Subj : Re: US tariff retaliation
To   : paulie420
From : hollowone
Date : Thu Mar 06 2025 12:34 am

pa> (...) I really think
pa> Trump has a master plan and is going to execute more than anyone in the
pa> country ever thought he COULD. He's running, and I don't think he'll
pa> slow down until 11:59PM on Jan 20 2029.

Time will show, but it definitively look like gambling a lot.
Gambling and abusing the world we all knew for decades sure.

All you don't calculate in is that there are counter powers and as much as it is difficult to abandon many business and alliance relations with US in the shor term. In the long term you'll be internationally alone.

That's the feeling you guys don't know yet and may be tricky to swallow.

Also all that investment most likely won't work if you don't import another army of Indian programmers and CEOs ;) kind of contrary to all the immigration politics stated today ;)

I'm far away, and your biggest "success" is that I stopped taking care or hoping America can be an international partner and I'm more about to support we all should eventually build counter-US alliance in the remaining part of the west.

Happy to sell cheaper cars from Asia and EU to Canadians, by the way. Happy to kick off US army from the north if we all mobilize better. It'd be funny to finally see the real face of Uncle Sam once more time... like the one Native Americans felt 150 years ago when they just wanted to continue as it is without any harm to any other.

I like you Paulie, but when one rereads what you say, all is seen is general accusations without details, proof points, and data. That's typical to populists you're so gently buying. And try to observe.. among common people they are attractive only to the people who struggle. Those are also the people Elon names as parasites.

Those who don't struggle don't give a shit and just mobilize counter measures.

World will be fun for sure. No less dangerous regardless of any peace plan tyrants impose.

cheers.

-h1

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