Trump painting himself into a corner, poor Americans ready to raid the stores for Christmas. Trump has National Guards to shoot them

The Trump administration is painting itself into a corner it cannot escape from. Trump thinks he is winning battles but is in fact losing the wars. Lying about USA winning on every front does not change the facts. It is just kicking the can further down the road for the next person to deal with and so on.

The USA wants to control the world, but many things are beyond its control already. The sale of USA Treasuries failed to garner the support of the rest of the world in an attempt by the USA to fund its spending spree. The US$ has depreciated substantially over the past couple of months and is beyond the control of the USA as well. Why would foreign funds want to invest in treasuries when the fall in the value of the US$ fails to cover the returns?

Rare earth minerals are in the hands of China, so making weapons for war is not up to the USA to dictate. Rare earth is China's trump card, with Trump having lost his cards to China already. Of course, Trump still has his US$5 million USA visa card to play around with very rich individuals around the world.

Therefore, two important aspects to enable the USA to exert control are already beyond its control. The gloating about manufacturing returning to the USA is at best a mirage, with even true-blue USA entities moving investments out of the USA due to escalating raw materials and labor costs arising from the tariffs on things like aluminum and steel. Business leaders think much faster and further ahead than those sitting in the White House.

We have not yet seen the shit hitting the fan yet with the real onset of the collateral damage arising from the tariff war. Next couple of months will be interesting to watch. By then, the USA may even lose it grip trying to control its domestic problems as a result of the tariff war.

Internally, the USA already lost control over its homelessness problem. Clearing the streets just shifted the problem elsewhere, with housing rental cost prohibitive to street dwellers who had been used to paying nothing in rent and utilities.

Internally, the USA already lost control over its drug problem as well not knowing how to deal with it and trying to blame China. If China was supplying those drugs, why aren't the Chinese people being drugged as well? China learnt a very important lesson from the Opium War and Chinese people are not going to let another opium war weaken their soul and destroy the country like in the past.


Anonymous

India is just a stray dog looking for a master. Only stupid Sinkies will put money in India

Despite its relations with the USA souring and Modi now turning towards Russia and China for support, India is still untrustworthy. Those that think India is now safe after tentatively ditching the USA are mistaken. I said tentatively because India is just a stray dog looking for a master it can temporarily rely upon. India's behavior is not the result of being influenced by the USA. It has a mindset of always thinking it is the future of the world, with the world totally resentful of its boastfulness and always building castles in the air when its capability is limited. India thinks the world needs India more than India needs them, so taking over foreign successful business is not going to matter. Chinese investment is one example that now finds its way into India's neighborhood but avoiding India altogether.

Seizing businesses when they become profitable in India is about the same modus operandi as taking over the top positions in big establishments in the West after they had been successfully groomed and steered by others who founded them. It is a faster way to make money of course, but now India is paying the price for its stunts that are now unravelling.

Suffice to say, India's IT services just catering to crunching information for Western entities is nearing the end of its tethers with AI doing it instead. The Western entities no longer go for India's IT personnel, knowing that Indian IT graduates have not the innovative spirit to handle cutting edge innovations. The facts speak for themselves - no Tik Tok, no Deepseek, no Ali Baba, no ByteDance, no Tencent, no Huawei, no BYD, no DJI, no space stations, no high-speed rails, just empty boasting.


Anonymous

Trump's new books

 Trump is coming up with another book after his Art of the Deal. Actually Trump has many books lining up with his real life experience in the White House and is spoilt for choices. I think his greatest book would be titled, Art of bringing down the American Empire. No one can do it except Donald Trump, the God send messenger to do the necessary for world peace.

For a start, he could write on the Art of the Steal, using Tariffs. The amount Trump is stealing from the dull hillbillies using tariffs is staggering. He is boasting about 50 billion or more. And the best part, the hillbillies did not have a clue that Trump was stealing from them.

Another great book that Trump can write about is the Art of Bankrupting the Farmers. By now, thousands of farmers have been bankrupt or at the verge of being bankrupted by Trump. The farming business would be gone before Trump's term is over. No more planting of soya beans and food crops, also no more rearing of poultry, no pig farms, cow farms, chicken farms. The farming industry will be gone soon.

