Heheh so unrealistic! The Germans could probably just buy a nukes stationed in Germany from the current guy for a few million euros invested in $Trump. On top of that Trumps so inept the Germans could probably walk out with the whole arsenal under their coat when they went to collect the one.
I have little opinion on Macron beyond that he's better than Le Penn. He's also mostly alone in France now and certainly is a lame duck.
I'd certainly never pin any hopes on France, agnostic God(ess) forfend, being the leader of the free world (in Europe)! The factual truth, though, is that if Germany footed the bill France could plausibly lead a remilitarization of Europe. They have the know-how and institutions to do it, but not the money.
You don't have to engage with Jay at all Saul, no one is making you do so- least of all me! I also certainly don't require you find him cute or abhorrent or itchy- you do you. As for my own tone and mood I'd describe it as more grimly resigned than blase.
Eh, as much as it pains my anglophile self to admit it, France is a big enough player to be "Leader of the Free World (In Europe)" if they wanted the job. France has the institutional and military know how to do it to but I don't know that they have the economy. Germany has the economy but I don't know that they have the institutional or military know how. In theory they could work together on it along with the rest of Europe. Awfully lousy that the US will be outside looking in on that, no way that's not gonna bite us in the future (/sarc).
We'll see. One of those promises you're waving at was that he'd fund government on tariffs instead of on income taxes. So if your claim is he's going to keep his promises* then by your own reasoning the tariffs should be expected to stay.
*And boy that'd be a gullible thing to assume vis a vis Trump.
I agree, I hope the Dems are laying groundwork to field a candidate in every congressional district in the country and every swing states state legislative districts too.
I don't think I quite can make out what you're saying but, yes, I agree that plenty of damage seems to be leaking through the hoped for impasse between malice and incompetence that is Trump.
To be clear his threatening tariffs, getting a market sag then claiming victory over "concessions" that he obtained from his targets that ended up being meaningless happened this term not during his previous one.
Perhaps they will- their own electorates will likely become increasingly unfriendly to the kowtowing that Trump will demand and prevented recessions and waves of unemployment are mostly invisible and thus provide limited upside with voters. At which point we find out if Trump will actually hold firm to this idiocy in the face of a massive market bloodbath or if he'll try and scramble for the exits.
Presumably Trump will try and shake out some "concessions" just like last time or else we're going to see a market cratering like we've probably never seen before and he'll end up backtracking and claiming he never did it.
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I've watched some "British boy in Germany" videos on youtube so I suspect you're right.
Heheh so unrealistic! The Germans could probably just buy a nukes stationed in Germany from the current guy for a few million euros invested in $Trump. On top of that Trumps so inept the Germans could probably walk out with the whole arsenal under their coat when they went to collect the one.
I have little opinion on Macron beyond that he's better than Le Penn. He's also mostly alone in France now and certainly is a lame duck.
I'd certainly never pin any hopes on France, agnostic God(ess) forfend, being the leader of the free world (in Europe)! The factual truth, though, is that if Germany footed the bill France could plausibly lead a remilitarization of Europe. They have the know-how and institutions to do it, but not the money.
You don't have to engage with Jay at all Saul, no one is making you do so- least of all me! I also certainly don't require you find him cute or abhorrent or itchy- you do you. As for my own tone and mood I'd describe it as more grimly resigned than blase.
Perhaps you should run, though I'd presume you'd run as a DSA candidate?
Eh, as much as it pains my anglophile self to admit it, France is a big enough player to be "Leader of the Free World (In Europe)" if they wanted the job. France has the institutional and military know how to do it to but I don't know that they have the economy. Germany has the economy but I don't know that they have the institutional or military know how. In theory they could work together on it along with the rest of Europe. Awfully lousy that the US will be outside looking in on that, no way that's not gonna bite us in the future (/sarc).
Heck, I get it, kept promises are very rare in Trump land so it makes sense pointing them out.
We'll see. One of those promises you're waving at was that he'd fund government on tariffs instead of on income taxes. So if your claim is he's going to keep his promises* then by your own reasoning the tariffs should be expected to stay.
*And boy that'd be a gullible thing to assume vis a vis Trump.
Err sure Saul, my original point was, merely, that the example I gave was Trump "2.0" not Trump "1.0".
I agree, I hope the Dems are laying groundwork to field a candidate in every congressional district in the country and every swing states state legislative districts too.
I don't think I quite can make out what you're saying but, yes, I agree that plenty of damage seems to be leaking through the hoped for impasse between malice and incompetence that is Trump.
And the boys called me optimistic!
No doubt Trump has let the tariffs be imposed so we're definitely forging into uncharted territory even vis a vis his previous stunts.
To be clear his threatening tariffs, getting a market sag then claiming victory over "concessions" that he obtained from his targets that ended up being meaningless happened this term not during his previous one.
Perhaps they will- their own electorates will likely become increasingly unfriendly to the kowtowing that Trump will demand and prevented recessions and waves of unemployment are mostly invisible and thus provide limited upside with voters. At which point we find out if Trump will actually hold firm to this idiocy in the face of a massive market bloodbath or if he'll try and scramble for the exits.
Presumably Trump will try and shake out some "concessions" just like last time or else we're going to see a market cratering like we've probably never seen before and he'll end up backtracking and claiming he never did it.