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Nonilex

The #FBI has shut down its #ForeignInfluence task force. #CISA has ended its efforts to expose #disinformation. And this week the #State Dept put employees who tracked global disinformation on leave, shutting down the effort that had publicized the spread of #Chinese & #Russian #propaganda.

Almost 3 months into #Trump’s 2nd term, the guardrails intended to prevent #NationalSecurity missteps have come down as the new team races to anticipate & amplify the wishes of an #unpredictable president.

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Except THIS is not how any of this works!....

#Trump literally lashing out against friends and neighbours will only backfire hard, and I expect @EUCommission and @europarl_en to enact #PrizeFreezes for #US #products & #services whilst forcing #Retaliatory #Tariffs on all US #products and espechally #services, demanding 100%+ in all #fees, and #revenue of #GAFAMs' services and products to the point that they'll effectively cancel half their revenue that flows back.

  • Plus forcing all products and services to be processed and sold via a #EU-based #corporation and adding a 30% "#AlienTax" as the #USA already does for i.e. #App #developers that ain't from the US even if they never sold a single license to a US customer.

Not to mention cancelling any #DataProtection agreements that only stalled the foreseeable court decision that #CloudAct is incompatible with #GDPR, thus banning #Office365 / #Microsoft365, #iCloud et. al. from the EU!

Given #Trump can't be assed to even fake any #loyality or #allied status even for the cameras, this is a #ForeseeableConsequence.

Unless we want to end up #downgraded into the state of a US-occupied overseas possession without statehood, like #Guam, #PuertoRico or #AVI...

YouTubeWhy Trump's tariff chaos actually makes sense (big picture)By Money & Macro
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skua

Tariffs
Start with Trump being a #Genius and the amounts and the way those amounts were arrived at don't surprise or even look unusual.

From here that's a dominance display - Trump showing all the other players that their expectations that he'll be bound by norms, treaties, tradition, reason and logic are useless fantasies.

"I can do whatever the fuck I want, and you can't know what I'll do next. I'm #Unpredictable and you're all piss-weak."

#Tariffs#TrumpGenius#Spectacle
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Nonilex

These days, Demarais said, big #corporations may do their best to stay under the radar & wait out #Trump’s term. Opening a major production facility takes billions of dollars & a lot of time.

And #business leaders may be wary of investing in the #UnitedStates when #policy is so #unpredictable. Last week, for instance, Trump unexpectedly raised the possibility of doubling #taxes on foreign nationals & companies.

#tariffs#economy#inflation
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Nonilex

…This week’s pause is fueled at least partly by uncertainty over the way #Trump could enact new policies, such as a return to an #aggressive & #unpredictable global #trade overhaul w/ #threats to impose significant #tariffs on US trading partners. Though it’s unclear exactly how those policies will affect the #economy, some #Fed ofcls have already begun to factor these policies into their economic projections.

#FederalReserve#TheFed#inflation
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lobster 🦞

Dear Whinging Friends, ​:ablobcatbongokeyboard:​
As we in the UK (allegedly) know, 'musn't grumble'. Maybe we should a little more?
- Brexit? Bet you can't eat three? Eh wait that is wheatabix, readybrex, shredded wheat/wit? Something tasteless with added sugar rush? ​:ablobcatpopcorn:​
- The #weather is now so #unpredictable we can talk about it and whinge even more. Result!
- We are now #bank ruptured. Oh the #humanity

Easy to be a whinge bag. #Fortunately we have some of the #brightest minds in the IMPerial Empire of little In-gland:
- Pubic [sic] transport run by runner haz beans...
- Schools making way for Pink Floyd, 'We don't need no education, Teacher leave them kids alone'. #Sum mishtake surely.
- #Food #grown in #inns and out of hunger #allotments 🥬

Expect more surprises. As they happen, mostly by accident...
​:ablobcatmaracasevil:​

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Ramesh #NotGoingBack

⬆️ YES, #Trudeau, yes, but not entirely #unpredictable

A win for #Republican frontrunner Donald #Trump in #US #Election2024 would mean … "unpredictability" for #Canada, Prime Minister Justin Trudeau said on Tuesday

While Trudeau is correctly focused on the #political and #economic fallout, like Trump #tariffs on #Canadian steel and abandonment of #NAFTA in favor of #USMCA under Trump, he should also keep eye on #extremists within Canada

9/11 was a #FailureOfImagination

reuters.com/world/americas/tru

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