Oh, another great book from Trump, the Art of Bringing Back Manual Jobs for Americans. Trump is going to rebuild the heavy industries like steel making, ICE automobiles, mining, to provide employment for the tough and rough hillbillies again, back to the good old days. Maybe even growing cotton, with cotton fields for the descendants of black slaves to pick cotton again.

In international politics Trump can write on the Art of Bullying Friends and Foes. Or he can write on the Art of Making Colonies to Pay to be Ruled, like making the Europeans, Japanese and Koreans and also Arabs to pay for American bases to control and rule over them.

Another great book will be the Art of Bankrupting American Chip Manufacturers. Nvidia, Intel, AMD, Qualcomm etc would be very grateful to Trump for this. Not to forget ASML. And not to forget how to teach sneaky allies a lesson with the Art of Slapping Allies like India with 50% tariffs.

Trump can retire happily after POTUS to live on the revenues from all his great books. Lucky rascal. There are still many great books he can write about his experience and friendship with Epstein. All will be best sellers.

Japan joining BRICS?

 The Japanese are floating the idea that Japan is considering joining BRICS. This could be just a Japanese ploy to use as a bargaining chip against Trump's tariff war. All the reasons point to the fact that Japan is a colony of the American Empire and does not have the freedom to break free from the evil Empire. There are at least 50,000 American troops and more than 100 American bases in Japan just to ensure that Japan would always, forever be under the control of the Americans.

The thought of Japan becoming a BRICS member is refreshing, and if it does happen, would shake the whole balance of power and mark the end of the American Empire. When Japan goes, South Korea too would go as well, leaving a useless Mickey Mouse in the Philippines as the only American doggie in the region.

When Japan joins BRICS, G7 would become G6 and BRICS+ will be plus Japan. The GDP of G6, without Japan, and a BRICS with Japan is going to tilt the balance beyond recognition. A bankrupt USA and 5 bankrupt European countries would become the poor man's club, the joke of the century.

The island chain concept to surround China would become non existence. It would start from the Philippines south to Australia. Here lies the problem. How are the Japanese going to tell the American forces to leave Japan? No way. Japan would forever be an American colony. Japan joining BRICS is just a wet dream, a fantasy. The Americans would lock up any Japanese leader that dares to think of independence from the Empire.

Trump and his clowns must be giggling at the Japanese to think that this ploy will work. The vice grip on Japan is the tightest among all the American colonies. The Americans may not say it, but they fear a revived militarised Japan would want to avenge the pains and sufferings from the two Atom bombs, carpet bombing of Tokyo and years of ruling the once mighty Japan till today.  The Americans have reduced the Japanese to an attack dog with a long leash. This is humiliation that the proud Japanese cannot tolerate but gritting in silence. No chance for Japan to be an independent nation state. It is too dangerous for the Americans. Period. And no chance to join BRICS.

Trump's screwed logic on trade deficit

  Why did the Americans chalk up more trade deficits against so many countries, especially China, Asean countries and its two immediate neighbours? The answer is simple, they buy more, consume more and the consumers are very happy with what they are buying.

But Trump is angry that the Americans are buying more and accused others of unfair trading. How illogical is this clown?

The very reason why the Americans are buying more is because they need or want to have the goods and products. And they are getting their money's worth as the goods and products are value for money. If they don't need them, if the products are not value for money, they would not be buying them. No one is forcing them to buy.

The Americans have the whole world to buy from and would only buy from whoever can sell the best products they want or need at the best price. The American consumers are the happy customers. If they don't buy from sellers that can sell them good products at the lowest price, then they would have to buy from sellers with not so good products and at higher prices.

So, are the issues raised by clown Trump valid? And don't forget, the Americans did not lose anything except a few pieces of Monopoly money, cheap papers. The American consumers would suffer if they cannot buy from these countries that have trade surpluses from America. Their useless Monopoly money would really become useless. And now with clown Trump imposing higher tariffs, the American consumers are buying the same goods and products at higher prices. 

Who is the big winner in this tariff farce? Who are the big losers? Clown Trump is not bullying the sellers. He is cheating the American consumers, making them pay more taxes on what they need and want to buy. Trump just collect more taxes from the American people for his own agenda and ego.

Would the affected countries buy more from America if they can buy cheaper from other sources to balance America's trade deficit? Many American children would not have the toys they want for Christmas. Many American farmers and ranchers are crying, bankrupted by Trump or facing bankruptcy.