Trump and the world — it hurts
Trump lies and lies — and yet he openly announced during the campaign many of the bad things he would do to the United States democratic structures, to medicare, to education, and to free press, to free trade, and to the American people themselves, in these he seems not to have lied. And yet many more than just his close followers have voted him comfortably back in power.
So many commentators, much more able than we, are now trying to explain WHY? And this is followed up by hoping for some sense of sanity by those who now attempt to block choice of extreme government appointments; we can only hope and pray that they be successful. There are also those who still believe that some element of Trump’s criminal past or immoral activities can be used to block his inauguration in January, unfortunately it is much too late.
The free world is going to suffer, as its coach and keeper spreads havoc and winds itself into an isolationist autocracy. If Trump is allowed, he will influence more dismantling of the EU, spreading the Brexit effect, weakening the only economic grouping which stands as a competitive threat and remaining democratic influence. Any chance of combating the shift to the right in Europe is not only reduced, but is exasperated by shifts in US policy and influence.
Inflation has been a key economic factor of the Trump campaign even though inflation is not a US-only problem, it is widely spread across countries, and more so since Putin invaded Ukraine. Yet Trump has promised heavy import tariffs which will most likely accelerate inflation as well as disrupting the world’s free-trade models. Moving manufacturing back to the US is a good plan, but there are less disruptive ways of making that happen.
We follow the shift of power in the US with fear and trepidation, an unfettered and dangerous “game to be played with few adults around” to moderate.
More to come.
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