Where is/can Donald Trump take US (sic)?

[luutzu]

This sounds pretty serious. I sympathise with Trump's desire to reduce the US trade deficit, and I think that a "whatever their tarriffs , ours will be the same" is a fair policy.

It's had an immediate effect on the stock market though, whether they will settle down or will move towards a recession is a worry for us all.

I don't think it's out of concern for trade deficit/surpluses. I mean, if they care about such thing they wouldn't have given that $1.5Trillion tax cuts and those hundreds of billions in military spending, or that wall.

It's just their way of confronting China. I was told that the TPP was designed to do that but Trump pulled out for some reason, leaving the smaller pacific countries to deal with China.

Read that there's now a Yuan-based oil/gas exchange. The petro-dollar might no longer be what it used to, not as far as Asia/pacific is concern. Heard that Saddam and Qaddafi was taken out because they were tyrants, jk, because they want to move their oil off of the US dollar.

China's new exchange make that kind of trade a whole lot easier... might mean that all the sanctions against rouge states (who tend to have a lot of oil and don't want to give it away) can just be shrugged off.

 

[basilio]

World Trade War X is not to be sneezed at. Europe is now reassessing it's position with regard to US trade. This is serious xshit. When the eggs get broken they don't magically fix themselves. Destroying the accepted understandings of international trade creates very large risks.

New tariffs, retaliation, tit for tat, these all create huge uncertainty in the business world.

I wonder how well placed the US is to stand a run on the dollar or a refusal of China/Japan to continue buyig US securities ? Interesting time to find out.

US trade war: global shares plummet as China signals tariff retaliation – business live
European shares fall after a huge sell-off overnight in Asia, reflecting investor fears over US-China tit-for-tat measures. Follow all the action here

• Trump imposes tariffs on China
  
• Global markets plunge as China reacts
• EU calls for permanent exemption from US tariffs
• Nikkei down 4% as investors fear damaging confrontation

https://www.theguardian.com/busines...shares-plummet-china-signals-retaliation-live

 

[IFocus]

Trump's administration, what a mess plus now we are almost certain to have a war with either NK or Iran or both at the same time.

Mean while the trump apologists just keep cheering.

 

[Knobby22]

Trump's administration, what a mess plus now we are almost certain to have a war with either NK or Iran or both at the same time.

Mean while the trump apologists just keep cheering.

Hope we don't join in.

 

[basilio]

Hope we don't join in.

We won't need to "join in". If there is any sort of shooting war in Korea the destruction of South Korea and surrounding areas will have an immediate and profound effect on OZ and everybody else.

Just for a start.
Almost Half of Australia’s Petrol, Diesel and Jet Fuel Imports come from South Korea and Japan
By Matt Mushalik, originally published by Crude Oil Peak

• August 21, 2017

http://www.resilience.org/stories/2...esel-jet-fuel-imports-come-south-korea-japan/

 

[basilio]

I wonder if there could be fundamental shift in alliances in the Korean Peninsula with the change in guard at the White House?

With John Bolton, Mike Pompeo and Donald Trump running an ultra aggressive foreign policy program maybe South and North Korea decide a unified approach is the safest option. China and Japan might also agree on such an approach. Would the US attack North Korea in such a situation ?

 

[SirRumpole]

I wonder if there could be fundamental shift in alliances in the Korean Peninsula with the change in guard at the White House?

With John Bolton, Mike Pompeo and Donald Trump running an ultra aggressive foreign policy program maybe South and North Korea decide a unified approach is the safest option. China and Japan might also agree on such an approach. Would the US attack North Korea in such a situation ?

Maybe Korea is a minor issue compared to what Russia is planning.

Trump's ambivalence towards NATO has created a gap that Putin can move his troops through and recapture the glory of the USSR.

 

[IFocus]

North Korea will look at regime survival at all costs and I would expect if Trump looks seriously at military options then NK will move quickly to get into bed with SK and China big time..........until it all blows over.
Iran is a different story that gets really really messy thanks to Bush (note the Republicans keep blaming Obama) Iran is successfully extending its power and influence and is a lot harder nut to crack.

 

[basilio]

I think the start of the US Trade war and the establisment of a gungho war cabinet will cause some major changes in world political alliances. I wonder if Europe and Asia will make some decisions about substantially redefining the US in it's trade and military treaties ? There would certainly be some initial pain but longer term self sufficiency and trade security could be enhanced.

In effect we could end up with trade blocs. Would Americian industry like to see the US out of world trade with steep tarrifs and import quotas?

