Since Trump's election was certified, Trump has talked about international matters much more than he talks about domestic matters. And his international talks have been just as imperialistic as prior US governments. Maybe Putin should not give him 4 weeks of trust. A scorpion is a scorpion.
There is no longer a sustainable economic basis for the US to oppose China. Military power alone is insufficient to sustain itself in the long term in an attack like this. Propaganda and sticks do not pay the bills! There is no economic basis! The US does not produce a single nail compared to China and an industrial reconversion is completely impossible because American capitalist corporations operate under the logic of the system: profit, i.e. the lowest possible cost of production. Financialization has bankrupted the US.
I've been sympathetic to views like you espouse, but I now think that this mistakenly assumes that economic logic governs/constrains America more than it actually does. If forced to choose between corporate profiteering and global hegemony (which provides the material basis for corporate profiteering), I believe a critical mass of American elites will swallow some bitter pills in the short- or medium-term to secure US hegemony over the long-term - pills like suppressed profits, forced investment into US Treasuries, temporarily inflationary tariffs, depreciating the USD, etc. And make no mistake, US corporations are thoroughly infiltrated by people who understand this. They're not out of options. They're just out of morally legitimate options. Moral illegitimacy has never stopped them before and it won't stop them this time either. Hold a damocles sword over global non-US energy supplies in general (and states selling oil for yuan in particular) by embroiling West Asia in military comflict + reindustrialize by seizing de facto control over Mexican factories (laundered as "fighting the cartels") = America Made Great Again.
The population in the US is not fit any longer for world hegemony. US has not the people and the infrastructure necessary for that, and everything is past its sell date and degrading.
We don’t have the people for what? Reindustrializing? We have a lot of people employed in unproductive service industry jobs. Sure, those people can’t just pivot to making semiconductors, cars, etc. overnight - but we can print money for training & education the same way we bail out our banks, airlines, etc. And, as we set fire to countries across the world for trying to stay neutral, much of their skilled labor will jump ship and go where the money is. The US has a lot of cards to play. I think those cards have been ill-gotten, undeserved, and ones that shouldn’t be played, but we need to recognize them and plan accordingly if the US is going to go gently into that good night.
Trump wants U.S DOMINANCE OVER THE WORLD and to deny NATIONS OF SOVEREIGNTY (Economic,Financial,Resources)disallowing to Trade with their own CURRENCIES BETWEEN EACH OTHER,And to take away their Territorial Integrity . To save the $USD as a WORLD RESERVE CURRENCY. A control that the USA have been using since WW1. Without the WRC the U.S Government cannot function. That’s the threat that worries Trump , NOT MISSILES. THE USA will BECOME THE FOURTH REICH OF FASCISM.
Hitler used SOCIALISM TO CONVINCE GERMANS OF BETTER TIMES. When he became Chancellor he embraced FASCISM AND CAPITALISM . We all know how it ended. The Holocaust (11+million killed ), total destruction of EUROPE. USA Capitalist Benefited with the MARSHALL PLAN , that started the slow take over of Western Europe. Through the USA Militarization of Europe under the disguise of NATO and the Threat that RUSSIA posed(COLD WAR). It’s been AMERICAN CAPITALIST FASCISM that has now destroyed EUROPEAN COUNTRIES and around the World. American Fascism (World Dominance). The Fascist in AMERICA ARE NOW BENEFITING FROM THE SEEDS SOWAN BY ADOLF HITLER AND THE NAZI PARTY. It was a SLOW PROCESS. But the FOURTH REICH IS HERE and present in USA.
We will need a “full-on” national effort with an authoritarian leader to blunt China’s persistent, amoeba-like infiltration if not actually grasping control of life in the Western Hemisphere.
The Panama Canal was relinquished to Panama via a treaty ratified by the US Senate. Trump can't unilaterally invade Panama and take it. Yes yes, I remember 1989. But this would be rather different, generating a political and constitutional firestorm in the US that would be all-consuming.
As far as Greenland goes, invading the territory of a NATO ally would generate massive problems as well. It's a cliche to say that this or that would "shatter" NATO, especially given how weak and acquiescent the Europeans are, but that would be a devastating blow.
I have to wonder if the rhetoric is designed to scare the Greenlanders back into the arms of Denmark rather than strike out on their own as an independent state that might be receptive at some point to Chinese development assistance. Maybe there is some good-cop-bad-cop dimension to this. As Emmanuel Todd pointed out in his latest book, the neoconization of once-netural/pacifist Scandinavia is amazing, so Denmark might be ready to play along.
Then again, maybe that line of speculation simply gives too much credit to Trump.
Regardless, the naked, thug-like threats being issued by Trump strongly suggest that the aggressive Jews who surround him are trying to Israelify US policy. The model for the seizures Trump is threatening lie in the IDF seizure of southern Syria and the impending annexation of the West Bank.
One senses Mordecai whispering poison in Ahasuerus's ear here.
Since Trump's election was certified, Trump has talked about international matters much more than he talks about domestic matters. And his international talks have been just as imperialistic as prior US governments. Maybe Putin should not give him 4 weeks of trust. A scorpion is a scorpion.
