Trump never mentions anything that can make him look like he gave anything up. His fragile ego just doesn’t allow that. He always has to come out as the winner and everyone else has to come out as the loser. And that’s what he will call them.
Elon and Trump are butt-buddies.
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From my viewpoint, Trump is and will be causing social hardship much more than economic hardship.
I could possibly see a benefit in preparing for a harder times socially. Further division among neighbors might be the main casualty of this administration. Social cohesion is already struggling from his first four years.
Economically, I have no confidence in Trump’s actions overall, but I am very confident that his massive ego determines his actions, and that ego is largely held up by the performance of the stock market. He will be very careful not to take any action that will rattle the markets too much. Whenever he see a negative reaction in the markets, he pulls back, claims a moral victory and moves on to the next thing.
Very good read. Thank you.
And great to have a reasonable conversation with someone you don’t necessarily agree with. That is unfortunately a rarity these days.
I’m going to leave it here on a high note. Thank you again and have a great weekend, my fellow philosopher.
I appreciate your response, even though I disagree. Still appreciated.
As an American who grew up in Europe, I have experienced the freedom that comes with living in societies that are largely weaponless. I don’t use the word “freedom” lightly here. It truly is a huge mental burden here in the US to send kids to school not being a 100 percent sure that there will not be a school shooting that day. Or go to the movie theater or just stroll down the street. It just feels and is much safer in most of western Europe.
I understand that it’s impossible to remove all these weapons from the American society, but I do think we need much stricter common sense gun laws. No need for bans, except for military-style weapons. But we do need to make sure that we don’t keep experiencing these insane massacres of children caused by firearms. Arguing that weapons have nothing to do with it, or even that we need more weapons to prevent it, is just ridiculous. The firearm is the tool used and it’s designed specifically to take life as efficiently as possible. It must be met with common sense rules.
Difference is that in the US, people are armed to the teeth and a peaceful protect will quickly turn deadly.
Just FYI. Mette Frederiksen is a woman. And a much more competent leader than Donald Trump.
Assuming that they can sell their cars, doesn’t that mean that there is an equal amount of buyers considering buying a Tesla?
Generally speaking, wealth is not built by working. It’s built by investing. It’s possible to have a relatively small salary and get relatively wealthy if you consistently live below your means and invest the surplus. Power of compounding.
Well, Trump is obviously not going to help anyone but himself. But that doesn’t mean Europe is doomed. Plenty of nuclear weapons in Europe. If anything, everyone’s doomed.
Which, to be honest, is one of the many things fueling anti-EU sentiment at the moment. Immigration being the biggest one.
There are EU treaties to the contrary. Few EU members agree on what the EU wants/needs to be.
Some of France’s overseas territories are actually part of the EU. It’s different than Greenland.
Yes, Denmark is but Greenland is not. Greenland is considered an OCT, Overseas Countries and Territory, associated to the EU.
The EU is not a country.
Greenland is not even in the EU.
Could you imagine the outcry from conservatives and evangelicals in the US if something like free contraception was available?
Even if it reduced abortions by 100 percent, they would never go for it.
Good. Germany made a huge mistake for themselves and for all of Europe in shutting down their nuclear plants.
It’s been a while since I’ve gone through a whole day being proud of my US citizenship. Today was one of the most shameful.