Singapore is somewhere between China and the USA. Singaporeans pride themselves on having the right to vote, for a dictatorship which some called it. It is the best example of a dictatorship that is working like a democracy. That it works so well is grounded in the greed, fear and afraid to lose mentality of its citizens. The three together works like a charm and the ruling party knows it. Just throwing chicken wings now and then will keep the people happy and contented. How long will it last is the question, as more and more is demanded. People living with crutches will never give up their benefit with those crutches. They will fall down. We have seen that in our northern neighbor.
China is a communist state, a dictatorship which the West likes to use to demonize it. Call it the worst of the three, with the people without the right to vote. However, it is a proven 'benevolent' communist state or a dictatorship, with the people at the heart and pinnacle of the ruling CCP. It puts to shame the democracy of the USA, where citizens are not at the heart of the ruling elites. A perfect example is adding to their misery with those tariffs, while the super-rich get tax cuts, the sector that matters to the ruling elites.
Now, which is better is for their citizens to choose, not for us to say. They choose the system; they have to live with it.
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Donald Trump and Scott t Bessent have been waxing laurels about all their big and beautiful winnings in their negotiations with UK, Japan, Vietnam and the EU. All others not negotiating are going to be suffering big and beautiful tariffs to be imposed from August 1st deadline.
So much winning that I think Trump must be really tired, just like those winnings in Ukraine. Now, Ukraine is reported to be allowing those above 60 years old to be recruited into the army to fight Russia, indicating that it is scrapping the bottom of the barrel for additional troops. Dad's army is no TV reality show any more. Wonder how it is going to work out.
Both Trump and Bessent are hoping that no one is going to broach again the big and beautiful question of who is paying for those tariffs. The MSM is not talking about it now and the Hillbillies will also just not whine about it, but just swallow it lock, stock and barrel. Hope they will enjoy Trump's big and beautiful tariff winnings in the days to come. It will then turn into one big and beautiful con-job pulled off by one and only Trump, with six bankruptcies after his name.
There have been earlier claims by Trump that China broke tariff agreements reached in Switzerland and London without giving details of what kind of agreements have been reached and broken, just lies plucked from the air by the airbag. Now, we are seeing the reality that no agreements really existed, and the two countries are just on the verge of negotiating.
Trump can impose an additional 1,000% on top of his present truce figure on China but I think it is all academic. Less Chinese products are going to USA ports, least of all rare earth elements. Those Chinese firms catering to exports to USA are unfazed by all those tariffs, just exporting more to the Global South, particularly ASEAN. The nightmare for USA consumers is just beginning according to Professor Victor Gao.
The world is such a beautiful place for faking, with people just ignoring what is happening by having heads buried in the sand, thinking it will blow away in time. Not wanting to comment does not mean the problem or issues will just disappear.
A zillion percent tariff on zero trade is still zero. Just stop trading with these sickos.
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