 

[moXJO]

NK won't go to war. They wouldn't last a week unless China supplies them.

Its the power struggles that are the danger. Russia, China, Middle East all seem to be throwing shade at the west.

 

[Tink]

President Trump's Plan to Stop Opioid Abuse and Help Build a Drug-Free Society

https://www.whitehouse.gov/briefing...-stop-opioid-abuse-reduce-drug-supply-demand/

https://www.whitehouse.gov/

 

[PZ99]

President Trump's Plan to Stop Opioid Abuse and Help Build a Drug-Free Society

https://www.whitehouse.gov/briefing...-stop-opioid-abuse-reduce-drug-supply-demand/

https://www.whitehouse.gov/

Do you support the death penalty underlying this policy?

 

[Tink]

As I mentioned,

In his first year President Trump has become the most pro-LIFE president in the history of the United States.

We are protecting the sanctity of life and the family as the foundation of our society

Faith, Family, Truth, Freedom.

----------------

https://www.aussiestockforums.com/t...s-or-a-sign-of-the-welfare-state.31012/page-5

 

[PZ99]

President Trump on Monday will release a plan to combat the opioid epidemic that includes the controversial idea of using the death penalty for some drug traffickers.

http://thehill.com/policy/healthcar...ase-plan-addressing-opioid-epidemic-on-monday

I'm neither here or there with it. But it's a stretch to tag a death penalty as pro-life.

Maybe it's life for pro's and death for everyone else that underpins his born to rule mentality

 

[SirRumpole]

President Trump on Monday will release a plan to combat the opioid epidemic that includes the controversial idea of using the death penalty for some drug traffickers.

The death penalty hasn't worked in Bali. Idiots still try to smuggle drugs.

It seems to be working in the Philippines, but that's a different story.

 

[Tisme]

President Trump on Monday will release a plan to combat the opioid epidemic that includes the controversial idea of using the death penalty for some drug traffickers.

http://thehill.com/policy/healthcar...ase-plan-addressing-opioid-epidemic-on-monday

I'm neither here or there with it. But it's a stretch to tag a death penalty as pro-life.

Maybe it's life for pro's and death for everyone else that underpins his born to rule mentality

A precursary look at Tink's link states: "DOJ will seek the death penalty against drug traffickers, where appropriate under current law."

How does that underpin the policy?

 

[PZ99]

A precursary look at Tink's link states: "DOJ will seek the death penalty against drug traffickers, where appropriate under current law."

How does that underpin the policy?

"Strengthen criminal penalties for dealing and trafficking in fentanyl and other opioids"

How does it not underpin the policy?

 

[Tisme]

"Strengthen criminal penalties for dealing and trafficking in fentanyl and other opioids"

How does it not underpin the policy?

Well on that basis there are so many underpinnings I'm wondering what the slab looks like, let alone the structure.

 

[PZ99]

Well on that basis there are so many underpinnings I'm wondering what the slab looks like, let alone the structure.

Here you go mate

 

[basilio]

Madelaine Albright has just written a book on the rise of Fascism around the world. She offers particular concern about the role of the Trump administration in fostering the rise of Fascism.

Will We Stop Trump
Before It’s Too Late?
Fascism poses a more serious threat now than
at any time since the end of World War II.

By MADELEINE ALBRIGHT APRIL 6, 2018

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On April 28, 1945 — 73 years ago — Italians hung the corpse of their former dictator Benito Mussolini upside down next to a gas station in Milan. Two days later, Adolf Hitler committed suicide in his bunker beneath the streets of war-ravaged Berlin. Fascism, it appeared, was dead.

To guard against a recurrence, the survivors of war and the Holocaust joined forces to create the United Nations, forge global financial institutions and — through the Universal Declaration of Human Rights — strengthen the rule of law. In 1989, the Berlin Wall came down and the honor roll of elected governments swelled not only in Central Europe, but also Latin America, Africa and Asia. Almost everywhere, it seemed, dictators were out and democrats were in. Freedom was ascendant.

Today, we are in a new era, testing whether the democratic banner can remain aloft amid terrorism, sectarian conflicts, vulnerable borders, rogue social media and the cynical schemes of ambitious men. The answer is not self-evident. We may be encouraged that most people in most countries still want to live freely and in peace, but there is no ignoring the storm clouds that have gathered. In fact, fascism — and the tendencies that lead toward fascism — pose a more serious threat now than at any time since the end of World War II.

https://www.nytimes.com/2018/04/06/opinion/sunday/trump-fascism-madeleine-albright.html
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Madeleine_Albright