Trump only thinks of the tariffs he is collecting without knowing what is coming tomorrow

Putin just treated Trump like an echo-chamber, talking about more sanctions against Russia within the next couple of days. Joe Biden had been shouting into that same echo-chamber during his term but achieved nothing. Will that goalpost be moved again, I wonder. I would not bet against it.

Now Trump has added additional tariffs on Canada and India. Canada is already moving away from the USA, selling more to the EU and China. Canadian tourists are boycotting the USA for countries that are more friendly and welcoming. Canadians are not buying USA products. Canada is no longer selling discounted energy to the USA. Why sell discounted energy to the USA and yet being punished, when it can sell those oil and gas without discounts to the EU and China. Very soon, Trump may also sanction Canada's energy exports, LOL.

It is so ironic that the two countries, North and South of the USA, are doing good to show the world that threats do not always work and the world is waking up. I may be jumping the gun, knowing the thinking of Anglo-Saxon Whites. These two are the biggest trading partners of the USA, with China just a distant third now. Trump has no more cards to play against China and is backing off, trying to he chummy to elicit an invite to Beijing to meet with Xi. I think China has factored in all the tricks that Trump is trying to pull against China, already maxing out its energy and food supply sources and migrating its export markets. Trump can threaten China with 1000% tariffs if he likes, but to no avail. The USA is no longer the priority market for Chinese products, nor for Chinese rare earth exports. Those days are numbered.


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The Americans always win in negotiations, ... and tariff war

KUALA LUMPUR: Three Southeast Asian states involved in ending a recent armed conflict in the region - Malaysia, Thailand and Cambodia - hailed the reduction in tariff rates imposed by the United States as a victory after prolonged talks, and a reprieve for their domestic economies.

Experts said the ceasefire, which allowed US President Donald Trump to burnish his peacemaker image, was among several contributing factors that led to substantial tariff discounts for these Southeast Asian countries.  CNA

There is euphoria in the above comments. Wow, so lucky, Trump is so generous, tariff rates reduced for good behaviour. The three countries must be very grateful to Trump now, without knowing that in the first place there is no reason for Trump to punch them. Trump started by saying he wanted to punch them 10 times, and they were worried. Now Trump said he would punch them 7 times and they are so happy, only 7 times. They did not question why they should be punched 7 times or not at all.

The coloured people would always lose when negotiating with the Americans. Prior to every negotiation, the Americans would attack the other party first by making more allegations or making more demands. The real position of the Americans may be to ask for 3 items but attack first to put the other party on the defensive, and then demand 10 items. Very often they even got away with 5 items, more than the 3 items they wanted and the other party would be so happy and even pat their own backs for a good deal, that they negotiated and won.

Now all the countries affected by the tariff war accepted that they must pay more tariffs and getting a little reduction is victory or the Americans are kind and generous to them. And Trump would be saying, thank you very much for being silly.

Stupidity has no cure.

AngloSaxon 5 eyes modus operandi

 The AngloSaxon 5 eyes defence network has extensive coverage all over the world. They are depended on heavily by their allies and former colonies as a source of intelligence information. In a way they are the authority in producing intelligence and providing them to their clients. They produce intelligence of all kinds, factual, fabricated, lies, planted intelligence to insinuate covert activities from their targeted enemies, false flag intelligence and any intelligence that served their interests. The 5 eyes control what is being generated, truth and lies.

Many of their client states that received intelligence from the 5 eyes agencies regard such intelligence as the gospel truth, like gold. They never question their reliability, the intent and purpose of the intelligence and their sources. Many will act on it and be misled into taking adverse actions, even going to wars with their neighbours that the 5 eyes intelligence insinuated as trouble.

