We will never trust you again

[Kirkhill]

Matt Gurney: 'We will never fucking trust you again'

Some blunt talk for our American neighbours at the Halifax International Security Forum.

substack.com

 

[Brad Sallows]

Did none of those people ever think about how ordinary US taxpayers felt about the money US politicians were willing to spend around the world?

 

[Remius]

Did none of those people ever think about how ordinary US taxpayers felt about the money US politicians were willing to spend around the world?

Given the level of understanding on how tariffs work, I doubt they had a clue how that worked.

 

[QV]

The headline of that article reads like a petulant child that got his toy taken away for not doing his chores.

 

[Remius]

The headline of that article reads like a petulant child that got his toy taken away for not doing his chores.

Quoting what appears to be our British friends.

It isn’t just us. And they are not wrong,

 

[Kirkhill]

I sympathize with those Yanks that have been paying the bills for the last 80 years.

Unfortunately for the rest of us we were given to believe the Yanks had figured out history. They were wrong and we were wrong.

We are right to lose trust. We don't need to be nasty about it. Growing up and losing trust kind of go hand in hand.

Sooner or later we were going to have to stand on our feet and suffer the consequences of our own decisions.

 

[Czech_pivo]

Did none of those people ever think about how ordinary US taxpayers felt about the money US politicians were willing to spend around the world?

Maybe they should have spent a bit more time learning about yellow cake uranium and Niger over 20yrs ago when the most recent bleeding of US treasure started.

To be the world's Reserve Currency and the stay the Reserve Currency requires the continuous spending of copious amounts of money. They can make the choice to give up this mantel and pass it along to the next contender as is the process of following world history. Or, if they like, they can try Door #2 and attempt to black mail the rest of the western world into following their lead, to keep the music going, and have us spend our money with theirs in keeping the gig from being up for another decade or two.

During that time period, the next 1 to maybe 2 decades, they better hope that China self-implodes, effectively removing themselves from being the next contender.