Take the attempt to muscle in on energy supply to Europe by bombing the Nord Stream pipelines. Before the bombing, Trump was already putting sanctions on countries involved in the construction of Nord Stream 2. The Russians did the final touch to the Nord Stream 2 pipeline construction itself and that rattled the USA.
When Biden took over, he tightened the screws further by forcing Olaf Scholz to refrain from opening the Nord Stream 2 for operation. Biden even gloated about putting the pipelines out of operation for good by using any means at his disposal. The USA can deny all it wants about its involvement over the bombing. the fact remains that many countries doing investigation over the bombing declined to name the culprit, which is too revealing a stance.
Why has it turned out that the bombing of the pipeline failed to fulfil the USA agenda? It is obvious that the EU is not depending totally on USA oil and gas, being able to source for cheaper alternatives by buying cheaper energy probably from China, India and Saudi Arabia, which are basically still highly discounted Russian oil switched or mixed with others to musk its origin. That is why Trump is trying to force his hand by threatening the EU with tariffs if they do not buy more oil and gas from the USA. How much more clearly defined can it be with this threat showing that the USA wants to monopolize energy supply to the EU all along. Think about it.
Anonymous
3 comments:
Trump knows all his promises during his campaign is not going to work or even workable. Tariffs will cause inflation in the USA to spike for sure, even if it is going to discourage imports from China, Mexico among others, leading to USA consumers having to go for expensive substitutes made in the USA or EU. Not that the USA is now making anything worthwhile to speak of. Deportation of millions of immigrants is going to kill the agricultural sector, cripple the food and beverage sector and decimate the retail sector, all of which rely on cheap immigrant workers. If Trump fail to deliver on his promises, he is in trouble.
But Trump is a bullshitter, conman, multiple failure businessman, and he will probably be able to yet wriggle his way out. Did Mexico pay for the wall? Did he even managed to rain the swamp? How much did he win in the trade war so far? All duly forgotten by his voters in his first term, which Trump knew is what will happen this time around too.
That is why he is raising irrelevant issues to musk his imminent failure and incompetence, even before he takes office with all kinds of distractions. Just like his anti-China stance during his first term which led to an exodus of Chinese engineers, scientists and academics, which really pleased his support base but is creating big issues for the USA economy.
On a global basis, such a stance as trying to seize the Panama Canal, Mexico, Greenland and Canada will create much anxiety for those countries and others and is to distract them from the real issues inside the USA itself.
Trump is the kind of person with a narcissistic character that needs attention. And his threat of invasion of other sovereign countries is giving him all the attention that he loves.
How is Trump going to run his enlarged empire if it does happen, after seizing Greenland, Canada, Panama and Mexico, when right now he is unable to solve even basic domestic issues like homelessness, drug addiction, gun control issue and the debt issue. Mexico alone has an axe to grind with the USA, having lost much of its territory already to the USA in the past. Mexican Gringos are not as meek and cowardly as the USA thinks, and it is going back to the days of Mexican/Yankee rivalry if Trump's threat materialized.
Trump has cracked. He is possibly mad.
The whole world is making fun of Trump's erratic behavior. One comment asks when Trump's verbal diarrhea is going to stop.
Post a Comment