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[Trav Le Bleu]

7 minutes ago, Dahnsouff said:

Trump says tariffs go up to 50% on Aluminium and Steel from evil Canada, but has not filled out the necessary paperwork meaning it cannot happen.

 

 

What about crokinole boards?

 

Maple syrup and crokinole are the 2nd and 3rd greatest Canadian exports.

 

Iain Hume being the first.

[blabyboy]

Didn't realise this, but the Governor of Ontario can also impose tariffs..and has done on exports to US. Imagine a Mayor in the UK enacting tariffs... 

[blabyboy]

Also, just seems that the US is going to start sharing security updates with Ukraine again.

 

Wtf is going on in this world.

 

[Dahnsouff]

The transactional description is feeling like it is some way short of reality

[Dunge]

6 minutes ago, blabyboy said:

Also, just seems that the US is going to start sharing security updates with Ukraine again.

 

Wtf is going on in this world.

 

It was rumoured that they would. It was strong-arming and punishment for Zelensky’s display of petulance (in their minds) at the White House.

 

As for your last sentence, I ponder that most mornings these days.

[Parafox]

1 hour ago, Sampson said:

if you can even create a legal reason to deport a legal resident living  married to an American because of protesting then that’s a pretty scary precedent

As I posted a while back, this fits in with the diagnosis of paranoid narcissism. Anyone that raises an eyebrow against his ambitions, (call them policies if you will) will be rapidly shut down by one means or another, as they are perceived threat and Trump cannot countenance this on any level.

 

https://www.opendemocracy.net/en/transformation/dangerous-psychology-donald-trump/

[Bilo]

A very interesting statement. 

 

Resumption of military aid and intelligence sharing, while calling for a 30 day ceasefire. 'The ball is in Russia's court' according to the US, so it will be interesting to see how it responds to Russia's likely refusal.

[Lionator]

5 minutes ago, Bilo said:

A very interesting statement. 

 

Resumption of military aid and intelligence sharing, while calling for a 30 day ceasefire. 'The ball is in Russia's court' according to the US, so it will be interesting to see how it responds to Russia's likely refusal.

With them basically kicking Ukraine out of Kursk, I’m not 100% sure they’ll reject it but they’ll obviously start military action again at some point soon after because there’s no chance of both sides coming to a compromise unless the Americans themselves massively compromise. 

[st albans fox]

37 minutes ago, blabyboy said:

Didn't realise this, but the Governor of Ontario can also impose tariffs..and has done on exports to US. Imagine a Mayor in the UK enacting tariffs... 

paying ULEZ feels like a tariff enacted by a mayor …….

[Dunge]

18 minutes ago, Bilo said:

A very interesting statement. 

 

Resumption of military aid and intelligence sharing, while calling for a 30 day ceasefire. 'The ball is in Russia's court' according to the US, so it will be interesting to see how it responds to Russia's likely refusal.

This has a feeling to me of Waltz & Rubio taking the situation off Trump’s hands for now, officials trying to work out an actual, defensible way forward. The problem may come when Trump gets his hands back on it and pivots America back toward the Russian line.

[kenny]

29 minutes ago, Lionator said:

With them basically kicking Ukraine out of Kursk, I’m not 100% sure they’ll reject it but they’ll obviously start military action again at some point soon after because there’s no chance of both sides coming to a compromise unless the Americans themselves massively compromise. 

Ukraine are claiming otherwise?

[blabyboy]

52 minutes ago, Parafox said:

As I posted a while back, this fits in with the diagnosis of paranoid narcissism. Anyone that raises an eyebrow against his ambitions, (call them policies if you will) will be rapidly shut down by one means or another, as they are perceived threat and Trump cannot countenance this on any level.

 

https://www.opendemocracy.net/en/transformation/dangerous-psychology-donald-trump/

Trump has only been using executive orders, nothing going through Congress at all...even though he has the numbers to do it. It's mind boggling, but then I guess that speaks to the Emperor in his psyche and the unwillingness to share power.