There is no longer a sustainable economic basis for the US to oppose China. Military power alone is insufficient to sustain itself in the long term in an attack like this. Propaganda and sticks do not pay the bills! There is no economic basis! The US does not produce a single nail compared to China and an industrial reconversion is completely impossible because American capitalist corporations operate under the logic of the system: profit, i.e. the lowest possible cost of production. Financialization has bankrupted the US.
I've been sympathetic to views like you espouse, but I now think that this mistakenly assumes that economic logic governs/constrains America more than it actually does. If forced to choose between corporate profiteering and global hegemony (which provides the material basis for corporate profiteering), I believe a critical mass of American elites will swallow some bitter pills in the short- or medium-term to secure US hegemony over the long-term - pills like suppressed profits, forced investment into US Treasuries, temporarily inflationary tariffs, depreciating the USD, etc. And make no mistake, US corporations are thoroughly infiltrated by people who understand this. They're not out of options. They're just out of morally legitimate options. Moral illegitimacy has never stopped them before and it won't stop them this time either. Hold a damocles sword over global non-US energy supplies in general (and states selling oil for yuan in particular) by embroiling West Asia in military comflict + reindustrialize by seizing de facto control over Mexican factories (laundered as "fighting the cartels") = America Made Great Again.
The population in the US is not fit any longer for world hegemony. US has not the people and the infrastructure necessary for that, and everything is past its sell date and degrading.
We don’t have the people for what? Reindustrializing? We have a lot of people employed in unproductive service industry jobs. Sure, those people can’t just pivot to making semiconductors, cars, etc. overnight - but we can print money for training & education the same way we bail out our banks, airlines, etc. And, as we set fire to countries across the world for trying to stay neutral, much of their skilled labor will jump ship and go where the money is. The US has a lot of cards to play. I think those cards have been ill-gotten, undeserved, and ones that shouldn’t be played, but we need to recognize them and plan accordingly if the US is going to go gently into that good night.
It will continue to be effective as long as everyone else is dead afraid to oppose it.
Both the geopolitical control and the limitless money printing, which are the two sides of one same medal.
Trump wants U.S DOMINANCE OVER THE WORLD and to deny NATIONS OF SOVEREIGNTY (Economic,Financial,Resources)disallowing to Trade with their own CURRENCIES BETWEEN EACH OTHER,And to take away their Territorial Integrity . To save the $USD as a WORLD RESERVE CURRENCY. A control that the USA have been using since WW1. Without the WRC the U.S Government cannot function. That’s the threat that worries Trump , NOT MISSILES. THE USA will BECOME THE FOURTH REICH OF FASCISM.
Hitler used SOCIALISM TO CONVINCE GERMANS OF BETTER TIMES. When he became Chancellor he embraced FASCISM AND CAPITALISM . We all know how it ended. The Holocaust (11+million killed ), total destruction of EUROPE. USA Capitalist Benefited with the MARSHALL PLAN , that started the slow take over of Western Europe. Through the USA Militarization of Europe under the disguise of NATO and the Threat that RUSSIA posed(COLD WAR). It’s been AMERICAN CAPITALIST FASCISM that has now destroyed EUROPEAN COUNTRIES and around the World. American Fascism (World Dominance). The Fascist in AMERICA ARE NOW BENEFITING FROM THE SEEDS SOWAN BY ADOLF HITLER AND THE NAZI PARTY. It was a SLOW PROCESS. But the FOURTH REICH IS HERE and present in USA.
What US reputation? War criminals?
Zion Don will do and say just about anything to distract the masses from him not following through on his America Fiest campaign promises.
Colonizers gonna colonizer.
somehow, somebody died and left them to Trump, just like Syria's oil
We will need a “full-on” national effort with an authoritarian leader to blunt China’s persistent, amoeba-like infiltration if not actually grasping control of life in the Western Hemisphere.
May be his for the taking but definitely reeks of Imperialism.
The Panama Canal was relinquished to Panama via a treaty ratified by the US Senate. Trump can't unilaterally invade Panama and take it. Yes yes, I remember 1989. But this would be rather different, generating a political and constitutional firestorm in the US that would be all-consuming.
As far as Greenland goes, invading the territory of a NATO ally would generate massive problems as well. It's a cliche to say that this or that would "shatter" NATO, especially given how weak and acquiescent the Europeans are, but that would be a devastating blow.
I have to wonder if the rhetoric is designed to scare the Greenlanders back into the arms of Denmark rather than strike out on their own as an independent state that might be receptive at some point to Chinese development assistance. Maybe there is some good-cop-bad-cop dimension to this. As Emmanuel Todd pointed out in his latest book, the neoconization of once-netural/pacifist Scandinavia is amazing, so Denmark might be ready to play along.
Then again, maybe that line of speculation simply gives too much credit to Trump.
Regardless, the naked, thug-like threats being issued by Trump strongly suggest that the aggressive Jews who surround him are trying to Israelify US policy. The model for the seizures Trump is threatening lie in the IDF seizure of southern Syria and the impending annexation of the West Bank.
One senses Mordecai whispering poison in Ahasuerus's ear here.
The problem with Greenland is to convince Denmark to sell.
And making Greenland accept it. While technically it’s part of Denmark, they do rule themselves.
The Israelification of US policy.
We can always hope! I love how American wars of occupation eventually end.
Trump using the bogeyman Theory.
https://substack.com/@pratahsinnetamby/note/c-82714835?utm_medium=ios