....and so can Australia. We just need leaders who have the imagination to plan for a future beyond the now moribund US 'alliance'. #auspol www.theguardian.com/us-news/2025... - ThreadSky

simonrosenberg.bsky.social • 12 days ago

....and so can Australia.

We just need leaders who have the imagination to plan for a future beyond the now moribund US 'alliance'. #auspol
https://www.theguardian.com/us-news/2025/apr/12/donald-trump-is-now-badly-wounded-europe-and-the-uk-can-seize-an-advantage

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peggysanders.bsky.social•12 days ago

“Being outside the EU, Britain cannot be the lead playmaker in this effort, but it must indicate it will play ball – and initiate what it can. Rachel Reeves, writing in the Observer this week, signals a first step in this direction.”

peggysanders.bsky.social•12 days ago

“EU needs use 90-day “pause” to ambitiously form coalition of willing to create global pact not to pursue beggar-my-neighbour trade policies, and launch the basis for a global customs union. It would recruit from G20, extending the invitation to Asia’s Trans Pacific Partnership, the Gulf Co-op……”

peggysanders.bsky.social•12 days ago

“EU goal is remove tariffs and, while prepared to negotiate US trade complaints, buy more US gas, it will use its heft to resist extra-territorial American claims on sovereignty, tax policies or regulation, calmly reserving right for targeted retaliation. Open to trade relationship with Canada.”

peggysanders.bsky.social•12 days ago

“Britain’s Brexiters – as wilfully ignorant about the damage they have caused and today’s realities as Donald Trump – will vociferously complain, but the EU has to be Europe’s vehicle for the task ahead. Its current stance is an excellent starting point.”

peggysanders.bsky.social•12 days ago

“While it must be engaged with, it is not a benevolent power. Rather, it is the lynchpin of what author Anne Applebaum has called “Autocracy Inc”, a network of countries including Russia whose aim is to undermine rule-of-law democratic societies, human rights and political pluralism.”

peggysanders.bsky.social•12 days ago

“The democracies must find a common front over the next 90 days as an exercise in damage limitation, and then go beyond that to fashion a new trade order from the ruins of the old – but necessarily without the US. Equally, they must have their eyes wide open about China. “

peggysanders.bsky.social•12 days ago

“National interest best pursued by hanging together. Situation remains dangerous. US’s average tariff, including 145% on Chinese imports, highest for century. China, with its technological, financial power, leverage over key raw materials, is on manoeuvres, trying put itself at centre new order.”

peggysanders.bsky.social•12 days ago

@The EU, Britain and other rule-of-law capitalist democracies now have the balance of advantage. But they need to recognise it and work together to capitalise on the opportunity, rather than each sue for the most advantageous deal possible in their limited “national interest”.”

peggysanders.bsky.social•12 days ago

“The US Federal Reserve has been forced to reassure the markets, still weak, that it will do anything necessary to ensure their stability – another sign of how power is draining from Trump.”

peggysanders.bsky.social•12 days ago

“Trump dare not risk reimposing the same tariffs when the “pause” ends without risking an even worse US debt crisis. Worse, he has killed the prospect of the rest of the world buying the avalanche of new US government debt that will follow from the huge tax cuts he plans in autumn.”

peggysanders.bsky.social•12 days ago

“The markets sighed relief, but “liberation’” had boomeranged. It was Trump who was imprisoned. He and his sycophants insisted it was all part of a grand plan. Nonsense – he is economically and politically gored.”

peggysanders.bsky.social•12 days ago

“The markets had forced Trump to pause for 90 days the swingeing range of “reciprocal” tariffs that he announced on what he proclaimed “liberation day”; instead he lowered all of them, bar that on China, to 10%.”

peggysanders.bsky.social•12 days ago

“game-changing geopolitical event last week was near collapse of immense $29tn market US govt debt, threatening stability of American and global financial system & safe-haven status $ assets.

The US president boasted as the collapse unfolded that world leaders were queueing to “kiss his arse”.”

meggsy46.bsky.social•12 days ago

At my advanced number of years, my memories can be quite unreliable so I maybe entirely wrong but . . . . . was one of the predictions of Nostradamus, that the United States and Russia would unite against the rest of the world in a world war? The Eagle and the Bear? Yes or no?

walthawtin.bsky.social•12 days ago

The US didn't exist 500 years ago.

meggsy46.bsky.social•12 days ago

The US and Russia was the interpretation of the prediction. As I said I thin Nostradamus referred to a conflict between an Eagle and a Bear! But, as I said, I could be wrong.

walthawtin.bsky.social•12 days ago

Ah okay. Must admit I'm a sceptic.

meggsy46.bsky.social•12 days ago

I think we are all sceptics because his predictions were so cryptic no one can ever be sure of what he meant. Even trying to make them fit after earth shattering events occur is not possible.

walthawtin.bsky.social•12 days ago

Yep. If you're prepared to believe that Nostradamus could predict the future then you are prepared to believe in a deity as well. And I don't.

meggsy46.bsky.social•12 days ago

think nor thin

dakindon.bsky.social•12 days ago

The whole world can seize an advantage

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