[st albans fox]

If a ceasefire is coming by the weekend then I’d expect Russia to try and make whatever ‘easy gains’ are available via heavy bombing etc.   i assume that last nights drone attack on Moscow was to mitigate against Russia ramping up attacks ahead of any ceasefire. 
 

an interesting few days ahead …….  I just hope we don’t see a spike in battlefield and civilian deaths 

[Bilo]

It seems as though someone in the Trump administration has belatedly realised how unreliable Putin is when it comes to deals and ceasefires, and that weakening Ukraine to force one is only going to delay, rather than prevent completely, further escalation in the coming months and years.

 

A rushed peace would give Russia time to recoup, rebuild its military, get some relief from the sanctions and go again on some flimsy pretext against a much weaker Ukraine in a couple of years. Continuing to strengthen Ukraine via military aid and intelligence might just mean that NATO holds some cards.

 

I also wonder about the possibility of US and NATO troops being stationed in neighbouring NATO countries such as Poland and Romania. It would mean that the red line of them being in Ukraine is not crossed, protect those countries from future possible aggression from Russia and enable them to respond quickly if Russia were to invade Ukraine again.

[Dahnsouff]

Yes, having troops in surrounding NATO countries coupled with an agreement that should a further invasion occur, it gives the alliance the right to station troops within Ukraine borders would be quite an incentive.

[Dunge]

10 minutes ago, st albans fox said:

If a ceasefire is coming by the weekend then I’d expect Russia to try and make whatever ‘easy gains’ are available via heavy bombing etc.   i assume that last nights drone attack on Moscow was to mitigate against Russia ramping up attacks ahead of any ceasefire. 
 

an interesting few days ahead …….  I just hope we don’t see a spike in battlefield and civilian deaths 

I wonder whether it was about making Russia feel weak domestically in accepting the ceasefire proposal Ukraine agreed today, provoking them to reject it and annoy the Americans.

 

May not work but it doesn’t seem to have hampered developments today.

[Tommy G]

Tesla X Trump stunt is so desperate 

[Dunge]

11 minutes ago, Tommy G said:

Tesla X Trump stunt is so desperate 

There could be great irony awaiting as environment-conscious left wingers turn their back on Tesla while climate change deniers turn toward them as a show of support to the Trump administration.

 

In terms of numbers, I suspect the former would hurt more than the latter would help.

[Bilo]

8 minutes ago, Dunge said:

There could be great irony awaiting as environment-conscious left wingers turn their back on Tesla while climate change deniers turn toward them as a show of support to the Trump administration.

 

In terms of numbers, I suspect the former would hurt more than the latter would help.

Honestly, other manufacturers have caught up. BYD make some absolute crackers and the Mercedes EQ range is great.

[leicsmac]

10 minutes ago, Dunge said:

There could be great irony awaiting as environment-conscious left wingers turn their back on Tesla while climate change deniers turn toward them as a show of support to the Trump administration.

 

In terms of numbers, I suspect the former would hurt more than the latter would help.

What @Bilo said, with the addendum that environment-conscious left wingers know very well that cutting into Teslas market share pales in comparison to other related policy decisions on the same issue.

[blabyboy]

Trump now flipflopping on tariffs for Canada and slashed it from 50 to 25%.

 

Reckon Carney has got Trump's number to a tee

[Dunge]

Markets: “What we want most of all is predictability.”

 

Trump:

[blabyboy]

Wonder if Trump is still using the stock market as his yardstick now that it has sunk way lower than when he took office.

 

...Bidenomics 

[Jattdogg]

43 minutes ago, blabyboy said:

Trump now flipflopping on tariffs for Canada and slashed it from 50 to 25%.

 

Reckon Carney has got Trump's number to a tee

Our premier Ford here in Ontario paused the increase on electricity after chating with the US side. Trump is a massive cvnt!

[Dunge]

21 minutes ago, blabyboy said:

Wonder if Trump is still using the stock market as his yardstick now that it has sunk way lower than when he took office.

 

...Bidenomics 

I miss Daniel Amartey.