Imagine the majority of the constituents that only read the headlines and move on; it doesn’t matter if it’s right or wrong, It’s economizing on it, and it’s a disservice for this to be the headline.
Especially since he’s done entire interviews saying precisely the opposite.
End the war before even taking office. Kept moving the bar, then eventually just pivoted and pretended there was no bar.
And make it everyone else’s fault somehow.
Essentially want to be the only option - buy a Tesla and fill both the trunk and frunk with gasoline or get wrecked.
Nevermind they’re pumping and dumping the entire stock market now, turning all the safeguards off, and extracting wealth at a rate that makes Congress look like child’s play.
It’s an aggregate - the devaluation of the US as a trade partner increases China’s, even if they do nothing other than maintain the status quo (they won’t).
A valuation internationally of “the least worst option,” viewed from the perspective of decade long trade relations.
Yeah, every activity they’ve taken so far has driven the ship towards American isolation and incentivized Chinese trade (and trade between everyone else) with every other nation.
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It is in their interest, they’re unfortunately ruled now by a self-interested Russian puppet.
This is also a marked pivot from “I will end the war day 1.”
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And it will be so easy…
(After election)
But…
The article is a Trump hallucination.
He’s not wrong that leaders flatter him; but it’s not respect, it’s geopolitical strategy. They’re managing chaos, hedging with China and others, and responding to a weaker US position largely created by Trump himself. This isn’t strength; it’s a soft power collapse that’s opening dangerous doors, mainly for Americans most of all, but likely for everyone else too.
What Trump sees as deference is actually diplomatic triage. World leaders aren’t engaging him because they admire him; leaders are trying to keep the global order from unraveling faster than it already is. The cost of alienating the U.S. is high, but increasingly, so is relying on it. That shift is the real story, and it’s one that leaves America more isolated with each bluster.
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Alternative headline: Musk pretends to be critical of policies he’s endorsed and supportive of countries he actively interferes in the elections of
Even just the headline is a ride; US literally driving everyone into China’s arms.
Wish the article wasn’t quite so barebones.
From the guy who complains about having to pay for stuff, pretending it’s a subsidy.
Sure, we can reciprocate. Further, the more tariffs he puts on, the more likely we all are to remove trade restrictions on other partners.
Guy responsible for the “great success” USMCA hates the “unfair” USMCA.
I’m amazed it’s only half. Who is still buying these? His original target demographic is the one he alienated, the “drill baby drill” audience isn’t going to rush to the EV market.
The guy who sure made a big deal of “I don’t care” during cancellations and “💩” for official comment requests, suddenly demanding empathy and getting the Republican caucus and media circuit to throw him a pity party is undoubtedly the “white persecution” he continues to push.
Who needs satire.
I think you both have a valid point. There definitely would have been a hard pivot in the rhetoric and dissonance had it been more deadly.
There’d also be a lot fewer MAGA just because licking spittle off the ground became political.
MPs are the (single) representatives of Canada’s Electoral Districts - generally members of parliament all have seats they win through the general (or interim) elections representing fixed regions. Whichever party wins a majority of seats makes up the government, and when a minority is formed generally some form of coalition is formed.
The party nominates a leader for their party - it is not mandatory for the leader to have a seat (even as PM), but you can imagine the media frenzy if that were the case. We don’t pick the leader (unless you’re a registered Lib/Con/etc), although it certainly has a major impact on Canadian politics in our FPTP system (as most people don’t even really know who their MPs are, as they’re generally voting for the party itself and inferring their candidate will act in accordance).
So they’re really just saying which seat Carney will be participating in for the general election, usually a safe riding.
While true, there is economy to the least awful option - by virtue of the USA making itself less reliable, they’ve increased China’s standing automatically, especially in the soft-power vacuum the US has left behind.
China is right to calculate this, even if they aren’t really anyone’s ally.