Donald Trump the Megathread part II - Mod Warning updated in OP 12/2/26

Thanks for that stats info. I was watching TV news and it covered US farmers and soybeans. Your post explained the importance of China to the US soybean industry and why Trump's tariffs war might be bad for those farmers, if China's retaliations include using another source for it's soybeans needs.

Looking with interest at two different online media sources about the relationship between Musk and the Trump insiders. The Daily Mail [which messaging is known to be loyal to Trump] reads "Elon's downfall as Trump's right-hand and the meeting that set him off".

The Independent's headliner is that Musk is attacking Navarro, the man behind Trump's tariffs, as a Harvard College person, that anything from Harvard is not to be trusted.

The locals are revolting.

He's been golfing for the last three days apparently.

Him playing golf tells you all you need to know. He and his administration appear confident that they can maintain power for the foreseeable, despite this unpopular stance on trade.

I reckon we'll be seeing a reverse in that trend. I can see US multinationals splitting their operations between their global and US operations. If you've got a factory in the EU and the US and you've got a consignment of raw material on route from Brazil you'll now divert it to your EU factory avoid Trumps tariffs.

Ireland is actually extremely well placed to take advantage of this new dynamic.

Remember when Biden checked his watch?

Apocalyptic rage.

Trump refused to show up to the dead soldiers returned from Lithuania recently.

Silence.

Probably

"zero tariffs, zero standards, zero regulation,zero reputation"

MAGA supporters saying the protesters yesterday were all funded by Soros, the same people who have no problem with billionaire Musk running the show

Given how he occasionally claims that tariffs are a bargaining tool, I wouldn't be at all surprised. This time, he may be in a bind of his own creation: the time lapse between both may prevent him [for either a safety stand-still position or being pure pig-headed] from cancelling them. The last one was cancelled on the ALLEGED basis that he had got what he wanted from Canada and Mexico.

IMO, it now revolves around a matter of pride as well as politics now, as he's used it against so many countries. He might not be able to admit he got it wrong, unless he's prepared to throw some-one in particular under the bus, again.

A dead badger on the side of the road is a better candidate than the incumbent.

That Newsom podcast isn't going down well either, he's having people like Steve Bannon on it but not challenging anything that they say..