Flights into the airspace of other countries need to be cleared in advance. This requires rudimentary diplomatic and logistical skills. You can not hurl planes at another sovereign country and expect them to be allowed to land. Trump knows this too, it is a poor excuse to act tough.
I hope I am as well. I have a 21 yo daughter that I am afraid is not going to have the opportunity or the safety to have the life I have. For that I hate, yes hate Trump and anyone that supports him.
I take the second part but not the first. Look at how quickly Eastern Europe joined NATO, look at Poland's spirited, desperate effort to stay apart from Russia. Look at Baltic countries. Hungary and Slovakia leaders are outliers there.
now look at the Gallup polls in those countries with regard to nostalgia for the Soviet union. You know, how the people respond instead of the governments.
I went and looked after I posted:
Pearls, precious stones: $1.86B
Live trees, plants, bulbs: $1.57B
Coffee, tea, spices: $1.42B
Commodities non specific: $672M
Aluminum: $637M
Fruits, nuts, citrus peels: $422M
Trump is not gangsta. He just wants to run our country like Al Capone. Tariffs are threats to beat up the liquor store owner and rape the daughter. We are all goon adjacent.
It's important to keep in mind that Trump's objective isn't to help the US! Quite the opposite. He's destroying it & enriching himself and his friends beyond comprehension while he satisfies his debt to Putin. Do not expect what you have known, predict a new world order - many poor serving few rich.
He's not a man who has the intellectual or constitutional ability to create anything. He feels powerful only when he's destroying, when he's hurting others.
Trump just released 1600 “illegal criminals” including people who beat capitol police, convicted of seditious conspiracy, and belong to domestic terrorists groups. He just has Stewart Rhoades as a VIP guest at a rally.
So now going to find out: is the world going to let the US President blackmail it with his tariff tantrums?
The US is very strong and powerful (his two favorite words), but it’s not stronger than the rest of the world—especially when it’s shedding allies daily.
The good thing is that he’s/it’s so batsh*t crazy that it should be an easy decision for Governments to realise that there’s not much point in trying to placate him as in the first term and need to just play hard ball and let the consequences play out as soon as possible.
There were no Venezuelan refugees before Trump. Before he imposed these same sanctions and cut off all economic ties with Venezuela. He destroyed the economy of the nation with the largest oil reserves in the world because they wouldn't give that Industry to American oil cartels.
I think rather than repost Trump’s maliciously misleading “tweets”, we should describe in truthful terms the administration/GOP/billionaires’ specific goals, big picture.
No nation in the world has ever paid duties or tariffs to export goods. These are paid by the importer, at customs, and ultimately made to be paid by the consumer. Everyone knows this, except Trump and his acolytes.
The Supreme Court ruled he could not be prosecuted for anything he does in his official duties. That does not mean he can just do anything he wants. Because he personally cannot suffer harm does not mean the action itself would just be done without regard to existing law. He will learn that.
Trumpers must recognize how he deflects blame for policies that harm the masses while consolidating power and corruption.Today it's immigrants, tomorrow minorities, and next, women.Don't feel safe because you're white.They want to take your social safety nets, too.
Let's raise the cost of living for all Americans because of the actions of a foreigner. Hope Americans like eating corn, because soon that will be all there will be on the shelves.
MSNBC’s Lawrence O’Donnell:Donald Trump is lowering the standard “from hiring to truth telling” to pardons that “no other president in history would ever consider,” including a child pornography user who attacked police on January 6th and the world’s biggest drug dealer. https://youtu.be/2zWmcMcajQI?si=b4mryBGKeKlRsQSv
Wars have started over lesser things than this. Colombia won’t start a war with us, but when he tarrifs enough countries or the wrong ones that have the means to retaliate, then what?
Waiting for the entire world minus Russia to announce "All Trade with the United States will stop, including all flights in & out with immediate effect - Business will resume once Trump is permanently removed from power" It will be hard but we will manage!
Of course. Let’s increase the cost of a cup of coffee. Why. Because he doesn’t care about you. That’s why. Funny how we deport people all the time. But Donnie can’t even accomplish that without causing us pain in the process.
How is this not the definition of abuse of authority: intentional harm to innocents, specifically the families of Colombian government officials and everyday Colombians traveling to the US? I want to hear the moral case: how intentional & avoidable harm to innocent third parties is moral
The U.S. has a trade promotion agreement with Colombia. Among other things,
"The TPA is a comprehensive free trade agreement that provides elimination of tariffs and removes barriers to U.S. services, including financial services".
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yet thats exactly what HE is doing?
let me guess, antonio guterres at the UN is just gonna look at this and shrug 👍
Trump is the lightning rod and should be called out. But so should the clowns propping him up.
Agree everyone has to resist where able.
It was Hitler's plan, too, just like this.
Pearls, precious stones: $1.86B
Live trees, plants, bulbs: $1.57B
Coffee, tea, spices: $1.42B
Commodities non specific: $672M
Aluminum: $637M
Fruits, nuts, citrus peels: $422M
It was a knee-jerk joke to cheer myself up. 😭
Plan for produce prices to immediately increase by 25%, heading to 50% increase soon! Hooray!
Immigrants are not criminals because they are immigrants.
However, by my count we might be at three in the past ~7 days. At that rate, the USA will run out of targets rather quickly.
This isolation kink the current POTUS has will play itself out quickly.
However US economy, RIP
Good job America on electing a vengeful idiot.
They're going to sic the cartels on him
The US is very strong and powerful (his two favorite words), but it’s not stronger than the rest of the world—especially when it’s shedding allies daily.
Tariffs are a two-way street…
2.) Therefore we're gonna ship 'em out and offload them onto YOU
3.) If you won't take these particular ILLEGAL CRIMINALS we're gonna interpret that as a hostile act toward AMERICA and fuck with you
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5.) PROFIT!!!
Cocaine keeps stable
A fellow human currently residing in the Crazy Place. ✌️💔👍
He went to Wharton, but it feels like he learned economics in 1500.
I didn't know he was flying to Columbia!! 😟
https://www.alternet.org/hitler-democracy/
https://youtu.be/2zWmcMcajQI?si=b4mryBGKeKlRsQSv
https://bsky.app/profile/sethabramson.bsky.social/post/3lgmewo2adc2b
#WeTriedToTellPeople
"The TPA is a comprehensive free trade agreement that provides elimination of tariffs and removes barriers to U.S. services, including financial services".
But of course Trump doesn't care.
https://ustr.gov/trade-agreem...
https://ustr.gov/trade-agreements/free-trade-agreements/colombia-tpa
But he has Alina Habba.