Subj : Re: US tariff retaliation
To   : hollowone
From : Arelor
Date : Fri Mar 07 2025 06:38 am

 Re: Re: US tariff retaliation
 By: hollowone to paulie420 on Thu Mar 06 2025 12:34 am

> 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.

Actually, it feels to me like Trump intends to become less linked economically to European powers. I think he believes the real threat to American hegemony is China.

European population has been very anti-american since the Bush days. Also, Europe is falling into irrelevancy quite fast (traditionally powerful European countries such as France and Germany are in deep political or economical crisis, and the growth of the Eurozone compared to pretty much everybody else in the last couple of years has been laughable). So I guess Trump, being an isolationist, believes he can play economical poker since Europe is in a visibly weakened position.

TBH it looks to me like Trump's strategy right now is to do what I do in life and keep a small bunch of real friends besides, rather than a large group of false friends. This is why Trump was seen endorsing Morrocco when it comes to the sovereignity of Ceuta and Melilla against the interests of Spain. It might look like a dick move until you realize Spain has been a mostly anti-american countryfor, dunno, more than 20 years...? and our President has declared himself to be the leader of the worldwide opposition to American policies... When you add that last time Spanish military did a coordinated operation with Americans, the Spanish ran away when the fighting started, it is no wonder America would get rid of our "support".

So, all in all, I don't think the tariff move is a fumble. I don't think it is good either - commerce is the ultimate pacification phenomena, so it should not be impedded.



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