#USPol and therefore #AUSPol
(news roundup from the saturday paper)
<<Trump threatens Putin with tariffs>>
<US President Donald Trump is “pissed off” with Russian President Vladimir Putin and has threatened to impose secondary tariffs on Moscow if a ceasefire deal is not reached with Ukraine.
In an interview with NBC aired overnight, Trump said he was “very angry” about recent comments made by Putin where he suggested that Ukraine could be placed under a temporary administration (ABC).
He also said he would place secondary tariffs on nations buying Russian oil if a ceasefire deal is not reached and he deems this to be the fault of Putin.>
Trump is overplaying his hand. The power and influence of USA has two main sources; first, their willingness to bomb the shit out of any other country whenever they feel like it; second, the fact so many global economies are tangled with theirs.
as to the second, within 5 years this will simply be no longer true. within one global election cycle, regardless of what happens within the USA. businesses and national leaders elsewhere will be quietly moving to disentangle their economies from USA, and ensure independent, “Plan B” sources of supplying anything essential. it’s not that no one trusts trump, it’s that no one will ever trust the US constitution again. it has failed, because like most man-made systems, its existence and operational outcomes reflect a set of dodgy beliefs (not even what people believe they believe — if the purpose of a system is what it does, it’s because humans have the discretion within systems to choose from a range of outcomes.)
as to the first, i’m still moved to recall, from time to time, the words of a woman running from the world trade centre, in shock, and covered in ash… “Why us? What have we ever done to anyone?” of course, 9/11 was horrific and traumatising, and not just in the US but around the world. and i would rather things like this had not happened. but the reaction of this woman and many others highlighted something unfortunate about the US, which is a culture promoting an insularity so entrenched people had no idea what their government does in any normal year. (not that australia is a whole heap better. it makes a career in politics so much more rewarding)
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