades. It was stupid then, and remains stupid today. And now we are scrambling and the threats are growing.

Yes and No.
There was no way that a country of our population size could continue the defence spending from WWII through the late 1950s after Korea settled down.
But, with that being said, by the 2005-2010 time period there should have been a definite shift back towards taking our responsibilities as a G7 and founding NATO member seriously. Sadly, outside of the US, we had no other role models with NATO to follow as they all were doing the same thing as us.

 

[Cloud Cover]

When did Canada get responsible between 2011 and Q1 2025.

 

[QV]

Sadly, outside of the US, we had no other role models with NATO to follow as they all were doing the same thing as us.

With that last bit... can we at least acknowledge the US position is somewhat justified?

 

[Brad Sallows]

Meanwhile something seems to be going right, for some reason...

Any kind of stress tends to accelerate the failure of weak players in the game. I'd expect to see depressed bottom line numbers in an employers' hiring market and improved numbers in an employees' hiring market. We currently have the latter, if all the screaming from public agencies and private enterprises is to be believed. People unwilling to remain unemployed should be snapped up and their time moved from lower-value to higher-value outputs.

And then there are all the other factors which render any speculation on single factors, including the above, into mere guesswork. It's very difficult to know why things haven't cratered to match doom-and-gloom "trade war" predictions. If a (predicted by some) post-Christmas slump doesn't happen, those predictions can pretty much be discarded.

 

[Czech_pivo]

When did Canada get responsible between 2011 and Q1 2025.

We didn't, I was trying to say that during the years when we were dealing with the demands in Afghanistan, a complete end to end overhaul of the CAF resource/spending needs should have been done and then naturally carried forward with the 2% baseline become the floor.

 

[Czech_pivo]

With that last bit... can we at least acknowledge the US position is somewhat justified?

100% - I am in agreement, we have dropped the ball for so long that no one even bothers to consider throwing it to us anymore.

 

[MilEME09]

$10 says the trump administration ignores russia tried to blow up US bound flights

Russia’s hybrid warfare puts Europe to the test

Officials suspect a campaign of sabotage that once looked opportunistic may be a strategic escalation

www.ft.com

 

[PPCLI Guy]

This is madness.....and will completely kill the tourist based hospitality industry

Tourists to US would have to reveal five years of social media activity under new Trump plan

Proposed plan would apply to tourists of all countries, including those not required to get a visa to visit the US

www.theguardian.com

All tourists to the United States would have to reveal their social media activity from the last five years, under new Trump administration plans.

Customs and Border Protection (CBP), an agency under the Department of Homeland Security (DHS), would also require any email addresses and telephone numbers visitors have used in the same period, and the names, addresses, birthdates and birthplaces of family members, including children.


The proposal was published on Tuesday in a Federal Register notice, the official publication of the US government, which is put out daily. This called the new disclosures “mandatory” for entry into the US. It would apply to people of all countries, regardless of whether they require visas or are currently permitted to complete an Electronic System for Travel Authorization (Esta) instead. That includes visitors from Britain, Australia, Germany and Japan, who are not required to get a tourist visa before visiting the US.

 

[PMedMoe]

Fuck that shit.

 

[dapaterson]

This is madness.....and will completely kill the tourist based hospitality industry

Tourists to US would have to reveal five years of social media activity under new Trump plan

Proposed plan would apply to tourists of all countries, including those not required to get a visa to visit the US

www.theguardian.com

That comment won't be cleared from having to be disclosed until 10 Dec 2030...

 

[PPCLI Guy]

That comment won't be cleared from having to be disclosed until 10 Dec 2030...

No chance that I am visiting there for some time.

 

[Halifax Tar]

This is madness.....and will completely kill the tourist based hospitality industry

Tourists to US would have to reveal five years of social media activity under new Trump plan

Proposed plan would apply to tourists of all countries, including those not required to get a visa to visit the US

www.theguardian.com

We have some very common ports in the US. Norfolk, Mayport, Hawaii... I wonder if this will affect that...

 

[Rifleman62]

You can bet the social media search will be to detect any negative Trump posts.

The US should check Putin's posts /correspondence. Bet there would be tons of super negative Trump posts.

 

[Brad Sallows]

It would be applicable only to ESTA applications. It's a ridiculous proposal and strikes me as impractical as well as illiberal, but it's only a proposal at present.

 

[Furniture]

This is madness.....and will completely kill the tourist based hospitality industry

Tourists to US would have to reveal five years of social media activity under new Trump plan

Proposed plan would apply to tourists of all countries, including those not required to get a visa to visit the US

www.theguardian.com

They really seem to not like their own tourism industry...

Or want to isolate the American population from the rest of the world, so they can do as they please...

 

[McG]

This is madness.....and will completely kill the tourist based hospitality industry

It is an authoritarian kleptocracy and a “show me your papers” state.
There is no longer a right to privy, not freedom from random search & detention. But, wealth can buy privilege, including pardon for pretty horrible crimes, for some.

The CAF is going to find it harder and harder to fill OUTCAN positions in the US.

 

[Altair]

This is madness.....and will completely kill the tourist based hospitality industry

Tourists to US would have to reveal five years of social media activity under new Trump plan

Proposed plan would apply to tourists of all countries, including those not required to get a visa to visit the US

www.theguardian.com

I went to Mexico this year. One of the flight options was through Newark. The wife and I decided NOT to go through the USA, direct flight to Mexico instead, but if we did I was fully prepared to buy a burner phone and leave mine at home.

 

[daftandbarmy]

It is an authoritarian kleptocracy and a “show me your papers” state.
There is no longer a right to privy, not freedom from random search & detention. But, wealth can buy privilege, including pardon for pretty horrible crimes, for some.

The CAF is going to find it harder and harder to fill OUTCAN positions in the US.

And yet, America doesn't care about our puny desires.

Despite the odious trimmings, there are some clear advantages to being the richest, most powerful and productive country on earth and everyone is now learning the hard way about that.

It's realpolitik time, and we'd all better get good at dealing with the opposite of everything that came before Trump 47... even the font styles have changed, apparently.

Font of ‘wasteful’ diversity: Trump’s state department orders return to Times New Roman

Memo from Marco Rubio reportedly said cutting Calibri from official communication would ‘abolish yet another wasteful DEIA program’

www.theguardian.com