Carl Sagan - America is a country that celebrates ignorance and reward stupidity

 So long as USA citizens continue to believe that tariffs and sanctions will make China collapse, the more they will suffer the consequences. They should just look back at those sanctions on Cuba, North Korea, Iran, Venezuela, China and Russia. Did any of these countries collapsed? On the contrary, some have grown stronger, more resilient and more united and making their people more patriotic.

It is eye-opening that interviews by a certain Youtube vlogger of a few ordinary USA citizens on the street are still insisting that China is paying for the tariffs, despite an importer and others trying to educate them that it is USA consumers who are footing the bill. It is difficult to convince nitwit hillbillies whose minds have been conditioned to hate China and refuses to face reality. Too bad.

China is just making a necessary token retaliatory move on increased tariffs against USA on coal, LNG, crude oil, big cars and agricultural machinery, all of US$14 billion worth. USA tariffs on the other hand is reported to affect hundreds of billions of Chinese imports into the USA.

Now, it appears that China is basically letting Trump's increased tariffs bite the USA consumers in time and let Trump shoot them in the head, not in the foot. I was surprised at the light retaliation by China, but thinking over, it makes a lot of sense. China is not going to punish its own people with unlimited tariff retaliation on USA products, not that there are any to speak of, which are moreover already too expensive.

As many have said, China is more well prepared to de-couple from the USA today than in 2016 during Trump's trade war ignition. Business with BRICS has expanded and trade with the Global South has been flourishing. Who does not want cheap Chinese EVs and other consumer products?

Events in the USA are turning into what Carl Sagan feared - A country that celebrates ignorance and reward stupidity. Politicians are becoming more and more stupid and outrageous - all to garner support and win elections.

Anonymous

EU forced to buy expensive oil, LNG and weapons from the Americans

 The USA is facing isolation, with even allies being targeted with tariffs across the board. The EU is on the agenda and that may just be the tipping point of the total annihilation of the EU's economy. It is ironic that the EU had been following the USA in demonizing China like a obedient dog and now facing such treatment by the USA. That is nothing but Karma.

The EU is still trying to put on a brave front, celebrating the Baltic states cutting off its electricity grid from Russia. It is an open secret that the EU still relies on Russian energy on the sly, buying them via China, India and Saudi Arabia under the table. There is practically no chance ever of the EU going to enjoy cheap Russian energy again, even after the settlement of the Ukraine War.

The EU will be forced to buy expensive USA energy forever and going back to Russia is going to face a USA backlash. Trump is even threatening the EU countries with his new-found tariff weapon, if they do not buy more USA energy and that says it all. Moreover, the USA is on the verge of making Canada its 51st state and seizing its resources, particularly its oil and natural gas besides rare earth elements. This is a bonanza that Trump is looking forward to making lots of money selling to the EU.

Friendship normally has it privileges. But friendship with the USA is fatal according to Henry Kissinger. He was on the inside of the USA administration and should know much about USA politics.

Anonymous

Elon Musk's take on China's manufacturing dominance

China’s Manufacturing Dominance: How It’s Beating the World in AI, EVs, and More!

16 min clip of Musk's analysis of China as a superpower in manufacturing and dominance in many technologies. Compare this to all the stupid American media and Channel News America screaming that China's economy is in decline and collapsing. It only shows how stupid those silly pseudo scholars, analysts and boys and girls are, being paid to write stupid stuff and making themselves looking more silly by the day.

China is now ahead of America in many fields and catching up in a few areas like high end chips or expensive chips. Otherwise, China is already leaders with the Americans playing catch up.

Satan Trump and Satan Netanyahu threaten to open the Gate of Hell to burn Hamas/Palestinians

 Who controls the Gate of Hell? It cannot be God but Satan. Hell is where Satan belongs, his dark empire. Trump and Netanyahu are both threatening to open the Gate of Hell to massacre the Palestinians forever in the most brutal and savage way. And these two Satans are saying it with pride and pure devilish arrogance.

On the other hand, the whole world watches in silence. The evil fake free world has reason not to condemn this cruel and barbaric threat to decimate a people of a country. They are just as evil and cannot see this as evil but goodness in the Satanic way. The Global South are shocked and horrified, did not know what to do, how to respond, too weak to respond. The Arab and Muslim leaders behave typically as usual, make a lot of useless speeches, cry to the UN thinking that this useless organisation means something and could do something to avoid this massacre of the innocent Palestinians.

The new Satanic world order under the evil Emperor Trump would act ruthlessly, with no mercy if he and Satan Netanyahu did not have their wishes fulfilled. It is Satan's' way of condemning a people to oblivion. And no one can do anything about it. The genocide of the Palestinians would be more deadly and complete this time. The evil Americans have replenished all the bombs needed by the Israelis to do the killing. This time there is nowhere to hide for the Palestinian women and children in the flatten ruins of Gaza they have returned to.

As usual, the daft Arabs still believing that there will be peace and reconstruction of their homes after the release of the hostages. Stupidity has no cure. The American and Israeli butchers are reorganising their forces for the final assault when there is no hostage to hold them back. This bloodbath of the century will be screened live in the homes of world. And Satans and all the Satan believers will be celebrating their victory in the massacre of the Palestinians without shedding a tear of humanity. The western media and the media of all the crony states would splash on their main pages the good news of the American and Israeli genocide as a great victory against subhumans.

This is not the end, just the beginning. More massacres will spread across the Middle East until all the Arab states are absorbed into the Greater Israel forever. The rule of Satan is in the making. Yes, the Gate of Hell will be opened, and the soldiers of Satan will cut down every Palestinians and every Arab in the way.

TRUMP'S SECRET PLAN TO CONTROL WORLD TRADE

 TRUMP'S SECRET PLAN TO CONTROL WORLD TRADE

The seemingly random US plan to take over Panama, Greenland, Canada, and Gaza is not random at all.

It's all part of a plan to control the world by dominating the planet's main sea routes, and replace the Suez Canal, analysts say.

The four places are the globe's key international trading gateways.
- Panama is the route that joins Asia-Pacific to the Atlantic.
- Canada is the location of the Northwest Passage that joins Russia to the west.
- Greenland is alongside the new China-Russia arctic passage.
- And Gaza is next door to a new Alternative Suez Canal that will be controlled by the US and Israel.

This is no conspiracy theory. New Secretary of State Marco Rubio said that the Trump administration's new "energies rely on shipping lanes", adding: "We need to be able to defend that."

But there are literally no competitors threatening to attack the world's key shipping gateways.
The only country threatening to invade Panama is the US.
The only country threatening to invade Canada is the US.
The only country threatening to invade Greenland is the US.
And the only country that has announced the clearance of Gaza is the US.

Anonymous