Now the most delusional comment by Trump just left me flabbergasted. Trump wants Afghanistan to give back all the weapons the USA abandoned, supposedly destroyed, when it fled Afghanistan. Next, he may want Russia to give back all the weapons it exhibited in Moscow, supplied by the USA and NATO, which Russia seized from Ukraine. Trump is acutely delirious, bordering on madness, to even think of such a move. Trump is just like a headless cockroach, not knowing what to do and coming up with ridiculous and fallacious ideas.
Oh, not to forget that Trump changes his mind like changing his underwear. He called Zelenskyy a 'Dictator' just days ago and is now walking back on his words by denying the accusation. This is the kind of leader that does not stick to his words and action. I now honestly believe the USA is at the end of its tethers under Trump and will become irrelevant.
If a push resulted in a shove and force is used, about Trump wanting the weapons back, what could the Taliban do? The Taliban could destroy those weapons and turn them into scrap metal again and let the USA have them back. But what secrets the Taliban already sniffed out of those weapons cannot be returned, right? After all, they were already destroyed when the USA fled with tails between its hind legs. This will probably benefit China going forward by providing the Taliban with more updated weapons and influence. China is reported to be selling its fighter jets, the J10, to Egypt, although denied by China, now that an expanded Middle East War is on the cards. China has been selling weapons to Egypt all along. Arising from this, any conflict will no longer be a 'Six Day War' as in the past. Hamas had proven that overwhelming power with support from the USA and UK are no guarantee of an easy victory.
Ukraine is already lost and cannot be expected to carry on fighting. A peace deal may be possible, as the USA is eyeing the rich mineral resources. It all depends on how much Putin can extract from the other side. I do not expect that Putin will agree to have NATO's participation in peacekeeping efforts in Ukraine, if peacekeeping missions are necessary and to be agreed upon. Allowing NATO's participation in peacekeeping efforts in Ukraine is basically allowing NATO vis a vis the USA to have boots on the ground in Ukraine, which Putin is strongly against. Not that this has not happened discreetly, which Putin also knew very well.
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From being led by a demented President to a mentally unsound President is what the USA is turning into. The game of playing musical chairs for a two- party state is unravelling. And USA voters have nowhere to run, being given a 'Hobson's Choice'. It is a choice between the devil and the deep blue sea.
Trump is threatening to escalate his tariffs over those retaliations. What if countries do not want to export anything to the USA? Remember that there is now a BRICS and Global South market, and the USA is not the only market left for them to be held hostage.
Moreover, manufacturing, especially of consumer products in the USA, is still only at the hyping stage. It is still in the process of luring investors to build factories in the USA, sourcing stage for raw materials like the Ukraine minerals deal, and the need for skill development still to be implemented through a change in the education system. How long are those going to take? Will Trump still be around?
What are USA consumers going to do in the face of that shortage of imported goods? Sit around, twiddle their thumbs and wait for those factories to be set up to turn out highly expensive products for them to buy?
Just how stupid the USA administration has fallen into is really mind-blowing.
According to Kevn Walmsley on his site 'Inside China Business', Trump is proposing to destroy Chinese shipbuilding, because China is now the dominant shipbuilder around the world. Many shipowners have built ships in Chinese shipyards at competitive prices, which are now plying the oceans with cargo. Trump is thinking of rebuilding the shipbuilding industry in the USA, levying a US$1 million for every ship made in China calling at USA ports, or US$1,000 per ton on ships carrying oil and bulk cargo. Imagine an oil tanker carrying 280,000 m/tons of crude equivalent to 1.96 million barrels, if my calculation is correct, which is the average load of a mid-range tanker, paying US$280 million calling at a USA port? Would owners even want to think of calling at USA ports? That is madness.
That proposal is adding another layer of tax on USA citizens, as manufacturers in China and shipowners facing levies will just jack up their prices and freight rates, which will eventually be borne by USA consumers. If Trump can sell his tariffs to USA consumers, he may very well pull this off as well. To say that USA voters are stupid is an understatement but then, just pitying them for having no choice.
It is actually a very stupid idea of targeting Chinese ships just to cripple Chinese shipyards. It will fail and just benefit Japanese and South Korea shipbuilders building more expensive ships. However, these latter two are facing problems finding workers to build ships.
The people advising the Trump administration are just not looking at things further than their noses. China can easily retaliate when a push becomes a shove. What is there to prevent China from raising a reciprocal levy on Boeing planes landing at Chinese airports. Every airline of the world has Boeing airplanes on its fleet. What will that mean for Boeing going forward.
For every action, there is always a way to retaliate. It will be too late to regret when it backfires.
This is just puree desperation, clutching at straws when there is no way to compete. And it is showing in every step the USA is now taking.
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