The Arab and Muslim world has been plunged into a century of darkness by relying on the 5 eyes intelligence that misled them and incited them to treat their neighbours as threats and enemies, and ended up fighting and killing each other, serving the interests of the 5 eyes states. Yes, a major purpose of the 5 eyes intelligence is to divide and conquered, sow discord among countries and let them distrust and be suspicious of each other. One big red flag to guard is when intelligence are offered freely to the recipients. There is no free lunch. The intelligence comes with a hidden agenda. But many fools eagerly swallowed everything coming from the 5 eyes sources. Some have their own agenda to want to believe the fake or mischievous intelligence to serve their private agenda. They welcomed fake and notorious intelligence to attack whoever they want to attack, citing this intelligence as evidence, so clever.

Asean countries are recipients of 5 eyes intelligence. Some are allies, some were ex colonies that still have deep connections with their former colonial masters. Some are white god worshippers. The Asean countries are thus fertile ground for the 5 eyes intelligence agencies to spread mischievous lies and fabricated intelligence to sow discord and fear among them. And knowing the level of intellects or lack of intellects in the Asean countries, they are easy meat for the 5 eyes intelligence operators.

Asean countries are prime targets for the AngloSaxon tribes to manipulate and to control and to dominate. There are plenty of brain dead Anglophiles in Asean countries that love to be lied by the AngloSaxon tribes. The angmoh tua kee syndrome is still very much alive in these Asean countries. It is not that they let their guards down. They may selectively play up the fabricate lies and mischievous intelligence from the 5 eyes sources to serve their private motives. 

The combination of a mischievous source with mischievous agenda and the willingness of the recipients wanting to make use of such information is a deadly formula that must be guarded closely to prevent it to run against the interests of Asean states. Who is there to guard against such an eventuality when the devils are from within? Remember the fools that embraced the WMD nonsense as gospel truth? Intelligence information can be cooked.

USA had been trying to destabilize Thailand for decades

The USA had been trying to destabilize Thailand for decades but could not succeed because of the strong military presence and the Thai Monarchy taking care of any unrest. The Thai Military is one hurdle the USA could not overcome just as in Myanmar. The other hurdle is the Thai Monarchy which is the calming force whenever the country faces unrest.

The USA tried to install a pro-USA Government before this and attempted to do away with the Thai Monarchy, a stance that most of the Thai people and military are against. Taking away the Thai Monarchy will be the first step to weaken the Thai Government, after which weakening the power of the military will follow. Having election offers a weak spot in any country's national security, easily tempered with using money.

The Thai Military Government is well aware that foreign NGOs are working the ground in tandem with the National Endowment for Democracy (NED), an entity backed by the USA Government. The NED's job is to destabilize Governments that do not follow the dictates of the USA. It was involved in Hong Kong unrest working together with the CIA, providing the funding to those protestors.

The Thai Government tried to pass a law requiring all NGOs to disclose their source of funding, which resulted in those NGOs up in arms against the ruling. As we know, human rights group are also against such laws that will curb their nefarious activities trying to destabilize legally elected governments.

Now, the modus operandi of the NED seems to be using one country against another to fulfil its objective of destabilizing both, killing two birds with one stone.


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Indians thrive on bragging. Modi is the personification of bragging

That war against Pakistan really did tell us that Indian 'Rojak' is not that palatable. But it is no use telling that to the Indians. India is still touted as an up-and-coming superpower. The Hindu fanatics worship Modism like a religion itself and Modi is giving them the power to think 'negatively' not 'positively'.

Now, talking about SIA, with its 25% investment in Air India just suffered collateral damage, with profit plunging almost 60%. Sure, revenue has gone up for SIA, with record capacity around 88%, so how did that happen? It was all dragged down by the Air India investment, with more to come when that Air India flight 171 crash reaches settlement stage. Beyond the crew and passengers, there are dozens of students who also died inside the hostel that the plane crashed into. This is going to affect SIA's financial position in 2025, and if what happened with DBS India earlier, SIA may be left holding the losses or buying the whole bankrupt Air India stake. Just thinking, as I am sure SIA has the expertise to wriggle out by outthinking the low IQ Modi. Jayant Bhandari claimed that Modi has an IQ of just 75. His head-dress and skirt wearing makes him more intelligent, I suppose, LOL.


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